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I had the sleeve done in 2009 and I lost about 70lbs but in the past year I have regained most of the weight back. I am now in the process of doing all the pre testing to do the bypass but i have so many concerns that I'm just confused as to weather I should have the surgery. I keep hearing that having revision surgery puts you at a higher risk for complications and gastric leak. I keep telling myself that its just like having any other surgery and there will always be a risk but I'm still scared to death. Has anyone here had sleeve to gastric bypass revision? I hope to here from someone just to hear from someone that had gone through the experience and maybe can share some pointers.

Hello all...I am scheduled for a gastric sleeve revision to gastric bypass tomorrow because of extreme gerd/reflux and every other option has not worked. I was sleeved originally December 13, 2012, have lost 58.6 pounds and have had several complications/procedures done since then.
I'm looking for someone else who's had a revision to a bypass and not by choice but by lack of other options.

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Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

First coming out of surgery I felt a lot of pressure from the gas they use. But as soon as they gave me pain meds & simethicone for the gas I was good to go. Groggy, obviously, but other than that I was fine. I was expecting the worse, this was my first surgery ever, but I was good to go. I didn't take any pain meds at all after I left the hospital. They give you liquid lortab and you have to drink a lot of it for the full dose and the taste is so gross and you can only take tiny sips so it would take forever and was not worth it to me. You get ice chips at first and swallowing was no problem either, you can only take small sips at first, again, obviously, but not as small as you would think. And you can take bigger sips each day.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

Tomorrow marks exactly 1 month post op. I never thought I'd be saying that! Time flew by! I have not had a single problem what so ever and can't imagine my life without it. I started at 254 pounds, after my pre op diet/day of surgery I was 247 pounds. Today I am 221 pounds. That to me is amazing. I remember being about 190 pounds and telling myself I would never let myself get to 200.... Well not long after that I had surpassed 200 and counting. I had given up clothes shopping a few years ago because I could never find anything that fit so yoga pants and sweats it was. I even gave up doing my hair and make up and going out for months. At 20 years old that's a big deal! But even loosing the 33 pounds has my self confidence boosted up. I can't wait to loose more and start shopping again. Most people I know, even half or more of my family don't know I had the sleeve, they were told I just had a hernia repair. I'm not embarrassed, I just feel that many people wouldn't understand. Now everybody see's me carrying around my lunch box when I know I'm going to be out of the house for a while- but I learned quickly you have to do that. Otherwise you will fall so far behind on your Proteins & liquids. Nobody asks questions, just keep telling me how skinny my face is (like I lost all 33 pounds in my face). I've had no trouble eating anything but have stuck to my food guidelines strictly. It's sooo tempting to eat "just that one last bite" tho, but other than that, I feel like I'm getting back the life I never had.

I will be 1 month tommorow. 247 day of surgery and 221 today

The journey seems long but you will be post op before you know! I knew I loved my new sleeve from the second I came out of surgery! And it's so fun to find new healthy recipes. I've never been a "health freak" but I'm sure on my way there now. I'm 3 weeks out and loving life

Sorry I didn't see the pre op before I posted my last pic

This was mine

I know this is SOOO very long but it is what I live by now and figured it may help some people out. Feel free to even briefly browse it to answer some questions. I know every surgeon is different but I'm biased and think mine is the best lets be honest tho, who doesn't think their surgeon is the best?

I know this is SOOO very long but it is what I live by now and figured it may help some people out. Feel free to even briefly browse it to answer some questions. I know every surgeon is different but I'm biased and think mine is the best lets be honest tho, who doesn't think their surgeon is the best?

"Your family member" should probably not have done that. My urine was drug tested the morning of surgery. Smoking anything also increases your chance for blood clots and a much slower recovery.

The glue is awesome. No pain no annoyance no removal. Just falls off on its own and leaves No scars