just wondering...

has anyone had/or known anyone who has reversed their RNY?
ever since the second before i was wheeled into surgery i was thinking i shouldnt be doing this...
now its too late...
i am terrifed about my stomach no longer working (old stomach) and my intestines dying...
i also dont know if i want to be scared to eat for the rest of my life... for fear of adverse reactions or damaging my stomach...
i even asked my insurance company already if they pay...
my doctor said it is reversible but he has never done it...
so i wont be looking to him for reversal...
but i really dont think i want this for the rest of my life... im only 25
in europe... they do RNY on patients and reverse them in a year or two to try and avoid major problems in the long run...
i know im early out & i will probably be yelled at for asking now... but i am losing... i feel fine (other than constantly terrified)... and i can eat everything on my list so far with out problems... (im only on 3oz meals so protein isnt at the point it should be yet... but it will be when i move on to the next stage)
i seriously want to look into reversal (for the future)... and i need some input...
it will be GREATLY appreciated...

My suggestion would be to get hold of a bariatric therapist that can help you weed out your phobias from genuine concern. You are early out and might just be going through what they consider buyer's remorse, which I hear goes away in a month or two usually.
I can tell you that I wish I had made some decision at 25 and not be sitting here at 36 fatter than ever with the onset of health problems and missed out on the past 10 years. Best of Luck to you.
BTW most insurance companies do cover a takedown of surgery if there are complications or insignificant weightloss.

I know exactly how you feel.  I will be 10 weeks out on Friday, but still regret having the RNY.  I have done some research and Dr. John Husted has done over 100 reversals.  The problem is no doctor seems to want to do a reversal until you are 1 year out.  I am going to give it the 1 year and if I still feel the same, I am going to have it reversed.  I also read about the reversals in Europe, but I have no idea how to find a surgeon there.  I'm still going to explore that option as well.  You are not alone and don't let anyone convince you that you are crazy for feeling the way you do.  Hang in there.  PM me if you want to talk.

DID YOU EVER GET A REVERSAL AND IF SO HO DID YOU DO

 No, I never did get a reversal.  At a year out, I am glad that I did have the surgery.  I have lost over 100lbs. no longer have diabetes or high blood pressure, look and feel GREAT and have loads of energy!!  Good luck 

Reversals are not something I would personally mess with unless necessary like mine is. I have to have a complete reversal of my RNY and then I am having the lap band put on. Almost all patients that have just a reversal regain at least a portion if nto all of their weight. Did you really go through all this jsut to gain it all back. I have to have a reversal to try and correct a complication that I have had since day 1, vagal nerve injury causing severe gastroparesis and dysmotility of the intestinal tract. I have no motility. I have chronic and constant paina dn nausea. I live every day sick. I spend at least 2 weeks  a year in a hospital. I have surgery almost every year. Please look really hard at having the reversal before you do it. I would suggest seeing a bariatric therapist like the previous poster said. They will help you through your fears and teach you that it is really not as bad as you fear. Personally, and I am not trying to scare you cause you would alreay know if you had this problem, I cannot eat meat, fish, dairy, protein shakes, pasta, rice, or any very dense food. If I do, throw up for hours on end cause I have no motility to move it along. So I have a feeding tube in my remnant. I still throw up on a daily sometiems every meal basis. This is why the need for reversal cause theya re trying to save my esophogus. Please look long and hard at the reversal before you do it. Good luck

I am sick too. every day. in pain everyday.  I am tired, I am three years out.  Oh yeah Im skinny-but not healthy- I can't enjoy this death trap of a body.  I am interested in a reversal- I feel this may kill my other organs soon.
stacy  (I haven't updated my profile so the email is incorrect)
rny 04/30/05, 265
11/03/08,128

I have not been on this forum for a while...not since I had my surgery in 2004.  But, for the past year, and more so for the past few months, I have been living with such pain.  It's not really a pain I can say is in one place, it;s more all over my body.  It is sometimes accompanied by a feeling of complete and utter exhaustion.  A doctor did some tests looking for arthris, etc, but the only thing the tests showed was that I had inflammation in my body. 

I've come to this forum to see if this pain, etc., could be related to my bypass surgery.  I too feel worse now than I did when I had all the weight on.  I have pain whenever I move and have a hard time getting anything done.

I have never full entertained the thought of reversal, but I can't imagine getting older feeling like this.  I already feel like an old woman. 

I'm just not sure if others are feeling like this and how I find out if this is due to my WLS surgery?

 Gillyjo--Have you talked to someone about Fibromyalgia?  I think it would be worth your time to speak to a Rhuematologist about this....I have it.  It's not a fun time.  But if they do decide you have it there are medications that can help.  Good luck.

Okay, so I am freak also. I am constantly thinking about what this is doing to my body.  But I knew that I would.  I didn't want to have the surgery but felt it was the last option for me.  My husband and I talked about  a revision later down the line.  I am considering having VSG when I meet and maintain goal.  Have all my bowels put back where they go. I don't know that I will but I have really thought about it.  I think there are a lot of us that worry.  There is probably a happy medium.  I have met people who think this is the best thing in the world and then there are people like us....who knows?  I asked about reversal at my infomation meeting prior to surgery.  My Doc has done 1 reversal.  But there is a surgery who does revisions at the same Center. 

I wish you the best of luck.

Hi.  I'm having my surgery in 2 days and was looking at your message. I hope you are doing better.  I was just wondering,  with your inflammation and odd pain....could you have picked up an infection in surgery???  Have they cultured your blood??   Good luck.  Kat