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Does anyone go into ketosis after bypass? I hope not - breath is fowl!

I am having the revision 8/19 and have 12 month and 4 year old boys! I did ask the dr. About my lifting restriction and he said 20 lb ( which is what my little one weighs). We do have a nanny, but she is not a live in, and my husband works and travels a lot. Hopefully I will recover from the bypass as quickly as I did from the lapband back in 2005. Good luck to you!

I am also scheduled 8/19 for a band to bypass revision. I am in Atlanta with dr. Johnson

I was told by my psych. That most all medicines can be compounded into liquid by a specialty compounding pharmacy. My bar. Surgeon says I should have no problems swallowing my pills though...

August 19 woohoo!

I had asked what % of calories are not absorbed, and maybe he thought I was trying to play a numbers game, so he said what he said. - not sure, but I agree - I thought the big payoff was the meal absorptive aspect!

So excited my hubby got on board with me having the revision! i am self pay, so it is a significant investment in me, and I did not really "prove" myself with the band when I gained back all I lost over the past several years! August 19 is the birth of a new me. - I hope!

Hi ladies....my band to bypass revision is scheduled for 8/19. - I am so excited to be rid of the band and able to actually eat healthy food....I am worried about giving up the sugar though....I have become a major addict since the band since sugar goes down so easy! I pray that I have a mentality switch like ya'll have!

Met with the surgeon to ask more questions, and wanted to know if he would do a "proximal or distal" bypass. He says nowadays everyone has a proximal bypass meaning less small intestine is bypassed (I think?)....like only 30 cm......he says there is very little actual malabsorption.....it is primarily restrictive. Really? How much did you have "bypassed"

I am worried how my time release anti depressants will work once I get rny - does anyone have any experience with this? Can they just be switched for non time release, or will the dosage have to be adjusted too?

I have read a lot of posts from non-revision rny folks about throwing up and having food get stuck. Is this the same kind of thing that I experience nearly daily with my band? I don't want to live a life of getting stuck, sliming, and puking with rny....is it different????

Wow. - you look great!!!! Hope I can do the same!

I am so afraid of failing......I failed with the lapband - lost 60 pounds in 2005 and after 2 babies (plus two more preg. That resulted in miscarriage) I have gained all my weight back. How will I be able to do this any differently? I would be so disappointed in myself if I was an RNY failure...whether failing to lose any, or gaining back......any words of encouragement are greatly appreciated!

Good for you - keep up the good work!

Do you ever get hungry. - like tummy growling hungry?? Like empty feeling in the pit of your stomach hungry? How does full feel? Like after a big thanksgiving dinner, or just a tightness in your chest?

So after RNY, what % of the calories you eat are actually absorbed? Does this malabsorption stop 1-2 years out once your body gets used to your new plumbing??

What have your lifting restrictions been post surgery? I have a 12 month and 4 year old, so I am hoping it won't be for too long......just wanted to get an idea before I see the surgeon next week..... Thanks!

Ok, so I know that upon undergoing any wls one must "change his lifestyle toward eating healthy". I just don't understand how that happens when we have gone thru our lives unable to "change our lifestyle" in order to lose weight and keep it off....how does having bypass really help in the LONG RUN with that?? I don't want to go thru surgery just to gain my weight back...

Does anyone regret having bypass? If so why?

So my husband is not on board with me revising to rny. I am frustrated and sad! He is willing to listen to me "plead my case" and willing to check out the support group with me to ask questions. I am self pay, but it is not so much about the money.....more about the fact that he thinks I should/can do it myself. I am sure he thinks that, since I gained back the 60 pounds I lost with the band, ( i did have two babies in the interim) I will not be successful in the long term with bypass. Does anyone have any info recommendations on what I can say to get him on board with this???

How common is it to get a stricture??? That worries me since I will be self pay!

I am considering a revision from lapband to rny. Just wondering If anyone has any regrets about WLS???

So can you still have an occasional glass of wine, or does the sugar cause dumping?

My surgeon said that my reflux should go away once the revision to rny is done. I don't understand why it is virtually eliminated with rny since there is still a pouch and restriction involved? Do you still get stuck with the rny pouch?

I was never so much a sugar addict as I am now - 8 years post band. I eat a lot of sugar and have a horrible addiction to Coke - the real stuff - which is horrible on two levels: empty calories and carbonation. In researching RNY I am hopeful that the possibility of dumping will keep me on the straight and narrow. Anyone else out there who was a sugarholic pre RNY? How did you kick the sugar habit once and for all? Do you miss it?