Got my Revision date--May 12th (VBG - RNY) !!!
Hi everyone,
My name is Coreena & I live in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I had VBG vertical banded gastroplasty (stomach stapling) in 1991. All was good and initially lost 90lbs. My start weight was 245lbs and got to 155lbs in 5 months.
Up until 5 yrs ago I managed to keep off most of the weight, but started to have food stuck issues and had no choice but to start eating "sliders". Naturally I started to regain up to 235lbs last summer. I finally took control of the situation and started losing weight again by following the 5-day pouch test and rules last September. It was very helpful and I lost 47 lbs by Christmas. But that's when it all fell apart. I had a bad episode with food stuck again, and with excessive vomiting, it caused my staples to come undone.
I met with my original surgeon on Wednesday and he discussed how I will need the revision to RNY, and I am really looking forward to this. The surgery is scheduled for May 12th!!!!!! I am lucky I caught this early. I have managed to keep my weight in check and not gain, but it will be tricky for the next 2 months. I've done so well for so long, and especially this past year working at relosing some new gain, so I definitely want the revision to keep going. I am hovering at the 199lb mark today so I don't have a lot left to lose, but with this revision, I will finally get back to my goal. I realize it is slower 2nd time around, (but I can lose weight rather quickly with the tool), that was until it broke and I don't have any restriction now.
My surgeon said he expects me to lose 40+ lbs (and the first 20lbs in 6 wks post op). ---That sounds FANTASTIC!!!!
I'll keep posting with updates and how I'm managing to keep the weight off before & after surgery. It's an uphill battle but luckily it will be a short trip! Today, I lost 1.2lbs on my own.
Has anyone had revision from VBG or similar to RNY recently? I would love to hear how it feels with the difference between the 2 procedures. I have a little "freedom" that food doesn't get stuck anymore and no vomiting, which was 2-3 times/week and definitely don't ever want that again!!!
Thanks for reading!
Coreena
My name is Coreena & I live in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I had VBG vertical banded gastroplasty (stomach stapling) in 1991. All was good and initially lost 90lbs. My start weight was 245lbs and got to 155lbs in 5 months.
Up until 5 yrs ago I managed to keep off most of the weight, but started to have food stuck issues and had no choice but to start eating "sliders". Naturally I started to regain up to 235lbs last summer. I finally took control of the situation and started losing weight again by following the 5-day pouch test and rules last September. It was very helpful and I lost 47 lbs by Christmas. But that's when it all fell apart. I had a bad episode with food stuck again, and with excessive vomiting, it caused my staples to come undone.
I met with my original surgeon on Wednesday and he discussed how I will need the revision to RNY, and I am really looking forward to this. The surgery is scheduled for May 12th!!!!!! I am lucky I caught this early. I have managed to keep my weight in check and not gain, but it will be tricky for the next 2 months. I've done so well for so long, and especially this past year working at relosing some new gain, so I definitely want the revision to keep going. I am hovering at the 199lb mark today so I don't have a lot left to lose, but with this revision, I will finally get back to my goal. I realize it is slower 2nd time around, (but I can lose weight rather quickly with the tool), that was until it broke and I don't have any restriction now.
My surgeon said he expects me to lose 40+ lbs (and the first 20lbs in 6 wks post op). ---That sounds FANTASTIC!!!!
I'll keep posting with updates and how I'm managing to keep the weight off before & after surgery. It's an uphill battle but luckily it will be a short trip! Today, I lost 1.2lbs on my own.
Has anyone had revision from VBG or similar to RNY recently? I would love to hear how it feels with the difference between the 2 procedures. I have a little "freedom" that food doesn't get stuck anymore and no vomiting, which was 2-3 times/week and definitely don't ever want that again!!!
Thanks for reading!
Coreena
Hi,
I had VGB in '98, that was revised to RNY on 11/8/2010. I had gained all my weight back and a little extra when I had the revision. I then lost 60 lbs on the physician supervised diet that Medicare required and have lost 72 lbs since the revision. My surgeon said I am doing much better than alot of people who had a revision.
I have to remember to cut my food up into tiny pieces and to chew-chew-chew, or I may lose the food. Since I've worked on that I don't really have any problems, unless I "forget".
The first surgery was done by a general surgeon who only did weight loss surgery every once in a while and I did not really have any education about the procedure and I did no research on it. This time I went to a surgeon that does nothing but bariatric surgery and was given alot of education and I also done a lot of research on it myself.
I don't know if this reply helps any or not, but I do not regret having the revision from VBG to RNY at all.
Dorothy
I had VGB in '98, that was revised to RNY on 11/8/2010. I had gained all my weight back and a little extra when I had the revision. I then lost 60 lbs on the physician supervised diet that Medicare required and have lost 72 lbs since the revision. My surgeon said I am doing much better than alot of people who had a revision.
I have to remember to cut my food up into tiny pieces and to chew-chew-chew, or I may lose the food. Since I've worked on that I don't really have any problems, unless I "forget".
The first surgery was done by a general surgeon who only did weight loss surgery every once in a while and I did not really have any education about the procedure and I did no research on it. This time I went to a surgeon that does nothing but bariatric surgery and was given alot of education and I also done a lot of research on it myself.
I don't know if this reply helps any or not, but I do not regret having the revision from VBG to RNY at all.
Dorothy
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