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I'm 66, and looking at doing the distal RNY or the change to the DS. I had my RNY in 1997. It served me very well allowing me to lose 212 pounds and keep them off until the past 2 yrs. I have regained 40 of the 212 pounds over that time. I have DDD, spinal stenosis and arthritis from early onset and severe Osteoporosis. I took Fosamax x 7 yrs which did nothing for me. I took 2 years of orteo injections (daily) and that has slowed the Osteoporosis but not built any bone. I have been fighting back pain and now excruciating back pain for 5 yrs. Had Xrays ,MRI and last week was told I need a 10 level spinal fusion to help the pain but no guarantee it will stop the pain. It will stop me from EVER bending or twisting or stretching again. Ortho wants me to lose the 40 pounds and maybe 30 more prior to the spinal surgery.
I have an appt at a large Medical Center/Teaching hospital that does revisions to the RNY. I don't know which they will offer but I feel comfortable allowing them to evaluate me and at least give me their thoughts. I feel at 66 ye old it really matters little the malabsorption side effect etc....I have then from the original RNY. I was dedicated to taking all the Vitamins, B-12, etc and had my labs drawn yearly and still got handed this mess. If it works and I lose the 40+ pounds then I get to decide about the spinal fusion. I won't allow anyone who has not been doing these surgeries to do my surgery.
Hi, I am new. I had my lapband surgery 13 years ago it was successful and I weighed 57 kg. I had emergency surgery to get it removed due to slippage, and I was so dehydrated it became a major drama. It caused Barrets Metaplasia and as soon as it was removed I gained a whopping 24 kg. Undergoing Gastric bypass on the 26/8/2019. Scared and I am hopeful I can get back on track. I Walk 8km everyday so I am quite active and love to ride my bike in summer. Currently on day two of the liquid protein diet....pre surgery. Love to hear success revision stories, it's a bit scary.
I was sleeved 2017 and wanting to get a revision to bypass due to uncontrollable heart burn. How much have you lost with the revision??
VSG 8/28/17
KEEP ON, KEEPING ON
on 7/31/19 3:34 pm, edited 7/31/19 8:35 am - WI
DO NOT REVISE TO VSG (sleeve)!!!!
I know dozens of people who had the VSG surgery and had to revise to RNY because of terrible GERD. RNY can eliminate GERD.
Stomach acid is produced in the lower part of the stomach. RNY cuts that part of the stomach away. They leave the remnant stomach in place, so it still produces acid to aid digestion, but it happens further down the digestive tract and can not creep up the esophagus. There may still be areas that produce acid in the RNY pouch, but not enough to cause serious problems.
With VSG they leave the stomach long and cut away the side of the stomach and leave the pyloric valve in place. It creates the exact same high pressure system that your VBG did. The only thing that is different is that they will remove the band that they punched through the top of your stomach. Your surgeon sounds like he does not want to do the more complicated surgery. I would get a second opinion. VSG will not get rid of GERD and will likely make it much worse.
I have not had a problem since my revision.
HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)
VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010
It has a small bend in it and it does not allow all the food or liquid to go all the way down. I thrown up undigested food. They call it spontaneous reflux. I have no acid.
WOW. That's quite a scary opinion. I will certainly consider what you have said and investigate more. The surgeons are extremely reputable and are in a Harvard Medical School affiliated hospital in Boston, so I would think that they know what they're doing, but the side effects you describe are perfectly ghastly! I will not just blindly go ahead with the revision. More research is called for. Thank you!
I personally wouldn't consider long limb RNY. That is probably known as the worste combination of any WLS. It can cause severe malabsorption of proteins, minerals and vitamins, severe diarrhea, and overall problems.
If anything - I would consider revising to DS, but to to that, you would need one of a very few doctors who are very experienced to do that.
I would suggest posting your question on the DS forum. There are only a very few doctors who can successfully convert RNY to DS. Using any other doc, who is either new to that, or not very good in that, can cause severe damage, severe complication, and eventually painful death if not corrected. Please consider asking on DS forum.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I am pretty flipping enthused- my insurance came through and I finally got my date for revision (rny -> DS).
I had my rny in 2006, maintained well until I had a spinal fracture and subsequent issues.
How do I get one of those cool tape measure things in my profile?
My only real concern is that I have to be at school for half days on Sept 3/4/5. No full days until the 9th. I figure I can have help setting up my classroom - not much to do (fingers crossed).
