Question:
gastric bypass reversal

I was wondering if any of you know of any situations in where they had to have their gastric bypass reversed because of losing too much weight. I am NOT even considering doing this, but I have lost too much weight and someone told me that your doctor can make you have it done. Is this true?    — brat73 (posted on December 22, 2006)

December 21, 2006
From what I have read and what my own surgeon has told me, if you have the RNY then it is not reversable. Try to up your protein if your doctor truely thinks you are losing to much thay should be able to adjust your diet.
   — Lost4Ever

December 22, 2006
Its very easy to out eat your surgery to stop or gain weight:( DONT DO IT! Just graze all day long and anyone can gain:( Spiking low is common, long term gain is common too:(
   — bob-haller

December 22, 2006
I do not know how a doctor can MAKE you do anything. S/he can recommend that you do something for your health but not make you do something. You need to talk to your surgeon to see what the recommendations are for you to stop your weight loss or if there is something else going on with you physically. Good luck. Chris
   — ChristineB

December 22, 2006
i know it can be reversed but very few surgeons will do it and it cost ALOT. i know a girl that had gbs and afterwards had some mental issues dealing with the weight loss. she was looking into having it reversed and from what i understand there is a doctor in texas that will do it. lately she said that she is not considering it at this time but she is glad to know the option is there if she needs/wants it later. she eats whatever she wants and as much as she can hold, so i think she will get the results she wants without additional surgery. the sad thing about her situation is, i think she is gonna regret "eating through" her bypass once its too late and then there is nothing she can do. talk with a nutritionist and let them continue to follow you closely, because your diet can be adjusted to help your weight loss slow down at this time and then if you start to gain and reach goal it can be adjusted again to help you maintain your goal. hope this helps. holly
   — RNlvnCARSON

December 22, 2006
I HAVE A FRIEND THAT SHE HAD THE SURGERY IN FEBRUARY 2005 AND SHE'S LOST A TON OF WEIGHT AND SHE JUST TOLD ME THAT HER DOCTOR IS THINKING OF REVERSING HERS IN JANUARY 2007.I'LL KEEP YOU IN TOUCH ON WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
   — DOLPHINLOVER122

December 23, 2006
I don't see how far out you are or how far below normal range wt you are, but I'd really not recommend trying to gain, because you may still have bounceback in front of you. And once you start the regain, you can't always choose where it will stop. If you are less than 2 yrs out, you're not done, really. Many of us lose a bit too much at first, and most look a bit gaunt right around 12-18 months. I mean, we really ARE deflated balloons at that point. But it all changes and way too soon. Reversing your surgery, would, of course, completely reverse your wt loss.
   — vitalady

December 23, 2006
Hi, I have been in the medical field for 8 yrs and a doctor cannot force a surgery like that on you. That would be assault. The only time doctors can force stuff on you is in matters involving the unstable mind which is a long drawn out process and is only to protect the patient and those around them. Doctors forcing surgeries on patients went out in the 1950s when sterilizing mentally retarded people was a matter of practice. A gastric bypass can be reversed as long as it was a rouy en y and the original stomach not removed.
   — tazthewiz23

December 23, 2006
I probably should have mention why I think I am losing too much weight. I am 5ft 9in and I started out at 265 and a size 24. I am 9 months out and I am 139 and in a size 2. To me.... this is very small.
   — brat73

December 23, 2006
I probably should have mention why I think I am losing too much weight. I am 5ft 9in and I started out at 265 and a size 24. I am 9 months out and I am 139 and in a size 2. To me.... this is very small.
   — brat73

December 23, 2006
Brat although you likely look bad its really AWESOME! Few super morbids get to goal. You should be about 100 pounds. CONGRATS!. I got to goal. LOOKED TERRIBLE:( So many said your too skinny it got to me. Kinda works on you:( My 5 foot 10 wife started at 293 and never got below 180:( Your fine relax and enjoy the ride! Remember many do regain after bottoming:( Let your body decide....
   — bob-haller

December 24, 2006
R-N-Y is quite difficult to reverse but NOT impossible. Lap band is, on the other hand easy to reverse. I agree with others who have responded to your question. Try to increase your caloric intake but do it with the KIND id food you eat, NOT the VOLUME you eat at any given meal. You can increase the volume/amount you eat if you eat many small meals in a day. I've heard and read of people who do a self-reversal of R-N-Y by eating more than they should at a given sitting and stretching, over time, the size of their small pouch so that it attains the size of their original stomach pouch prior to surgery. They subsequently regain the weight they lost, making the whole thing pointless. I suggest you get together with a good diet specialist and try to gain weight in a sane and controlled manner, without self- or surgical reversal of your bariatric procedure that proved so successful for you. Try to remember what life was like before you lost all the excess baggage. The problem you have now is minor compared to that.
   — [Deactivated Member]

December 26, 2006
OK, I have to disagree with the person who posted that you should be 100 pounds. At 5 ft. 9 in., your BMI at 100 lbs would be 14.8. Under 18.5 is considered underweight!
   — kamykami

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