Hi! I am in the same boat! What did you end up finding out? I am talking to my doc on March 1st.

Oh man that's so frustrating! I think the feeling is different between the surgeries. So with the sleeve we feel super super full and then with the bypass you might not get that same exact feeling due to the way your "new" stomach is. From what I understand with out the valve on the bottom of the stomach you don't achieve the same stop full feeling if that makes sense.

There is no revision surgery that will result in more than about a 20 pound loss. And that is from fasting before surgery and not able to eat for a while after. When you had your first weight loss surgery, you went from a stomach that held at least as much as a 2-liter bottle of soda and had it reduced to hold about the amount that the bottle cap on the soda bottle would hold.

Even with that tiny stomach you learn how to eat enough food to gain weight again. Usually by eating small amounts of high calorie foods all day long. The only way to lose weight after the two year surgery honeymoon period is to eat low calories. Small meals with little or no rice, sugar, pasta, potatoes, corn, cereal, flour, fruit or other high carb foods.

You need to eat meat and vegetables and keep meals to around 1200 calories a day. Also add exercise and drink a lot of water. It is possible to do that, but it is not easy and there is no magic surgery or shortcut.

That would be terrible. They should be able to get it fixed so you can eat normal foods again. Let us know how things go.

Sadly the 20-30 pound weight loss is common with revision and mostly due to the pre-op liquid diet and not being able to eat much until you have completely healed from the surgery.

One theory is that when we first have weight loss surgery our stomach is at least able to hold the amount of a two-liter bottle of soda. Some have a much larger capacity. So that big stomach is reduced to a tiny stomach not a lot bigger than a grape. This is a drastic change in the amount of food that we can consume. We lose weight very rapidly.

After a few years we learn how to eat enough calories so that we gain weight even with our tiny stomach. After a revision we might have a stomach that holds four ounces instead of six, but that is not much difference. The common channel shortening seems like it should make a big difference. But weight loss seems to never be like after a virgin surgery.

Carrie Wilson is a singer who had weight loss surgery about 30 years ago. She lost a lot of weight and regained. Then had a lapband placed over her bypass and lost 30 pounds with the revision, strict diet, and exercise program. I had surgery in 2007 and have to follow a diet or I will regain. The first 30 months was quick and easy, after that I started to regain and went back to Weigh****chers. I fight regain because I know what happens if I don't.

I am completely opposed to protein shakes. I feel they make it too easy to get calories in and try to concentrate on lean dense protein. Beef, pork, fish, and poultry for most of my food. Some vegetables, a very tiny amount of fruit (a one-size serving of applesauce lasts me for three servings). I exercise and drink a lot of water. I still end up with around 1400 calories a day. I weigh myself everyday and hold myself accountable for anything I eat.

When I have weight to lose I am happy to lose a pound a week. I do hope you come back and let us know how you are doing and what your doctor tells you. Wishing you the best.