Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 My question then is... Why did my surgeon make mine bigger than most in the first place? This makes me furious... Cindy *****Dr. Gagner did my transection when I was a year out, and he told me after that my stoma was stretched to the max, but it was just too dangerous to fix. In my case, I still throw up if I eat to much or too fast, so it's certainly not a total loss. But, aside from staple line disruptions, it does seem to be the biggest mechanical problem with the surgery, probably even more than SLD's. in NJ The fascinating feature of a stretched stoma is that I have been unable to really find anyplae where anyone address the issue at all either for revision or against it, or why, etc.,,,,,,and it seems to be a very common issue. I know my surgeon was deeply offended that I even dare mention this. When I asked him about it, he had no idea I had a copy of the radiologist's report estimating the diameted at 30mm. I just felt like he was arrogant and insulting and less than forthcoming when he accused me of just being non compliant and one of those patients who wander the earth like The Ancient Mariner except for having to tell a story, these patients seek revison after revision,,,,LOL But why? Why is there so little mention about it as a complication or so little that I can find addressing this issue? Dan Slone Surgery 5/2/2000,Yahoo Msg navwriter AIM Navwriter58, ICQ 260890468 Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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