Goodbye Lapband...Hello RNY

Hello everyone!!
Just wanted to let you all know that this morning I got a call from my surgeons office!!  I will be having this stupid Lapband removed and being converted to the gastric bypass!  I AM HAVING IT DONE ON NOVEMBER 14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't wait!!
I think its the best thing for me since having the band was a disaster for me.  I need more restriction.  The band for me was like nothing...in order for it to work its a constant diet.  If I could diet I wouldn't need bariatric surgery!!!
I am so excited!!  Would appreciate any advice you could give me!!  Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

 CONGRATULATIONS Nicole!  I am so excited for you!  I think you will be happy with your RNY.  I would probably suggest that you talk to your surgeon whether it is a proximal, distal or ERNY he is planning.  My suggestion would be to see if he will at least do a distal.  The only other suggestions would be to remember, like any wls, this is a tool and not a cure all.  If you follow the rules you will do great!

Good luck to you and please keep us posted on how you are doing.

Congratulations!!!!

I agree with the other reply - find out how much they are going to bypass.  No point in needing another revision in a few years, which of course I hope you won't need.

All the best to you.  Advice - try to get moving as soon as possible after, and drink as much water as you can, even if it's a sip at a time to begin with.  Don't push the limits, as you will regret it later.

Hey Nicole!!!

So glad you've found a "resolve" - it's been such a long road for you!  You will do fantastic with your RNY as many former bandsters do.

God Bless,
Leila

P.S. my Band now works (you remember I was never able to have restriction etc.??? My doc and I think that my band shifted its position a bit on its own???  Whatever, I'll take it!)

Congratulations!  I am also getting a revision from Band to RNY.  My surgery is November 5.  I had not only one but two failed bands.  I cant wait either.  Best of Luck and let's chat once we are both on the other side.

 

Congratulations!!  WOO HOO!!  This is gonna be the start of a whole new life for us!!  I am only 9 days behind you!!  Are you having yours open or lap??  My dr suggests open for me.  Keep me posted!!

I am having it lap.  I will be in hospital 4 days then home for a week then its 1 tablespoon of food.  Are you going through Last Supper Syndrome? I want to keep eating until November 5....My band currently is unfilled due to violent puking and acid reflux so I can eat - I get full real fast but I am still eating.  Nov 5 cant come soon enough.

You sound just like me when I had my stupid lap band out...
Congratulations Nicole! I know that you will be so much happier with the RNY!

Hi Nicole - I recently had a revision from my lapband to RnY - three weeks ago.  So far so good.  I've lost 20 pounds. Woohoo.  I had the band and port removed, a hiatal hernia fixed and the RnY done all in one operation. I stayed in the hospital for three nights. It was done laproscopically and have 8 little scars on my belly to show for it.  I am actually going for my first post op appointment with the nutritionist and the surgeon this afternoon. I am still really tired and need to remember to chew alot and limit my quantities.  It's all about protien and vitamins and water and exercise.   I am full very quickly but am able to eat chicken and egg salad and other good foods. 

My band was empty since last November and I gained 40 - 50 pounds during that time.  Yuck. 
I was throwing up all the time with the band filled and probably had some form of reflux - my throat hurt all the time. 

My throat still hurts so i am hoping that that will eventualy go away.

Wishing you the best of luck.  I guess this time I just decidd to listen to  my doctor's reccomendations rather than fighting them.

Wishing you the best of luck!!

Oh my God!  You sound like you are telling my story!!!  Did we talk earlier and share stories?  This is freaky, you have just told my exact life the last 4 years.  Exact! every last detail.  This is spooky.

I am having revision from Lap to RNY on Nov 5.  I have spent 4 years puking, have a large hiatal hernia that my stomach is in my diaphram, have reflux that I started to puke battery acid and have spent a month sleeping up in a chair.  I was unfilled 2 months ago and gained 10 lbs.  I am back up to 185-187 lbs and cant button the top of my pants and am miserable.

I am having it all done, just like you, done laproscopic - taking out the damm band, repairing the hernia and then doing the bypass.  I was told I would be in the hospital 3 nights and then home for 10 days. 

Friends of mine (all thin people) are all "nervous for me" "worried for me" - its like no one wants me to be thin.  Can I ask you, do you regret it?  I have regretted going with the band and not doing bypass 4 years ago but hey, have to look forward at some point right?