Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Dr. Vartabedian recently wrote about a new surgical device which is now available and approved for use to treat some individuals who experience acid reflux. This week, I will use Dr. Vartabedian's blog as a springboard to help you determine if this new surgical device may or may not help your f...
Any one that might be thinking about having this new surgery DO NOT DO IT!!!! I had the surgery in Feb. 09 at OSU with Dr. Melvin. It was a life altering disaster! I nearly DIED! They had to do 3 surgeries, 4 blood transfusions and 3 bags of plasma just to keep me alive . I ended up spending 2 days in ICU hanging on by a thread. Recovery took 3 months and I am a young (43) healthy person. Infact, they told me at the hospital that " I was very lucky that I was as strong as I was". My acid reflux is WORSE and I have been told that correcting my GERD the insion way, would now be very difficult. This has been a nightmare and it only costed $75,000!