Hi, I had RNY 2003 at 357 lbs, lost to 145 for about 10 years, gained back to 246 over past 4-5 years. Had Overstitch procedure March this year, lost 10 lbs and have gained back plus some. I had the procedure for same reasons of not wanting to go thru big surgery again, insurance would not cover that procedure so paid cash total approx $6500. I read the reviews that it was not effective but thought I would have no problem. Wish I would not have wasted the money. Thought I would share, not trying to discourage you but just be informed, I never felt any restriction from the first day of having it done. I was careful and stuck to diet also.

I'm not going to make any excuses. I messed up my original RNY by not following the program and not treating my sleep apnea. I lost 170lbs and have gained all but 50 back.

There are many surgeons, and others, who do not believe in revision surgery. Nonetheless, I'm in my last month of required weight loss and I have an endoscopy scheduled in January. I'm hoping to have revision surgery shortly after the endoscopy.

I'm happy with my surgeon. Dr. Stefanides, at IU Health North Bariatrics in Carmel, IN. My original surgeon does not perform revision surgery. Dr. Stefanides has published extensively on proximal to distal revisions as well as many other aspects of bariatric surgery. He holds a Ph.D. as well as his M.D. and is a faculty member at Indiana University School of Medicine where he teaches robotic and laparoscopic surgery.

From talking to him and my own research, one of the keys it seems, it the length of revised roux limb. Given the complex nature of the procedure, I couldn't be happier with my choice of physician.

Best of luck to all of you.

May I also suggest you post on your surgery type forum. Great support and they usually have a daily what are you eating thread. It's a great way to find new ideas for eating and be accountable for what goes in your mouth and if you moved your butt or not

I was not sure what surgery you had so here are the links to the RNY and VSG

Stay in touch, you can do this.

Kathy

I get you are really upset and frustrated because you have a problem losing weight.

But, there is no reason to respond like that to the person that is trying to be helpful. I don't see and snarkiness in her response.

And she explained why she was asking about what are you eating and how much.

Unfortunately, plan based diet would have a lot of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates turn into sugar, and from that point the body does care if you gave it candies or starches.

Eating carbs makes me hungry. Like really hungry. Before I had my WLS I tried many diets. In late 90's plant based diet was supposed to be "the way to good health and weight". It did not worked for me that way. Under a naturopathic doc, I attempted really healthy plant based diet. That included vegetarians for 3-4 months, then vegan for snoanot 3-4 months. They diet -- while was great for my skin, made me gain a lot of weight, instead of losing. In 7-8 months I gained app 50 lbs total. My body made too much insulin and I was gaining, even though I felt hungry most off the time. And I was not cheating, or eating things like French fries, or other "unhealthy" vegan foods.

If what you doing, eating, it not doing what you hope it would do - it may be a time to rethink your approach to the diet. Revising to more malabsorbing type WLS - like DS, or ERNY, while you eat carbs may not help you lose more weight permanetly.

You're eating a "salad" with about 8 cups of food in it, in one sitting?