cathy143

I am having problems with my sleeve. It has twisted some and the food does not go down for a long time. The tummy above the twist has formed a pouch so I fee like I have the band that I had before the sleeve that I had problems with. I also have such awful acid reflux. I take 40 mg prilosec 2 times a day. The doc said the only solution was a RNY. He is not pushing me to it. He said when I get tired of the symptoms and problems he will do the surgery. In the meantime he is going ahead and submitting a letter for approval. he obviously feels like I will want the surgery soon and he is right. When they do the RNY you still have the little tube of stomach you had before left. So there is still stomach there should you have to go back. Just not much. I would like to also hear from others that went from sleeve to RNY. Vicki, I see you had the surgery on 8/1. I would love to hear from you. I read your posts prior to surgery and you and I have the same fears. I look forward to hearing from others. BTW, I am 58, had the band for 3 years and had it revised to sleeve in 3/2011. I have only lost 39 lbs with the sleeve. I think it is because the food that goes down easily is the food I should not be eating.

Val and Vicki,
Thank you so much for the response. Val, are you sure you are not me. I had the band in 2008 and was revised to a sleeve in 2011 after very little weight loss and food getting stuck all the time. I started having problems with severe reflux and aspirating food at night. they did a scope and thought I had a narrowing in the sleeve. In the surgery they found a huge hiatal hernia, fixed it and for a while eating was easier. Then my reflux started to get worse and it feels like the food is just sitting there. I mainly eat soft foods and foods that go down easily, which is not always the healthiest. A few weeks ago I had another scope and an upper GI. Although everything looked ok with the scope, the upper GI showed a fold in the sleeve. My option now is the RNY. He is submitting the letter for approval and giving me time to make up my mind He obviously thinks I will go for the RNY....andI will because, like you, I think enough is enough. Just researching it now. It just scares me because, I mean, what's left if I have problems with this. I know I should be positive. He says it will fix the problem and the good news is, it will get rid of the darn reflux.
Vicki, please continue to let me know how you are doing. I was so thankful to find someone else going through what I am...and I found 2. How are you doing post-op. Is the pain managable? Did you have a drain? Which is not a problem because I had one after the sleeve. I am in GA. Where are y'all located? Thank you again for your supportive comments.

I am having problems with my sleeve. It has twisted some and the food does not go down for a long time. The tummy above the twist has formed a pouch so I fee like I have the band that I had before the sleeve that I had problems with. I also have such awful acid reflux. I take 40 mg prilosec 2 times a day. The doc said the only solution was a RNY. He is not pushing me to it. He said when I get tired of the symptoms and problems he will do the surgery. In the meantime he is going ahead and submitting a letter for approval. he obviously feels like I will want the surgery soon and he is right. When they do the RNY you still have the little tube of stomach you had before left. So there is still stomach there should you have to go back. Just not much. I would like to also hear from others that went from sleeve to RNY. Vicki, I see you had the surgery on 8/1. I would love to hear from you. I read your posts prior to surgery and you and I have the same fears. I look forward to hearing from others. BTW, I am 58, had the band for 3 years and had it revised to sleeve in 3/2011. I have only lost 39 lbs with the sleeve. I think it is because the food that goes down easily is the food I should not be eating.

I am having problems with my sleeve. It has twisted some and the food does not go down for a long time. The tummy above the twist has formed a pouch so I fee like I have the band that I had before the sleeve that I had problems with. I also have such awful acid reflux. I take 40 mg prilosec 2 times a day. The doc said the only solution was a RNY. He is not pushing me to it. He said when I get tired of the symptoms and problems he will do the surgery. In the meantime he is going ahead and submitting a letter for approval. he obviously feels like I will want the surgery soon and he is right. When they do the RNY you still have the little tube of stomach you had before left. So there is still stomach there should you have to go back. Just not much. I would like to also hear from others that went from sleeve to RNY. Vicki, I see you had the surgery on 8/1. I would love to hear from you. I read your posts prior to surgery and you and I have the same fears. I look forward to hearing from others. BTW, I am 58, had the band for 3 years and had it revised to sleeve in 3/2011. I have only lost 39 lbs with the sleeve. I think it is because the food that goes down easily is the food I should not be eating.

I have delayed my surgery until January because I am going on a cruise with my adult children for Christmas. I am very nervous as I am being converted from a sleeve to RNY.

I am having problems with my sleeve. It has twisted some and the food does not go down for a long time. The tummy above the twist has formed a pouch so I fee like I have the band that I had before the sleeve that I had problems with. I also have such awful acid reflux. I take 40 mg prilosec 2 times a day. The doc said the only solution was a RNY. He is not pushing me to it. He said when I get tired of the symptoms and problems he will do the surgery. In the meantime he is going ahead and submitting a letter for approval. he obviously feels like I will want the surgery soon and he is right. When they do the RNY you still have the little tube of stomach you had before left. So there is still stomach there should you have to go back. Just not much. I would like to also hear from others that went from sleeve to RNY. Vicki, I see you had the surgery on 8/1. I would love to hear from you. I read your posts prior to surgery and you and I have the same fears. I look forward to hearing from others. BTW, I am 58, had the band for 3 years and had it revised to sleeve in 3/2011. I have only lost 39 lbs with the sleeve. I think it is because the food that goes down easily is the food I should not be eating.

cathy
im the person vicki is talkin about. i was banded in 2008 and was revised to the sleeve in 2010 and i could never really eat more than soft foods and the reflux was horrible. in october they found that for some reason my sleeve was folded in half. in january i had a huge hiatal hernia repaired and they found i had scar tissue causing my sleeve to fold in half. they removed the scar tissue and my eating got a bit better but the reflux was still horrible. i jst had another scope done and they found i have a stricture in the middle of my sleeve. im having rny done in septemeber. i never really wanted rny but i want this all to end...enough is enough

Hi Cathy, I did have the GB done on thurs. the 1st, cant tell much right now because I am only on liquids...the surg was not bad, no worse than the sleeve and maybe less because there was no port to remove....I only lost 20lbs with the sleeve, and regained it back so I am so scare of "what if it doesnt work"...I know everyone tells me it will, but after the sleeve, I will not take anything for granted...I am almost 57, and I didnt want to wait any longer, want to start having a healthy life before I am tooooo old...LOL......Honestly I could not longer take the reflux....
another person I know in her 50's is having it done sept.19th...she sounds more like you, her stomach was bent in half and they removed scar tissue but she still has a stricture in the middle, so all her food sits on the top of her stomach...
I wish you the best of luck and when you decide it will be because you know you cant handle it anymore....PM me anytime...xoxox