Question:
Why did you get a reversal? What have your results been following reversal?

I am thinking about getting a reversal to an open roux-e-y. I have consist nausea and vomiting,and am not happy about the decision I made to have this surgery. Please provide as much feedback as you can.    — Anita B. (posted on April 21, 2002)

April 21, 2002
I really think you need to give the surgery a chance. I was extreamly queazie for the first couple of months. It does get better. I think its way too soon to be asking for a revision. I have heard of tons of people who had complications in the start of things and still would have the surgery again in a heart beat!!! The best of luck and please give it more time to work!
   — Jody Diou

April 21, 2002
I agree with the previous poster who said you seriously need to give it more time. I looked up your profile, and you're still in the first few months post-op, which SUCK. In my first 12 weeks, I was hospitalized for dehydration twice and always felt weak, sick and lightheaded. I passed out several times. I remember saying the word "reversal" more than once. Fortunately I stuck it out, because in week 12 (almost overnight), I was able to start eating/drinking normally again just in smaller quantities. I have no idea why this suddenly happened to me. I literally went from eating 200 calories/day to 900 calories/day within 2 weeks!! Suddenly my energy was back and less things made me dump. I am now 13.5 months post-op and have lost 177 lbs. I hardly ever dump anymore. I can tolerate all foods except super-sugary stuff like cake. All my blood vitamin/mineral levels are normal, and I just feel like a whole new person. I am hopeful that you will at least give this surgery 6 months. A reversal is even more complicated than your original surgery, and it is not always satisfactory. Give the gastric bypass a chance!
   — Terissa R.

April 22, 2002
Anita, Please give your WLS a chance to work, you are still in a depression phase that almost all of us have gone through. It took me a couple of months, or more, before I could say that I was glad I had it done! I doubt if a reversal would stop your nausea and vomiting, I imagine it would just prolong it. After all, a second surgery isn't going to magically make the first surgery go away and make your stomach 'just like it used to be'. There will be a recovery period for the reversal too, probably just as bad or worse... think about what your body has already been through, a reversal would compound that. Talk to your doc about it, I know there is something he/she can give you to help with it :) Good luck hun, my prayers are with you.
   — DonnaCarol

April 22, 2002
Hang in there Anita. I am sure things will get better. You don't want to make a hasty decision and then regret it. I am sure in a few months you will feel fine. I am also weak and lightheaded alot but I know this is the only way that I am ever going to get thin again so I'm willing to take the good and bad. Besides, I certainly wouldn't want to go thru the whole surgery procedure again, it hurt. Give it some time to get better.
   — Peggy D.

April 23, 2002
Dear Anita, Having been where you are and knowing that life can be great after wls, I strongly urge you to seek a second opinion and find out the cause of your constant nausea/ vomiting. I had this problem for almost 14 months consistently.. only to find out that my pouch had enlarged and become non functional.. otherwise known as an atonic pouch. I had surgery in early Feb to correct this failure of the surgery, and am having nothing but great days now. I wish you luck, but if I can go on and live a normal life with all the complications I endured, and three surgeries within 14 months, so can you.. Please contact a different doctor and get another opinion.. you will feel better when you do.. Take care Hugs, Gina
   — Gina Landers

September 25, 2003
Dont let the nay-sayers get you down if you feel you need or want a reversal listen to your body and do whats best for you and dont let all these people get you down I am 2 weeks post op and I know I made the biggest mistake of my life.
   — chaoseffect