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I had an RNY Nov 28, 2018 due to GERD. I had developed intractable GERD. My sleeve was May 2008. I am very happy with my experience. Surgery went extremely smoothly and I am 66. But this is my experience and my journey. I was in the hospital less days with my rny than with my sleeve. Recovery is a little trickier as pertains to nutrition. You have to chew your calcium +D, b12 goes under the tongue, and I chew 2 flintstones vitamins each day. It is more strict and serious to slowly advance through the food stages of full liquids, purred foods, soft foods, and then finally to hit your forever foods. I am 6 weeks out and not our of pureed foods yet. Is is worth it? YES. I am off ALL acid reflux meds. Is weight loss slower? YES. Probably because I weight far less than I did when I had my sleeve. Is weight coming off? YES. Are there challenges? YES
I am up for any challenges. If I can make my feet hit the floor weekday mornings to go to the Y and exercise,
I can do anything. I am superwoman. And so are you!
I had a revision as well 6 months ago but was still having reflux. I sought a second opinion and he thinks my surgeon did not fix a hiatial hernia that was detected on a CT scan prior to surgery. He also thinks he made my pouch too big. So waiting on an appointment with Cleveland Clinic. Glad your reflux resolved. Been dealing with mine for three years
My surgeon says my pouch is the size of a hard boiled egg. I had revision Nov 28, 2018 due to GERD. My sleeve was May 2008. As long as everything works like it is supposed to, I do not care about the GE junction. I am off ALL acid reflux meds. Off Metformin. I am almost happy I developed intractable GERD.
I had a revision from a sleeve to a gastric bypass on Nov 28, 2018. I am 6 weeks out and I can verify weight loss is slower for me. But this is my journey, not yours. I can not speak for everyone. My starting weight is lower, so I expected my weight loss to be slower just because of that. I had surgery because of intractable acid reflux so any weight loss is a bonus to me, not the main reason. I am exercising and following all guidance. I am off all acid reflux meds! Even with the sleeve I was never off metformin. But now I am off metformin. I would recommend the RNY as an excellent TOOL in your tool box to use in the life long fight against obesity. I am now 8 pounds away from a BMI that would mean I am merely overweight and not obese. That is huge in my universe. Best of Luck in whatever direction you go.
I just revised from lap band to RNY in December. I am 4 weeks out today and down 15lbs. We'll see what the next few months bring, but this is a good start.
Of course everyone is different ~ I hope it goes well for you!
I don't know much about the sleeve at all but I had RNY in 2001. Before I had it, I had heartburn literally every night, since having RNY, I haven't had heartburn at all. Good luck!
is it true that when you have a revision weight loss is slower? I had lap band surgery in Feb 2008 and will be revising to RNY in February.
I saw the surgeon on Nov. 19th and when they saw the state I was in they got me admitted 6 days later and 2 days after that I was operated on. They said the stoma had closed (I couldn't even keep water down) and they did a complete reversal. I'm now almost 6 weeks post-surgery and doing really well. Pain is minimal, I can eat soft foods for now till I have my follow up which is the 10th of Jan. I'm so thrilled I can eat again but that is tempered with the knowledge that I'm going to need self restraint as the surgery reversed the stomach stapling and I could put weight on easily if I fall into bad habits. All in all I'm pleased!
Having mine tomorrow!
"I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed...The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor " So When you are DOWN to nothing....
God is UP to something!
"Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible”
How did it go? How long did they keep you before letting you go the same day?
"I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed...The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor " So When you are DOWN to nothing....
God is UP to something!
"Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible”
