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I know it's years out but any updates?
Hi! I am in the same boat! What did you end up finding out? I am talking to my doc on March 1st.
Oh man that's so frustrating! I think the feeling is different between the surgeries. So with the sleeve we feel super super full and then with the bypass you might not get that same exact feeling due to the way your "new" stomach is. From what I understand with out the valve on the bottom of the stomach you don't achieve the same stop full feeling if that makes sense.
I can attest to the grazing! I had lap band in 2010. It was defective. It sprung a leak, and the clip came off the port. In 2015 I revised to sleeve (against my doctor's recommendations of RNY.) Fast forward....I have had reflux since waking up from that surgery, and it is getting worse. I have finally started the process of going to RNY. It is going to be a long one due to safety reasons of other health issues. I am seeing a hematologist for a blood clotting disorder that is genetic. All of this stuff has come about since I hit 48 years old. I am now 52. We thought we had it under control, and I was taking eliquis. I was still recommended to get the covid vaccine and was told the eliquis would keep me safe. I got the moderna vaccine and within 1 week of the 2nd shot had blood clots in my popliteal and femoral veins of my right leg. I ended up on 120mg lovenox for 2 weeks and am now on warfarin. My surgeon says they deal with hypercoagulation every day, and there is absolutely no reason to delay moving forward, and I can be peaceful and confident about this decision, and I am. BUT the grazing is REAL!!! I look forward to meeting with the nutritionist to get tips to stop this! lol.
There is no revision surgery that will result in more than about a 20 pound loss. And that is from fasting before surgery and not able to eat for a while after. When you had your first weight loss surgery, you went from a stomach that held at least as much as a 2-liter bottle of soda and had it reduced to hold about the amount that the bottle cap on the soda bottle would hold.
Even with that tiny stomach you learn how to eat enough food to gain weight again. Usually by eating small amounts of high calorie foods all day long. The only way to lose weight after the two year surgery honeymoon period is to eat low calories. Small meals with little or no rice, sugar, pasta, potatoes, corn, cereal, flour, fruit or other high carb foods.
You need to eat meat and vegetables and keep meals to around 1200 calories a day. Also add exercise and drink a lot of water. It is possible to do that, but it is not easy and there is no magic surgery or shortcut.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I had a RNY gastric by pass in 2001. I lost about 170 lbs. In 2011 I had the rose procedure. A total waste of money. I am wondering if anyone else had a gastric by pass years ago and if they had any additional surgeries. I have gained a lot of weight back and would like some information. Thank you
That would be terrible. They should be able to get it fixed so you can eat normal foods again. Let us know how things go.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I had RnY in 2006, and it was successful. 3 yrs ago I began having problems tolerating solid foods, and make reflux, and pain. Finally, in May I went yo get it checked out and between then and now, I have had 6 EGD's, a stent placed and then removed , but that was even unsuccessful bc I have a severe stricture where they connected my pouch to my bowels. I went to a bariatric surgeon, and he wasn't the most promising! He said its a difficult procedure, and more risky than the 1st bc I dont have much left to work with. I went ahead and scheduled the procedure, but Man, I don't know. Could I live off soft, puréed for the rest of my life (bc thats all I can tolerate) and when it starts hurting, it hurts bad! Anybody care to share your revision experience, tia
