Who Has Had BPD/DS Surgery Weighing Over 400 Lbs?

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Hi:

I'm trying to find out who has had BPD/DS Surgery and weighed over 400

lbs.

A doctor I saw yeserday told me he could only do it open (not lap) and

besides its being a complex operation (aren't they all?) it is HIGHLY

risky since I'll be under on the table so long, yet a lap BPD/DS is

the same amount of time. His point was he feels the cardiac and

pulmonary stress is higher on a person above 400 lbs. than on one

below and I'm trying to find out how true this feeling/statement of

his is.

For those over 400 that had this done, I'm trying to find out what

complications (if any) happened and who/where the doctor was that yous

used. I'm willing to travel.

The doctor I saw yesterday offered doing a lap BPD now and a lap DS in

a year, but not only will that leave me losing just 100 lbs (not the

200+ I need to lose) but it subjects me to risks and pain that I'd

rather not repeat a year later. Plus, open has the advantage of

removing the gallblader, thus avoiding a future surgery to do so.

PLEASE HELP, Thanks!