Hi I'm in the process of trying to do a revision and did the dye test and I think he said my pouch wasn't stretched. But I have gained all my weight back ams plus. Was your pouch stretched and what option did you go with!

I've heard horror stories about some of the Facebook bariatric groups, so I've never joined them. I've heard there's a lot of bad advice posted on some of them that never gets corrected, and there are a lot of people who seem to like to push the envelope and get cheered on from some of the others. No thanks. I've always found Obesity Help to be full of helpful info, and there are a lot of vets on here who are good about correcting misinformation. I wi**** was more active than it was a few years ago (I think a lot of people are doing the FB groups now instead of traditional internet forums), but I still find it really helpful.

nausea and vomiting aren't that common after the first few weeks when you're healing and just figuring out your food intolerances. You learn pretty quickly what sets it off. I don't think I vomit any more now than I did before I had surgery. I will if I eat too much or too quickly - but then again, you learn your limits pretty quickly after going through that a couple of times!

dumping happens to about 30% of us. I've never dumped and many of us on here never have, either. If you're one of the unfortunate ones who dumps (although some people would consider that "fortunate", since it keeps them from binging on sweets), you can avoid it by limiting your sugar intake (which we all should be doing regardless)

Low vitamin levels aren't very common if you keep on top of your supplements (and you HAVE to keep on top of your supplements if you have RNY). The one exception to that is iron. Some people (a minority, but still) don't absorb iron well from oral supplements, so they have to get occasional infusions. Most of us can absorb it from tablets just fine, though.

diarrhea isn't common with RNY - but constipation is. It's very common with sleeve, too. It's due to the high protein diet plus the iron and calcium supplements. Many of us take a capful of Miralax every day to stay on top of it.

I only hear about dehydration issues from people who are recently out of surgery. That's why they really stress meeting your fluids requirement - even moreso than meeting your protein requirement - during those first few weeks post-op. Dehydration can land you back in the hospital. From people further out, though - I don't remember seeing any posts on that. It seems to be an issue for people who are very recently out of surgery (not all people - but whenever I've seen posts on that issue, it's always from people who are very recently out of surgery).

I think extreme side effects were true years ago, but they do the surgeries so differently now that those side effects are pretty rare nowadays. I don't know if that's true given your type of revision, though - you might want to find Rocky313 on here and ask her. She had an older surgery many years ago - might have been gastric plication, but I'm not sure - she had it revised to RNY at the Mayo Clinic several years ago and was very happy with the results.

and yes - from what I've read here, people typically don't lose a ton of weight after revisions. Around 20 lbs or so - although I'm sure there are exceptions to that.

Thank you for posting loydjc! Nice to meet you as well. I totally understand everything you are saying and feeling. I am also amazed by how heavy I feel. I don't remember feeling this heavy when I used to weigh this much in the past. But, I am also older now as well so... lol I don't know how I allowed myself to get back to this point (I mean I know how but mad that I let it happen). The only positive I can focus on at the moment is that I have stopped gaining weight. I consider this a win.

That is what I have to do. Focus on the positive things or else, I might eat my sorrows away... which of course, would make it worse.

At this point, I have opted not to got back for surgery. As much as I want too, I am going to give this one more chance on my own. And what I have decided to do was get a second job. My full time job is 100% sedentary and the weight started coming on when I stopped working my second job which was active! I hate going to the gym and I am not motivated to exercise. But, I can be motivated for an extra pay check. So, I am going to give this a chance and I know for me, working in retail will help me get 10,000 steps a day. I know this sounds crazy, but honestly, I know if I get myself moving, I can lose the weight (I hope).

Keep working with your weight center. It will keep you focused and accountable. I stay connected with various social media and support groups and this helps as well. Keep us posted. Remember, you have done this before and you can do this again!