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you sleep during surgery so it does not matter to you if it is 1 or 4 hours.
But .. the surgeon gets paid the same. The hospital would get pay more for OR usage.
To me it sounds as he is not very good doing DS and probably any DS he did - have problems now.
I would run away from a doc like that.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Hi MSTieMom, just curious....did your surgeon give you a reason why he/she recommended the DS instead of gastric bypass?
I'm in the same boat as you....sleeve in 2013, lost 140, gained 35. I saw a new WLS doc *****commended a revision to bypass. I've been approved with insurance, so now just nervous to pull the trigger and confirm the surgery. I keep hearing horror stories from people about complications, and scared to make a decision I regret.
Hi Mahonia,
I was just approved with insurance for revision due to GERD/hernia. I had no doubts the first time around about having the sleeve (well, ok, maybe a little nervous but all was fine) but this time around, I'm really scared. I've heard so many horror stories from people after the revision. I really don't know if I should go forward with it?? Hence, why I got on the forums to hear from others.
There were patients in the waiting room of the doctor's office, talking about all sorts of complications and additional surgeries they had after a revision. I asked the doctor but he said those were rare.
Anybody in the Dallas, TX area?
Hi ladies, wow, thanks for sharing! I had a gastric sleeve about 5 years ago and have been approved to have a revision to bypass. I'm scared though, because like, what some of you are saying, there were folks in the waiting room of the doctor's office, talking about all sorts of complications and additional surgeries. I asked the doctor but he said those were rare. When you say, you question what you did to yourself, that scares the *bleep* out of me!
You didn't have any of the nausea or pain with the sleeve, but only now w/the revision? What does your doctor say about that pain and nausea?
Anybody in the Dallas, TX area?
Most surgeons do the band to sleeve revision as two procedures due to damage that is almost always present after having the band in.
Just because you haven't had any issues with reflux while having the band doesn't mean you won't with the sleeve. I have seen numerous times just on this forum people having to revise from the sleeve to the bypass.
When I went for my revision I was considering the sleeve, but because of my history with reflux while having the band I decided I didn't want another surgery after the sleeve so I went with the bypass. Best decision ever. My surgeon told me that when he went in I wouldn't have been able to have the sleeve anyways due to scar tissue and damage the band caused. He had to take out a 1 inch piece of my stomach where the band was due to the damage.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
I am scheduled for October 15, how about you? It took my insurance company 6 weeks to approve it. I think it was mainly because my surgeon's office staff is borderline incompetent. It takes them forever to file and then respond to any requests by the insurance company.
i had rny gastric bypass in 2009 highest weight 276lbs lowest 150lbs
i just had distal revision on 9/13/18 and today im already 4 lbs down weight before surgery 244lbs revory this time around much diffrent and i was up and walking 3 hours after surgery im not sure about the future but this is a tool and second chance and i honestly think it depends on you and the support that u have listen to your body everyone is diffrent remember everyone at one point was against weightloss surgery and the diffrent types of WLS surgeries until they showed sucess
i totally understand i would wat the same outcome if it were me fingers crossed and now you have to wait...... 
Hello,
there is a group on Facebook just type in sleeve revision to Sadi S YOU WILL CONNECT WITH A FEW PEOPLE WHOM HAD HAD THE SURGERY. I myself was considering revision from sleeve to Sadi s in Spain with the doctor who actually invented this procedure Andre Pernaute in Madrid Spain but reading all the review and the long term I've decided to go with a full Ds. What I learn is that the Sadi S is not long term it 5 years only then you regain no malabsorption like the full Ds wii give you. Hope this help you
