I don't know what to tell you about what you can expect in terms of weight loss but I wanted to tell you i had surgery almost 3 months ago to correct candy cane syndrome. I was in pain virtually all the time. I do have a question for you. Did your surgeon tell you the reason you have candy cane is DEFINITELY due to a mistake your original surgeon made? If the surgeon makes the afferent limb to long at the orginal surgery, I know you can develop candy cane syndrome. The afferent limb should be made to be about 1-2 inches. From my research, one can still end up with it, even if the surgeon makes the afferent limb the correct size at the original surgery. Mine was found only 2 months after surgery. It is a VERY rare complication with one only having a 0.4 -1% chance of developing this condition. I'm anxious to hear what your surgeon told you about it. Thanks.

Greetings.Keep hearing so many experience with slow weight loss with conversion from VSG to RNY. Was it worth it?

I have always chewed my food. My Mother used to "make" us count to 32 before we could swallow. Also I always put my fork down between bites, and never put food in my mouth WITH food in my mouth. I do not drink with meals, never have, never will. Thank you for your comment.

He's going to fix several issues. 1. My first surgeon left a piece of intestine in there just flopping around. It's called a "candy cane". It gets food, water, etc FIRST. When I swallow, things tend to go in there then it gets inflamed and causes me pain. I drink a lot of water, so I do keep it flushed out for the most part, but when it gets inflamed...WATCH OUT it hurts. So he's going to remove it. 2. My "pouch" has elongated, and joined my intestines. So when I eat, NOTHING stays in there and it goes directly into my intestines. He's going to reconstruct my pouch, and make my stoma smaller. 3. Because food has been going directly into my intestines, parts of them are "stretched". He's going to check and see if they will be able to repair themselves over time or if he needs to remove sections and then connect them back together. That is to be determined at the time of surgery.

I'm excited and nervous. My revision is scheduled for Sept. 5, 2019. I had RNY in 2001. Started out at 320, went down to 149, and slowly over the years gained up to 220. I'm down now, Thanks to Weigh****chers (WW) and following their plan, but I can never get below 190. So my doctor is going to do a revision. I'm so happy. There is somethings in there he's going to fix and some he's going to create. LOL He's one of the top surgeons in the country for this particular procedure. My insurance approved me VERY FAST...from the time they sent the letter it was only 2 weeks and I had approval. I've been following my doctors diet now for about a week and I'm down 7 pounds, but not below 190. He was hoping I'd get to 190 before my pre-op appointment, tomorrow. As of yesterday I was 2 pounds away. I'm so thankful to be getting this second chance. Has anyone had good results? What can I expect? Did you lose the weight you wanted to?