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That's great...right around the corner! I can't imagine the reflux being that bad. Thankfully w/medication, mine is ok. But I know you can't take medication for life. Which doctor do you see?
I'm in arlington. My revision is on oct 11. I am still 40lbs from goal but am worried about complication from an rny. But there is no way im backing out bc this gerd is driving me insane. I mean everything gives me reflux it got to the point where i thought there was no way it was real. I convinced myself it had to be all in my head. Water shouldnt give you reflux. An empty stomach shouldnt give you reflux.
on 9/22/18 3:18 pm
Hi,
I would like to learn from your experiences on your revision from vsg to mgb.
I am considering to have a revision as yours, but like to know from persons that has already done.
I have almost regain all the lost weight in my vsg after 10 years.
HOpe you can share with me.
Awaiting your soonest comments
Just in case, my email is: [email protected]
Regards
Pedruel
My doc said he gets them approved by putting it as reflux surgery and not weight loss since it is to cure the gerd and primarily not for weight loss
on 9/22/18 11:19 am - Nanuet, NY
I am so sorry to hear all the pain you are in. My surgeon wants to do the revision to solve my Hernia. I have finally resigned myself to that fact. Now I am praying the insurance approves it.
I'm worried about vitamin absorbsion after my sleeve to rny revision. I am 2years out n complained to doc about really bad reflux and that i couldnt stand it. He was so sure that it would be no big deal. But of course sent me to an upper gi to make sure since the meds he put me on were not helping. Before i could even set the appointment he called me back saying that my iron levels and other vitamin levels were way too low and that i had to switch to vitamin patches. What worried me is that i was religious about taking my daily vitamins n they weren't working.
Well turns out that i have a hiatal hernia and my pouch healed small so the pressure created repairing the hernia will not resolve my issues do he gave me the options of more meds or revision. He kept repeating he wasnot pushing surgery but that being do young my quality of life would suffer with life long meds that might not help. Im 35.
Im scheduled for revision in oct. i did not want a rny bc it just sounded too scary. Im two years out from vsg n about 40lbs from goal but yeah not losing any more would be a ok if this reflux would stop im going insane. Im on two omeprezoles a day and an ulcer slurry twice a day too. Right now im hungry but afraid to eat it hurts so bad.
I have UHC and getting revision in oct. but they put it in to the insurance as stomach surgery not weight loss. They are doing it for reflux and a hernia im pretty nervous about it. I was not expecting or wanting another surgery.
I have a rare complication called Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia (PBH) that manifested 8 years post-op. I'm under the care of gastric bypass surgeons, endocrinologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, and internal medicine. After 20 hospitalizations in 2018, with 8 of them ending with me being admitted, I've had countless tests performed. Dietary modifications and medication management failed, so my doctors are all in agreement that my surgery needs to be reversed. Though there are significant risks to consider -including the possibility that reversal will not correct my hypoglycemia- my current condition can be life-threatening, as it's getting increasingly worse and more difficult to manage.
I was a poster child for RNY surgery, with many obesity-related conditions, all of which resolved after surgery (including my T2 Diabetes). At 5'10", I was 280 at my peak weight. After 7-8 months, I had gone down to 165lbs. I kept my weight off. However, in March 2018, I had emergency surgery to remove food that was lodged in my gastric pouch. Shortly afterwards, I developed PBH.
MANY doctors perform RNY but very FEW ever reverse them, so I am aware of the risks even when performed by a surgeon experienced with reversal. I am looking to put together a list of doctors who have had success in reversing RNY gastric bypass so that I may research my best options. Please post a response if you know of a surgeon or surgeons who successfully reverse RNY. I live between NYC and Philadelphia, but am willing to travel anywhere in the US to have the best surgeon perform my reversal. PLEASE DON'T RESPOND WITH A HORROR STORY ABOUT REVERSAL. I am aware of the risks, but my life is at risk right now and reversal one of my only options.
Hi everyone. It's been awhile since I've been here. I had great success getting banded in 2010, actually lost 240lbs. However, it flipped and was removed in 2014. Since then I've gained back most of the weight I had lost. I'm planning on getting a VSG in January. I've booked the surgery, bought my plane tickets and committed to this course.
