Justalfe

Hey guys ive had the sleeve done roughly 10 years ago when i was 21 years of age, did well lost all of my weight was in the best shape of my life and in the last 3 years now at 32 years of age I have suffered from extreme gerd 2 hital hernias repaies and now on my 3rd hital hernia and have gained 35 lbs back . Intermittent shoulder and left under armpit/rib pain I have seen a new bariatric doctor who seems very understanding and knowledgeable and has offered me to options. 1 revise to gastric bypass Or 2 repair the hital hernia and put in a linx magnet system to help with gerd. I really don't know what to do here. I have regained some of my weight and in the last 3 years have been in pain with shoulder and chest due to what I belive is my hital hernias and Gerd. I wanted to get with the community and ask you guys/gals first hand what you recommend and why. One topic that came up was ulcers with the bypass and medications that i take such as meloxicam. Which i can switch to something else. I currently take omeperazole, temazpam,meloxicam and duloxetine. A big part of me wants to get the bypass just becuase I have regained the weight but he kind of scared me with complications that some people can have with bypass. I dont see much talk her about the linx system for sleevers is this something new that most people just don't know about or doctors just performing for bariatric patients? Please give me your thoughts

Well i got to make a patchy decision or a life changing one in less than 3 weeks and really don't know what to do.. But i have to do something..barrets at 31 is not joke

Im finding out this is new to the sleeve community as everyone was just converting to gastric for gerd. We would be the guinny pigs in putting the magnets around our esophagus. What do you plan on doing?

Apparently its a new device thats doing wonders

I agree with you im tired of going under the knife and just want mt life back. Its looking like i will probably go with the bypass I just wanted to know if there's anything i should know that's not really talked about or published on bypaas I know i will have to take supplements for the rest of my life. (I currently don't take any with vsg and blood work is perfect) And i have to be careful on what pills i take. Dumping syndrome i understand. What about an occasional alcoholic drink? Anything else?

I'm another ambien user I work grave and can't sleep with out it during the day.. Wish I didn't have to take it I've read there's so many mixed reviews

Im getting close to my two year anniversary , and lately I just feel like i cant eat absolutely anything, whats odd about this that it comes and goes, does this happen to anyone else?

Its not a bad thing I just wish I was consistent....

ive been maintaing at 155 for over a year now..i can eat anything and not gain a pound...but yeah i just wanted to see what some of you had to say about this issue. I guess sometimes I just want to feel semi-normal when it comes to eating =D

hey guys its going to be a year since surgery in March and to be honest, I think im too skinny now, ive always wanted to stay at 160 lbs but some how ive managed to get down to 146 and it kinda scares me that no matter what i do i cant seem to gain weight. im a male 22 years old and stand at 5'8. my job consists of light walking trough out the casino floor.and occasionally moving some slot machines around....anyone have any suggestions to try and pack some weight back on on me i feel like some weak kid now

Never did i think i would say that I'm too skinny and struggling to gain weight, but i guess i just need to eat more often and more carbs than anything, it just sucks because im never really hungry

i havent even taken this up with him yet, i was self conciseness about it up untill right now when i stepped on the scale and lost another 2 more lbs in two weeks and said thats it..i need to talk to someone about this,

i eat ice cream every single day..that was one of the first things i did..to try and gain weight...!

also i just started taking monster mass to see if it can help but on the directions it sais to take 4 scoops...i just find it really hard to get 4 scoops in a day maybe 2 but 4 seems impossible..

/\ why would jogging have to do with bulking up, as far as i know and no one please quote me, if your jogging your burning calories, and theres a possibility of a muscle loss

it is possible , its just harder since we cant slam down 2 chicken breasts for lunch a 8 oz steak for dinner, 3 eggs n ham in the morning =), but it is possible, even better i started noticing im getting "cut" whitch was almost impossible for me since i ate so much and had a layer of fat on top of my bulk prior to surgery.

your only making this harder on ur self, whats the point of stuffing ur face, To get bigger? lol but tell me why i did the same thing before my surgery =)

most protien comes from some kind of meat, its going to be really hard for you to do this but there is options, theres shakes you take, high protien bars, nuts,cheese,

you are a inspiration =) , im glad you have the money to do all of the revisions and are finally happy

i drank some water today, only to 5 minutes later vomit it all back, but this time i noticed my vomit was all blood, what could this be and should i goto the hospital asap?

ill tell you what i was never severly obese but i was 50-70 lbs over weight my entire life and i always felt off and on on the weight issue, untill i turned 21 and told my self i was sick of being bipolar with my weight. do i miss stuffing my face? no i dont and i want to keep it that way =)

i hope your feeling better, and everything works out , !

congradulations keep it up! i wonder how im going to be 6 months from now, its actually pretty exciting knowing i will probably be healthier and sexier =)