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Her surgeon was Dr. Kumbhari also?....that makes me feel good. Sounds like some success with his procedures.
Was her 1st week very painful or was it just the restriction that she had to get used to?
Sorry for the million questions....but I am trying to get all the info I can in anticipation..thanks
she wants to lose 50 all together. She also said the restriction is better than the first surgery.
WOW....that is awesome! How much does she have to lose... Trying to put it in prospective? Looks like she is really doing what she should be doing! So proud of her...su*****entive!
How is she doing now...hope she is losing weight.
I will be praying for you on Wednesday...whenever you can please post and keep me updated! What a way to start the New Year!
i am having my procedure with Dr K on Wed. I am supper excited, but my best friend had the same procedure and she told me the first week on the recovery side was hell. I hope not, but this a second chance for me to make things right.
Hi I was sleeved in May 2015 and have developed GERD. I originally was inquiring if I could be re-sleeved since I noticed the reflux after weight gain. My surgeon instead thinks a RNY is better. I am terrified to have this procedure. Can you advise your surgery experience and recovery? I still think a re-sleeve will resolve/improve my issue.
I can understand why you are looking at revisions. Serial re-gainer right here! I decided long ago that I wouldn't be having any more weight loss surgeries. I've watched and learned here. The type of surgery never has dictated success. Neither has the number of surgeries someone may or may not have had. Believe it or not, more surgeries seem almost counter-intuitive. Revision surgeries done for other than acute medical conditions such as GERD appear to be no more successful in the long run than virgin procedures.
My high weight was 347 pounds and after surgery I lost down to 177. The regaining started in year four - each time I would lose down to the 170's, maintain for a couple of years and then start gaining again. The regains got smaller, but I was so over repeating that awful process! By January of last year I was ready to lose it for the hopefully last time. My goal was simply to get back to 177. A normal BMI for me would put me at 164.
This morning I weigh 148. I was 10 years out on the 9th of this month.
Here's the point: New surgeries aren't the answer. In the end we will always, ALWAYS, be left with calories in vs calories out. To lose weight you must eat less calories than you burn. Any WLS is going to make that relatively easy the first few months. After about year two or so, and certainly into year five plus, it's all you.
It's all you. And you can do this. You HAVE done this. You've slipped. But you've done this once and you can do it again now. Revisions are risky and have a historically low return on investment when done for reasons other than medical necessity (it's not uncommon for a revision to result in minimal maintained excess weight loss after those first early months). There are successes and we have a few of those here. Obviously the choice is yours. I'm only asking you to think long and hard before you go that route. Because no matter how many surgeries we have, we will always end up right smack back in the same place. There is no "cure" for eating more calories than we burn.
New surgeries may delay that moment of reckoning, but it will come.
Just some things to think about as you explore your decision. Good luck to you, whatever it is that you choose. Stick around a bit and maybe post on some of the main boards too. You may get more responses over there.
Stay in touch and let us know how it goes....please!
