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Hello Everyone -
I am nearing the end of my six months supervised "diet" visits, and still, I am unsure what surgery I will be having. I am a gastric bypass patient (November 2009) who started at 398 pounds. My lowest weight was 198 lbs. I leveled off at 213-220 for eight years, and then I got pregnant in 2016. One beautiful little girl, later I rested at 298 when I delivered and still find myself there. I lost my way. I have joined a gym recently, so that is helping me to restart this journey.
SO here is the deal-- My doctor said United HealthCare considers Bap over Bypass experimental and will not cover the surgery. Then when I completed the Endoscopy, that physician said my pouch hadn't stretched enough for him to think I would be a candidate for an extensive revision. So far, I have completed every single requirement: Psych, Nutrition, Cardiology, Sleep Study, Labs, and Respiratory Clearance. I have my final pre-surgery visit with my physician in three weeks. I am praying for surgery in July but wonder what other RNY Revision individuals are doing? Anyone else close to their surgery dates? I am just really praying I can finally get back to somehow feeling like me again.
Every hair eventually goes into a resting state and falls out and then grows back. During surgery a large number of hairs can go into their resting state and cause temporary hair loss. No one can predict how your body will react to the stress of anesthesia and surgery. If you have fallout, it will grow back again.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
on 5/26/19 5:22 am - WI
Google "TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM". The hair loss is from the shock of going through surgery and from the use of anesthesia. You can suffer hair loss from any surgery, not just WLS.
You will experience nutritional deficiencies after a revision, just like you did with your original WLS and that can contribute to hair loss. Make sure you keep your protein and vitamin levels up. Being compliant with vitamins and lab work after RNY is mandatory because you will have malabsorption from the bypass.
Getting health and getting GERD under control would be my main concern. I had uncontrollable GERD for 25 years and ended up with Barrett's Esophagus and have to be checked for cancer every year. I was revised to RNY and woke up from surgery GERD free.
Hair grows back.
HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)
VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010
be very careful there only a handful of surgeons in the world that can revise from rny to ds
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
Hello everyone.
In 2013 I had VSG surgery and lost 120 lbs. The past 3 years I've gained back 50lbs. I am guilty of falling back to my old eating habits and not exercising the way I should. Lately I've been experiencing horrible GERD and saw my Bariatric surgeon. He suggested revision to RNY along with the Hiatal hernia repair.
Question: I know it should be the least of my worries but...
For those that had revision surgery did you experienced hair loss again?
Hello Just curious if you are a T1 or T2 diabetic and if you keep your carbs in check. I was a really bad T2 diabetic and made the decision before the sleeve that if nothing else I told myself I was going to get my A1C in check for good. I made the decision to completely cut out refined sugar and carbs. I brought my A1C down from 10.1 to 6.5 before surgery doing the Pre-Op diet. 1 month after surgery I had got my A1C down even lower to 5.9. My endocrinologist told me that as of right now I don't have diabetes. They call it cured by diet.
HW-430
SW-372
Day of Surgery-347
CW-246
on 5/23/19 7:08 am
Apologies as I want to use this platform more but sometimes I lack understanding the in and outs of it. I wasn't sure if you were speaking to me but.. if you were. Yes, I had my revision on April 17th. The transition was easy but wow! So different from the sleeve.
I don't generalize, I base that on 15 years of helping others in a similar situation. Good Luck to you and congratulations on having you're surgery paid for by the insurance company. Keep us posted on how you are doing
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Hi, how are you doing from your surgery?
1st Goal: 245: Achieved
2nd Goal: 220: Achieved
3rd Goal: 199: Achieved
Final goal: 170
"I thank GOD for allowing me this opportunity to turn my life around"
Thanks! I actually have a consult with Dr. JR Salameh at Virginia Hospital Center near DC..he does the procedure as well..Anybody heard of him??
