DS years after RNY
Hello everyone. I had an RNY performed almost 7 years ago and I lost about 115 lbs. Since then I've managed to gain back about 70 lbs thru emotional eating. Since I figured it out, I've tried WW with limited success ... only to gain it back in a few months. I have reached out to my surgeon about getting revision surgery and have an appointment in June. I've been lead to believe that he would turn my RNY into a Sleeve. Is this true? Has anyone had this done? I'd like some input of the process if anyone has any information.
Thanks.
Beth
Former RNY patient revising to Sleeve then DS.
Appts: Dietitian - January 21/19; July 16/19, August 13/19, September 17/19, October 15/19; Social Worker: August 23/19; DS Orientation: March 20/19; Internist: September 30/19; Surgeon: November 13/19 (signed consent).
Surgery Date: February 28/20.
MY RNY DIDN'T FAIL ME - I FAILED IT.
Hello everyone. I had an RNY performed almost 7 years ago and I lost about 115 lbs. Since then I've managed to gain back about 70 lbs thru emotional eating. Since I figured it out, I've tried WW with limited success ... only to gain it back in a few months. I have reached out to my surgeon about getting revision surgery and have an appointment in June. I've been lead to believe that he would turn my RNY into a Sleeve. Is this true? Has anyone had this done? I'd like some input of the process if anyone has any information.
Thanks.
that depends...who is your surgeon? there are only a handful that can go from rny to ds.... and a rny to sleeve is NOT a DS
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
An RNY can be revised into a sleeve, as that is part of doing an RNY to DS revision, though I would be skeptical about how successful that would be as the RNY and VSG are so similar in their weightloss power. The revision to the DS makes a lot more sense as the DS has the better regain resistance which is often what is needed after having regain problems with one of the other procedures. As noted above, the RNY/DS revision is a very complex procedure that only a handful of surgeons are qualified to perform, but it seems to work pretty good from the people that I have seen having it done from the couple of docs we have been associated with. The only doc in Canada that I am aware of that can perform this procedure would be Dr. Gagner in Montreal.
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin
The amount of fat you ingest is equal to how much time you spend in the bathroom. I have around 3-4 bowel movements a day, but I also had that before I had the DS. The difference is the texture because of the fat mal-absorption. I could probably "bulk" my stool up but I have found for myself there is a very fine line between constipation and what I normally have. I eat a lot of fruits/vegetables fibrous things of the sort and don't feel the need to add anymore.
Hello. I had the RNY done eight years ago. I weighed 380lbs and I lost 160.
I have since regained, and weigh almost 340lbs.
I am hoping to have a revision to the DS.
I had my first appointment/consultation with my surgeon, and he wants me to first have an endoscopy done and we will go from there.
I will update after the endoscopy is done.