"There are so many things I would like to say about this joke of a surgeon, but I will stick to the facts.
1. He performed a lap gastric bypass on me on 6/31/2015. Had continuous problems from day one, all of which he would respond that nothing was wrong with his 'perfect little pouch" and that my right-sided pain could have absolutely nothing to do with the surgery because you'd only have pain on the left (hernia etc.) Was treated by his choice of GI specialist who never told the truth. Kept getting lies from Houston, went to Vanderbilt GI specialists, all of which never told the truth of the pouch size.
2. On 8/14/17, I went to an independent GI Specialist who scoped me and then informed me that I did not in fact have a gastric pouch. I had about 1 cm of gastric tissue that was not capable of holding any amount of liquids or solids. Everything has been dumping into my small intestine which is why I get dumping syndrome with anything I eat and nauseous all the time.I have medical documentation and pictures to verify this. Talked to another surgeon about revising to a DS, and had surgery scheduled until he scoped me himself and saw I had even less tissue than 1 CM and he would most likely have to cut into my chest to pull my esophagus down just to have enough tissue to be able to reconnect my blind stomach. Risky and complicated to say the lest. Having to go out of state to do this because no one in TN and only a handful of bariatric surgeons in general are qualified to do revisions, especially of this complexity.
3. 1/12/18, successfully had my revision surgery to a DS without any complications, thank God and my brilliant surgeon in California. But guess what he found during surgery? A huge internal hernia. He said it was so large it had been growing for several years. It had started on the left side. but had completely folded over the right bowel. So this hernia developed pretty soon after my gastric bypass surgery. But Dr. Houston stated a hernia was not possible. Wouldn't even think of exploring it. Hmm what a great surgeon. He thinks he knows everything but actually knows very little.
So to sum it up. I went to Dr. Houston and trusted him under anesthesia to preform the surgery I consented to--a gastric bypass..Who would ever agree to less than 1 cm of gastric tissue instead of the gastric pouch suppose to be the size of a man's thumb? Not Me!!! And after all the times I kept telling him about my issues and pain, seeing specialists, turns out I had a hernia but he could never admit to that. He has to be right above all else. I don't know if a mistake happened during my surgery as to why I was not given a proper gastric pouch. After I found out the truth, he would never return my calls. He is a very condescending and bullies you until you are afraid to say anything. I've already took action on this, I'm only posting this review now in hopes of stopping this from happening to another person. I wouldn't wish what I've been through on my worst enemy. One of the worst things though is how I was made to feel like this was all in my head and if I just followed the diet right I wouldn't have these issues.This has taken a physical, mental, and financial toll on me and my family. If I can stop one person from going through this, then posting this has been worth it. I know he's had successful patient outcomes, but I wonder how many negative outcomes are out there like me that have went under the radar? This is a big surgery and you need to make sure you pick the best surgeon who cares about your outcome not just his bottom line. One thing I can tell you, in TN it's very hard to get another bariatric surgeon to see you after you've been cut on by another. One of the biggest things I've learned throughout this whole mess is YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN HEALTH ADVOCATE! "
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