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I had the surgery to fix the GERD and did not try to lose any more weight (I was at goal).
I have heard other posters say they did lose more weight but it was slower coming off.
Do you have any tips on maintaining or even gaining healthy weight after medically necessary VSG to RNY revison?
Thank you Paula for responding. My revision from sleeve to bypass rny was done this morning. I also had a hernia repair, repaired. The pain on my left side is excruciating. It took almost 5 hours and I feel so exhausted from the past 4 months. I have fears and concerns I've never had before March. I'm afraid of food now since I haven't eaten or drank anything in 4 months. Im glad things are going well for you. Let me know how things are going if you'd like. We're 12 days apart. I have an upper GI tomorrow to make sure all is well. I want my spirit back. Thank you again ??
I hope you are recovering well. How are you feeling. My heart just hurts for what the past few months must have been like for you. I may be dealing with a revision for a angled stricture discovered at 1 year, (led to difficulties and malnutrition, hydration struggles etc), and my spirit is weary as well as I face my options. I think you just hit this wall where very few understand what it is like. I really hope that your revision allows your health and spirit to rebound in a positive way so that you can experience the life you were envisioning when you had WLS.
An EGD gave the surgeon the info he needed to submit a request to revise me to an RNY (due to reflux), which insurance approved. Now I'm waiting for the office admin to call back with a surgical date.
Do you know if you have a mis-shaped sleeve? for example, was part of your fundus left in?
Our story sounds similiar, but unless your BMI is really low, it shouldn't matter. My surgeon said that it is no longer wt loss surgery, but surgery for the severe reflux. He said it does take some fighting with the insurance, but it should be approved. The risks for future problems including Barrets, aspiration, etc is just too high.
I am also trying the 5 day pouch reset to see if hi helps with restriction. I am also going to call my insurance Monday to talk with them about all these issues.
No I don't think my BMI is high enough. The doc put me on Backlofen to help relax my esophagus. He said the severe motility is what caused the GERD. I can remember early after the sleeve when I could bend forward over the toilet and food would come out. He said that is a first sign of the motility disorder as well as experiencing a pain beneath my left rib. I will be on this medication for 6 weeks then he will do an Endoscopy to see if there is tissue damage and will do a motility test as well. He said they can surgically repair the esophagus but I think it also involves a R&Y which will have to come out of my pocket $12,500. I want a revision to get back on track with my weight loss. I was able to see my my Upper GI screens and he said my sleeve was inflamed or stretched. It is still half the size of a normal stomach. He also said with the motility your esophagus is always open and the sstomach can't release acids to break down foods so now I have horrible constipation. So hopefully I will know more in 6 weeks I will let you kno how it goes. Thanks for replying to my post. Take care
It sounds like we are in the same boat. My barium swallow showed severe reflux up into my chest. I had the VSG in 8/2016. My doctor submitted to my insurance this week for GB. Have you heard anything from your insurance yet?
I am hoping insurance doesn't make me do more testing. I guess I was hoping to hear that the barium swallow was enough for someone else to get surgery covered. 
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A few things to consider :
- Vitamins or minerals deficiencies: i.e when I crave chocolate I know I may be deficient in magnesium or other minerals.
- Depression and low energy - that can be caused by vitamins or minerals deficiencies.
- Using food as pacifier for emotional issues - past or present: finding out what is eating you - counceling can help.
- Insecurities- you know how to be "a big girl", but the skinny part messing you up - counceling may help.
- Eating carbs - the more carbs I eat the more I crave them. Limiting carbs - "white knuckled" decarb for 5 days (I won't lie - it is hard) help limit appetite and cravings. Then you can make better choices. The few days decarbing is hard, but getting control over my eating is worth it.
- Anxiety - I have high anxiety - and I need help. That can be meditiation, exercise, hot baths..or medication. I am on Lexapro, but it is not working fo me lately. I requested help and I am waiting for doc office to call me to schedule an appointment with a specialist.
Askng for help is showing strength in admitting that you need it.
, If I were you - I would start with PCP - asking for a detailed lab work. You may need to look at it yourself. Just"normal" may not be enough for you. It is not enough for me. Docs are concerned when the labs are outside "normal values". Normal - often mean - "you should not die " but just normal does not guarantee good quality of life
When my iron, D3, proteins, B12, proteins..etc. are just barely normal - I don't do well. Some of these I need to be high normal for me to feel OK.
I.e I get tired when my B12 is below 700. I feel best with my B12 is 1000-1500.
You need to take care of you.
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...."
