VSG or RNY ... Any regrets?
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on 7/22/10 11:33 am, edited 7/22/10 11:34 am
on 7/22/10 11:33 am, edited 7/22/10 11:34 am
I have a friend who started out about what you weigh. She had the VG about 4 years ago. She has lost all of her weight an has stayed a size 10. I had the band and only had about 80 lbs to lose. I have kept it off for 5 years now. My other friends who had the band who had 200 lbs. to lose never got down to their goal weight. They only lost 100 lbs. with the band. I don't know why, but it seems like the band works best for lightweights. As for which surgery is best, well in the VG the stomach is removed, so you don't have a blind stomach floating around inside you. Also the part of the stomach that produces Ghrelin in removed. In the support group I go to the people who have the VG are really doing well. It is the people who have had RNY who are crying, yes crying about regain 50 or more pounds a few years out. The best advice I can give you is research the RNY forums and the VG forums. Good luck to you.