Im looking at doing the sleeve, so how does it work with these staples? Do we have to worry our whole lives if the will get lose? Does your stomach heal or do the staples have to hold it forever? Just trying to figure this all out. Glad your doing so well.
Jen

I've been experiencing pain on my left side in one spot.  I've had a CT scan and blood work.  All normal.  Has anyone experienced pain on their left side , especially when full.

I had a VBG approximately 10 years ago and lost 85 pounds but gained back over half within 3 years.  I currently am 115 pounds less than my starting point, 184 versus 299.  However, this has been at a price.  I gained wait back because I started consuming ice cream and thick soups because I could barely eat anything else without experience long bouts of unproductive vomiting that could last from 1 to 10 hours.  Enough so that in 2007 I was admitted to the heart clinic due to scar damage done to my heart from the diaphragm banging into it over and over again.  I did not know I had severe stenosis of the pouch outlet.  That was  because the doctor who had performed the procedure was long gone.  I should add that he was supposed to have done a roux-en-y gastric bypass and I did not know that was not the surgery for a number of years.  Anyway, I decided I had to face the problem directly and two years ago changed my eating habits back to salads, meats, whole grains etc and was able to shed 65 pounds without stringent dieting.  By changing my eating habits, I made my problem worse and have bouts of pain and unproductive vomiting every day.  Finding a doctor, in Canada, who even wanted to look at the problem took a while but I finally found an excellent doctor who is well respected and knows his stuff.  The solution will be to revise to a roux-en-y bypass, if possible.  I am suffering from a number of hernias, reflux and significant scar tissue and thinning of the esophagus wall so that a bypass could be too risky or impossible, if that is so, he will do another procedure to close up the current oulet and open a wider outlet directly into the stomach which brings on another whole set of factors and will definitely cause me to gain weight.  I was surprised to hear that he feared moving to a roux-en-y could drop my weight dangerously low due to my condition, perhaps below 130 lbs, so I need to spend three months gaining strength to combat this possibility.  If you look at the success rate of BVG, it is abhorent and those that succeed have mostly succeeded in spite of the massive difficulties.   To that end, I would never recommend BVG and anyone considering any procedure to help with weight loss needs to know it isn't a panacea.  If you are willing to work hard and change your eating habits, it can kickstart the loss, but insure you review all the statistics, side effects and potential risks. 

I'm sorry Dear, can u check ur link to RNY? Coz we are in VSG..

So sorryjust dont want others to get confused.

Shasha99
Singapore

Hey fellow OHers!

I had RNY in August 2008. I'm pretty active on the Pregnancy after Weight loss surgery board, as I had twins five months ago. I am also a student getting a master's in counseling psychology. I'm working on my thesis right now all about obesity and weight loss surgery, which as you can imagine is close to my heart. I need some volunteers to fill out some of my forms and tell me what they think. I can send them by e-mail and you can send them back. Please PM me if you want to help me out and increase awareness of obesity, weight loss surgery (any type), the stigma we face together being obese, etc. I really want to increase the awareness of our struggles and help convince the medical/psychological community that we have a voice!

PM me and I'll send you the attachment. I really appreciate your help!

Carrie