Mine is all in my ticker below.

I would be really cautious about getting the sleeve after the band especially if you had stomach damage. There are many folks who end up having to revise to the bypass because the sleeve caused GERD/heartburn/reflux.

I also wanted the sleeve, but due to the excessive GERD/heartburn from the band I was not a candidate. So instead I had the bypass done. Which I found out after the surgery was a good choice because there was damage done to my stomach that also would have prevented me from having the sleeve.

Just something to think about.

Good luck with your revision.

Thank you so much for your response, Larra. I meet with the surgeon on July 17th to discuss surgery for this and I have a hiatal hernia as well. I am just a little weary as I am older now, divorced with no family and two wonderful children that are just 11, and 12. I had my RNY open not laparoscopic and I know recovery time was so much longer. My new surgeon is concerned about scar tissue as I had 3 surgeries back to back from complications all those 15 years ago.

Peace & Grace

Shelly

What this means is that there is a connection between the pouch and the rest of your stomach, usually referred to as the blind stomach. This is a recognized complication of RNY gastric bypass that can't occur with DS, because with the DS a sleeve is created instead of a pouch, and the rest of the stomach is removed.

With the pouch and the rest of your stomach now connected, you have lost the restriction that is the main means of weight loss with gastric bypass (since the little bit of caloric malabsorption you started with is long gone). Thus your "tool" is gone, and only surgery will bring it back. I would suggest that you use this complication as an opportunity to get converted to a DS, which is a better operation in so many ways - use of your pyloric valve instead of the abnormal connection between the pouch and the small intestine, ability to safely take NSAIDs, and best statistics for excess weight loss and for maintenance of that weight loss of any bariatric surgery. There are only a few DS surgeons who do this complicated revision, so you need to choose carefully.

I knew, some years ago, someone who had the same complication and she was revised successfully to a DS, so it can be done. Most info coming to you in a pm, so look for it.

Larra

Just checking to see how you are doing . Hope all is well