sleeve to bypass?

I had the band and revised to the sleeve.  The sleeve is working GREAT!  In six months I have already lost all the regain and am down 30 more pounds than I ever was with the band.  I am no longer obese and am still losing.  If down the road the mal-absorption is needed DS can be added to the sleeve (the sleeve started as the first stage to the DS.)

There is a group for band to sleeve if you are interested.  http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/Band2Sleeve/discussion/ 

I just sent you a message for the information as well

tlw4u2luv:

I just had a revision from RNY to DS.  My RNY failed.  It has a high failure rate.  Please do your homework and RESEARCH!!!!  You already have the first part of the DS ~ the sleeve.

Check DSFacts.com

If you have the RNY, and later, for whatever reason, want to revise from RNY to DS, there are only about 1/2 dozen surgeons in the United States that do a revision of this complexity ~ RNY to DS.  There is a list in my profile.

Jamie once you have the sleeve, than the RNY they can't do a revision can they.  There isn't any stomach left to put back into a sleeve.  Have you heard of it being done?  I have only heard of the RNY to DS.

I, too, am interested to see if you have found anyone who has been revised from a sleeve to a bypass.  And for what reasons.  Have you yourself been revised since May?  Please inbox me to let me know.

From all the research I have seen the Sleeve to RNY is the worse of both surgeries. The main thing is you lose your pyloric valve and end up with the man made stoma that can stretch.  If the sleeve isn't enough I would recommend looking into the DS.  Our center only does the sleeve to RNY because the only do Sleeves and RNY's. (and the stupid band.)

I would talk to a surgeon the does RNY, VSG and DS to see what they recommend you do.

I ask because I am only doing this sleeve to rny out of sheer necessity for gerd/reflux reasons...I am at goal weight now and have been for 2 months...my original sleeve date was 12-13-12 and I have had many procedures/surgeries since then to correct the reflux problem to no resolve. I just want to know if there's anyone else out there at all like me? My doctor told me he's done 4000+ sleeves and I will be the first who's had to be revised to the rny...I don't like the statistic just want somebody else to say yes I've been thru that too!