Wow!! That is amazing and just what I needed to hear! My revision was Wednesday April 26 and it went well. Dr said a little trouble removing the port but after that it was textbook. I get out of the hospital tomorrow April 29 and we have to fly to our daughter's university graduation on Tuesday May 1!! Not at all how this was originally planned but thanks to the insurance company, it is what it is. My hubby is concerned about the flights but my dr said I will be fine. Take my meds and walk, walk, walk!!!

Here's the link to the revision surgeons:

http://bariatricfacts.org/threads/current-list-of-known-rny- or-lapband-to-ds-surgeons.1403/

Do you understand and feel comfortable with the loop-DS? There's 20+ years of great research into the full DS and long term results.

There's less than 5 years of research on the loop DS and it doesn't go much beyond results for the first 18 months.

i did really well for the first 5-6 years with my rny so I want to make sure any surgery I have will give me the long term results I need.

The best advice I can give is to research the difference and talk to a surgeon who does the full DS so you get a fuller picture.

good luck!

Hi, I'm new here. I'm just starting this process and looking for info. I was banded in 2013 and my band worked well. I lost about 80 pounds. In 2015 I ended up with a stomach bug with uncontrollable vomiting and managed to jack up my band. I had to have it removed. The surgeon said he had to chizzle his way through a bunch of scar tissue and ended up knocking my stomach. He closed me up and the band was not replaced. I was really disappointed in the surgeon and how he handled some things with the removal and Him basically telling me he wouldn't operate on me again. So now here it is 2018 and I've gained all the weight back and then some. I'm miserable. I'm angry with myself. I decided to make an appt with a highly recommended surgeon that I've done a lot of research on. I want to ask about RNY. Since the band is already gone, would this even be considered revision? Has anyone had a similar situation?

I wanted to post for all of you who have been toying with the idea of having an ERNY or also known as Distal Gastric Bypass.

I had mine in 2009. The weight loss was slow but steady for the first 2 years. I ate and ate and ate and the weight dropped off. I experienced most of the nasty side affects from ERNY...Potty issues, Vitamin Loss, etc., sluggish, leg aches. However, I've notice this past year the potty issues are less and less almost normal unfortunately and pretty sure my vitamin levels are better as my hair is thicker, nails are more healthy and I'm starting to show some weight gain but remember this is after 11 years of post surgery. I started my ERNY at 220 lbs and had maintained 136 for the past 4-5 years. I actually went as low as 125 lbs. But for me that is too thin. My comfort zone is 136 lbs. I'm now up to 144 and Im starting to panic as I don't ever want to get above 145 again in my life. I'm not sure though that I have that control as the past 11 years I could just eat anything I wanted and the weight just dropped off, especially if I ate fat laden meals as with this surgery you do not absorb but about 20% of the fat you eat. Sadly not the case anymore. I believe I have been one of the lucky ones when it comes to this procedure. As many of the people I knew here on OH had the surgery done and had to have it revised due to extreme vitamin loss and extreme potty issues. Much of it had to do with how short or long the surgeon left their common channel. My was set at 75 cm I believe. But I never knew for sure. But as in most WLS the honeymoon season does come to an end at some point and you have to be responsible for your diet and exercise. I believe I have hit my point now.

I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there that had the ERNY and if they are as far as 11 years past surgery date. I would like to know their experiences with the procedure.

Thank you.

Janie

Thank you.

Janie

I've had an ERNY which left me with a 75 Common Channel and I had some major issues for several years from it. I seem to have come through it and I now am scared that I'm no longer malabsorbing like I was and that I am going to gain weight. I've maintained 136 for about the past 4-5 years and it's been 9 years since I had the ERNY procedure done. A DS I thought was more like 100 cm of Common Channel.