4 yr anniversary and disgusted!!!

I dont come here very often anymore but thought since Tuesday 9/14 will be my 4th yr anniversary from having rny that I would come and see how everyones doing. I dont see much of the people that use to be on here when I was so maybe I can share my story with the newbies... 4 yrs ago I had rny weighing in at 300 lbs the day of my consultaion 289 day of surgery the weight just feel off of me for 8 or 10 mths I lost a total of 120 lbs. Wow was I happy, I felt the best I had felt in many yrs. Well the weightloss stopped then I gradually started regaining it back so here I am today 4 yrs later weighing around 250 lbs. It really makes me sick to think I done this to myself after all Iv been through. Yes the surgery worked well but the longer I went the more I could eat the more I wanted. Was it worth it not really, Now Iv gained all but 50 lbs back and I have to live the rest of my life fat and still have to tell doctors, hospitals and such that I had gastric bypass. its very embarressing for them to see me this big and to know I had surgery to help me yet Im still fat. I cant take medication that I need , Im always weak and feel bad all the time. I just wanted to tell my story so that if your considering having this surgery and you think your never going to gain it back and that you can just eat what you want, well you cant or you will gain it back. I know now that if I had kept up the work such as eating right, exercising and all I would have never have regained this weight. But I didnt and here I am praying everyday that god give me the strength to lose it again or atleast enough to where I can live a normal life.

Amanda, I,m so sorry you have to go thru this, but your not alone neither,there are alot of RNY and Lap Bands,getting revisions to the DS, and check out DS facts. and the DS board, ask those,who gave up there RNY,and how they are doing with the DS. This is in no way,meaning to start no WLS wars.    I just letting you know your not a lone,and you may, find support there.  I hope the best for you, and I,ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks alot Rebecca, actually I have been reading up on a revision to the ds. I would love to have it but Im worried Ill go through all that again and end up the same place Im at now.

Amanda, please don,t give up on yourself you deserve to live a better life.  Please talk to the RNY revisions,who now have DS,there is a man,who had the RNY,for 20 some years and got the DS. and he has had the DS,for about 7 or 8 years,he raves about living again.  It will not cost you nothing to stop by the DS board,there is a lot of people,RNY changed to DS.  And just remember were talking about your health.  I will say, I love my DS,for the 1 st time I,ve diet,and get to eat what I want.    I do not dump from either end, and the only thing,is I get a little gas if I eat a lot of bread or noodles,or flour products, but, I eat those things in moderation.    Sugar, does not affect me at all, and if the sweet tooth rares it ugley head, I try fruit 1st,if that don,t work, I eat a bite size candy bar,it fixes the problem.  DS,is not a low-fat diet, we need to have fat in take, but we only absorb, about 17 percent,so we can have bacon,butter,and so on,and never affect us at all.  I hope you may find some happiness.

thank you so much. i have been calling surgeons to see what i can do. again thanks alot...

Amanda,
Don't give up. I am currently in the process of trying to get insurance approval from a lapband to DS. I lost and then regained and am back where I started as well. The DS is a very powerful surgery with greater success. There is a ton of information on the DS on DSFacts.com and other websites.

DS Facts also has a list of surgeons and revision surgeons. I chose Dr. Hugh Houston in Nashville and there is also Dr. Spaw in Nashville, but there are others around as well. However, since the revision from RNY to DS is complicated there are only a few surgeons that can/will perform it. Be very selective about your surgeon!

Good luck and here is another website that another OH member shared with me. http://www.dshess.com/

Agree with the previous posters, DON'T give up! I'm an RNY to DS revision. Best thing I've ever done for myself. Keep researching, and realize you might have to step out of this area to get it done.

Amanda, Don't give up, I know how you feel!  I had my RnY almost 2 years ago.  I wanted the DS but could not get insurance approval so I settled for the RnY.  Well I lost 53 pounds the first 4 months but then my grandson died and I had a major addiction transfer problem and started drinking.  So now a year and a half later I've not only stopped losing weight, I've gained back 25 pounds!!! 

I've been contemplating getting a DS re-do but now I don't even have any health insurance... :O(  My husband and I just moved from So. Calif to Louisville and when we did, we lost our insurance.  Unfortunatally my husband hasn't been able to find a job yet.

Please keep us informed and I'm going to check out the DS boards too!  :O)

thanks for all the replys and all the info. it really helps to have people encourage you.