Question:
Reverse surgery!

I would like to knw whether or not anyone had a reverse RNY gastric bypass surgery? where the patient would udergo a surgery that puts everything back the it was? can u please give me more information on how long it takes and how many days you would stay in the hospital? ? thanks.    — halahmad (posted on September 15, 2008)

September 15, 2008
Sorry that I don't really have an answer to your question ... I have never heard that the surgery can be reversed so I'm not sure if it's possible. That is something you need to discuss with your surgeon. My question is, why would you want to have your surgery reversed? The experience is not going to be 100% positive from the beginning and if anyone told you it would be easy, they lied. It's WORK, and it's not always fun. You're not going to feel great 100% of the time in the beginning. But just like with anything else in life, you take the good with the bad. In the end you will find that it was worth it.
   — lauren_marie

September 15, 2008
RNY is not reversible, the LapBand is.
   — LA2194

September 15, 2008
I was looking on here and there are some people who had to have RNY reversal because of severe malabsorption. I dont know how common it is but there are people out there. I just sent a message to someone who posted a year ago about possibly having to get a reversal. I didnt think it was possible either but she said her surgeon was talking about reversing it because she is having so much malaborption she was having to be feed from a feeding tube if she didnt eat 10 times a day and had rickets and all kinds of deficencies even though she always took her vitamins. If I hear back from her I will repost with her condition.
   — Kimberlin Katayama

September 15, 2008
My doctor told me that it is reversible but it is not something they do just to do it. There has to be severe problems for them to do it.
   — Harley2006Angel

September 15, 2008
Recovery from ANY surgery in lfe is not easy. You are going to feel weak and tired and have gas and nausea. This is normal. Over time, you'll recover and start to feel better, little by little. You're going to start losing weight, and getting healthier. Along the way, you'll go through a "mourning" period, where you mourn/miss bein able to eat like you used to. But this feeling will pass, and eventually you'll feel so good about your weight loss, and how you look, and see how your overall health is improving, that those foods you used to eat just don't seem so important any more. You'll find yourself having to buy smaller clothes and be happy about it. You need to follow the food stages carefully. The surgeon should have given you a list of Food Stages, right after surgery you should be on clear liquids - beef broth, chicken broth, Jello, sugar free popsicles, hot decaf tea with splenda, crytal light drink mix. Then you'll move to Stage 2, and so on...... Your surgeon will tell you what vitamins to take, and when. Faithfully take your vitamins for life, and once you're able to get in proteins, when you're at the more advanced food stages, faihtfully make protein your first food choice for life...... Chicken, fish, tuna, eggs, beans. Avoid sugars/starches/carbs for life. Insurance will not pay for a reversal unless there is some emergency, like the patient can not stop losing weight and is getting too skinny and malnutrition.... You have been given a gift; so many people want RNY WLS and need it, but do not have insurance. I know of one lady who died while trying to save enough money for it... Try to look at this as the blessing that it is. Let everyone here be your support group, and find a local support group you can attend weekly; that is very important! See your surgeon for follow ups and do not hesitate to call him or the Nutritionist as often as you need to! You just hang in there, and get through your recovery period; again, any and every surgery has a recovery period, not just WLS, just hang in there; 6 months from now you'll be down 75 or 85 pounds and feeling great and past your mourning period, and feeling optimistic. Just look towards the future and look at all of the Before & Afters here on OH.com.
   — Gina S.

September 23, 2008
It's called a "Takedown". It usually is only done in cases where there has been a severe complication which may be life-threatening. Actually, it is not possible to put "everything back the it was" because your stomach and intestines have been altered. They can reattach the intestines, but they cannot unstaple the stomach, but simply reattach the pouch to it in another place. Most surgeons either refuse to do it or severely limit the procedure. This is why they require the counseling and urge you to think it all through and make an informed decision BEFORE the surgery. My question is, "Why are you asking this?" Is there something I can help you with? Would you like to talk about it? Please feel free to contact me if you like. I would ask the surgeons office for an appointment with the counselor, or if you are having trust issues there, seek counsel on your own. I sense you are discouraged, and may need a boost in your confidence about the surgery. Again if I can be there, I'll try to help anyway I can. Hang in there. Dusty
   — Dusty Ray Vaughn