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Hi...I'm not sure but I've seen some conversions due to weight re-gain. If the sleeve was successful and health complications don't exist, I don't think a surgeon would do a revision.
What Laura in Texas said. Revisions usually result in 20 pounds of loss and most of that is from the pre-surgery liquid diet.
The surgical malabsorption of RNY is pretty much a once in a lifetime thing as far as a lot of weight loss. There are exceptions to everything of course.
Losing and maintaining weight is a matter of how many calories you take in and how many you burn off. That is true whether you have surgery or not.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
The hernia should definitely be fixed, but honestly, another bariatric surgery could be dangerous. The more surgeries you have to your stomach, the more likely it is that you will have complications. If you do have another revision, the odds are you will not get too thin. From what people have posed here, the average loss from RNY revision is only about 20-30 pounds.
I hope you have researched your surgeon thoroughly. Revisions are much more complicated than original surgeries. This is why another person in this thread recommended Dr. Keshishikan in California. He is an expert in revisions and one of the only doctors I would consider if I were in your spot.
Remember that our eating habits account for our success or failure. Surgery is not magic.
Good luck.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I went to a new surgeon to start the bypass consultation and he wanted to feel the band and was surprised to find that it was on the right side of my stomach. Where is your band or where was it?
I think its awesome too.
I have only lost 40 pounds in 7 months.
I'm so fustrated.
Peggy
I think you are doing good. I had the lap band for 5 years and lost nothing. Finally I found a doctor that would do a revision to the sleeve. It's been 7 months and I have only lost 40pounds. I still need to lose 50 more.
It's been extremely slow. Don't know how to lose it any faster. Any suggestions?
Hi- I did two weeks liquid post op and just now started on soft proteins. This surgeon has stricter dietary rules than my original. As of today Im two weeks out and I feel great. My restriction is far greater than it was with my first bypass. I think some surgeons are more aggressive than others with pouch size. I?m losing slower but I am also 7 years older and I?ve had a hysterectomy so my metabolism is far slower. This surgeon did tell me with women over 40, regain over time is almost a guarantee if we don?t incorporate hard exercise into our lives. And he means hard! Wants me doing cardio 5x a week with my heart rate over 150. No strolling around the lake lol. I can?t wait for my skin surgery! Good luck
Aimee
RNY 3-1-12
RNY Revision 10-4-18
Thank you for responding. Are you having to do a liquid diet post surgery like the previous surgery. I'm wondering if the weight loss will be as quick as the first surgery as well. I've had skin removal surgery already and hoping not to drop weight fast so that my skin has time to go back in transitional stages. How soon do you plan on going back to work?
