LAP OR OPEN RNY....

I RESEARCHED BOTH OF THEM BUT I'D LIKE SOME INPUT ON WHAT ONE IS THE BETTER CHOICE AND WHY? I HAD MY CONSULT TODAY AND ALMOST DONE WIT TESTING AND I WENT TO MY SISTERS HOME AND WAS READIN THE PAPERS SHE PRINTED OUT SAYIN THE LAP TAKES 5-6 HOURS WHICH DOESNT SOUND TO RIGHT....SO ANY INPUT A BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANKS IN ADVANCE....

My lap took one hour and 15 minutes from the time I went into the OR to the time I was in recovery. The recovery time is less with lap I think. If I had to be opened I don't know that I would have done it. The doc's that you are going to don't do open unless it is emergent I believe.

I had lap rny 1 week ago today and the whole procedure took about 90 minutes. I had no pain(never used my pca pump)and only a little soreness at the incision sites.This may not be the norm but lap was great for me

Well, whomever said ti took all those hours, was misinformed. I had lap RNY on June 13th. That was a Monday. I was back to work that Saturday. My sister in law had open RNY and was out of work for almost 3 months. Any questions??

i had open RNY and was out of work for 10 days only because i drive a bumpy school bus. my surgery took aprox 2 hours and the only problem i had was gas pains.

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES I NEW THAT WASNT QUITE RIGHT BECAUSE AFTER RESEARCHIN AND READIN IM LIKE I NEVER READ THAT IT WOULD TAKE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LONG....IM DOIN THE PRE-OP DIET SO I CAN LOSE THE 25 LBS TO HAVE THE LAP DONE....THANKS AGAIN FOR UR ANSWERS....