If you had it to do over again
I would have had a ds. I didn't know about the ds when I had my rny. I ultimately failed my rny. The stomaphyX was a complete waste of money. I have learned my lesson . I want the surgery that reduces the amount of hunger-producing hormone, prevents dumping, and gives me the best chance of keeping the weight off. From all my research, the ds is not more dangerous-it is more complicated. That's why one needs a surgeon who is very experienced with revision to a ds. A revision surgeon to another procedure is not good enough.
I am in the process of arranging a ds. I wish I still had the money I wasted on the stomaphyx!
I am in the process of arranging a ds. I wish I still had the money I wasted on the stomaphyx!
On February 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM Pacific Time, Jolly Rancher wrote:
I am sure this question has been asked alot. If you were able to go back and have your surgery over again would you have chosen a different surgery? I came back to OH after some years gone and now I see a couple of surgeries that I didn't know existed.When I was banded I knew at that time that I was a guinea pig of sorts, there were not a lot of long of US studies out for re-ops, stats, etc. on the band or sleeve. I opted for the band. Big mistake. Now the real stats are out and sleeves rock if you are good to go with restriction only.
I don't know.
i started researching WLS in 98... and was scheduled for a Lap-RNY in June 99. I ended up not having it done (didn't like the surgeon)... and researched some more. In June 2001, I had a Lap-Band in Mexico... right at the time the Lap-Band got FDA approval. There was long-term data out there from Europe... so it seemed like a good choice.
It's really tough for me to say that I regret my Band because the Band allowed me to have three wonderful post-Band babies. I don't know if I would have been as comfortable being pregnant with a DS or RNY. So, at that time of my life, the Band did make sense.
I revised to a VSG last July. I wish I would have fought harder for a DS in retrospect. Of course, hindsight is 20/20. My surgeon believed that since I had lost 95 pounds with a Band and kept off a majority of it with no fill through three pregnancies, I could do well with a Sleeve. At least lose the 80-100 pounds I wanted. Now, I'm on a 4 month stall.. with still 50 pounds to go. But, I'm facing D and PTH issues from just my sleeve, so perhaps, it still was the right decision.
i started researching WLS in 98... and was scheduled for a Lap-RNY in June 99. I ended up not having it done (didn't like the surgeon)... and researched some more. In June 2001, I had a Lap-Band in Mexico... right at the time the Lap-Band got FDA approval. There was long-term data out there from Europe... so it seemed like a good choice.
It's really tough for me to say that I regret my Band because the Band allowed me to have three wonderful post-Band babies. I don't know if I would have been as comfortable being pregnant with a DS or RNY. So, at that time of my life, the Band did make sense.
I revised to a VSG last July. I wish I would have fought harder for a DS in retrospect. Of course, hindsight is 20/20. My surgeon believed that since I had lost 95 pounds with a Band and kept off a majority of it with no fill through three pregnancies, I could do well with a Sleeve. At least lose the 80-100 pounds I wanted. Now, I'm on a 4 month stall.. with still 50 pounds to go. But, I'm facing D and PTH issues from just my sleeve, so perhaps, it still was the right decision.
Lap-Band June 14, 2001. Dr. Rumbaut, Monterrey, Mexico.
Lap-Band removed after 7 years and converted to Sleeve Gastrectomy on July 7, 2008 by Dr. Roslin. I've had three happy healthy Lap-Band babies.... and one VSG baby. 5 years out from revision to VSG. Gained 55 pounds in past 5 months, now considering DS. :(
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