Joypod

I had the MGB 7 weeks ago. Best thing I've ever done. Easy recovery (I was in hospital for 2 nights), no issues drinking or eating yet still feel the restriction needed to stop me overeating. I've also had steady weightloss with no stalls. This type of GB is safer than the RNY, is faster to recover from, has less post-op complications and provides similar weightloss. No regrets here, that's for sure.

1 hour ago, nursedennise said:

Thank you. I never saw anyone post about it so I thought maybe I was wrong! do you know if it causes you to lose weight slower?

I really don't know to be honest. I've just trusted that my surgeon knew what was right for me. 😀

Yep. I had an Omega Loop bypass on March 16. My BMI was 37 so my surgeon only bypasses 150cm. The 'usual' length is around 2m.

Just remember that their comments are coming from a place of jealousy.

Mini gastric bypass is a very different operation than RNY gastric bypass. The mini seems to be popular in Mexico, Europe and Australia but not in the U.S.

Actually, the only difference is there's one anastomosis instead of two. The weightloss, Vitamin deficiency etc are the same as RNY. However, the surgery time is reduced and they are less complications, again because of the one join instead of two.

Pre-surgury. HW: 126.3 kg (278 lbs) / CW: 123.8 kg (272 lbs)

Thank you for posting this. My surgeon has recommended the Omega Loop Bypass for me when I'd been thinking all along I'd go for the RNY. So now I'm doing my research.

Following.

I did the same thing. I gained 8 pounds after my first weigh in with my doctor. They told me I had to maintain my initial weight or lose some weight but that I couldn't gain any. It was hard but I realized food is food. It will always be there. It will never go away. I had moments when I was in the liquid diet preoperative phase that I would panic but I kept telling myself that it's only food. It will always be there. I had to mentally tell myself that I'm ok and not to panic. I stuck to low carb eating to lose the 8 pounds prior to preoperative liquid diet. What I did was weigh myself everyday to keep myself accountable and to make sure I at least maintained my weight. Some people will say weighing eat day is obsessive but I don't see it that way. It helped me stay in check. If the number went up, I would look at what I ate the previous day and make an adjustment to not eat the same thing for the next day. It worked for me.

Thank you for this. It's a good strategy I'll adopt. I really like the "it's only food" idea.

I don't have a surgery date yet but it's likely to be in early Feb and I'm finding that I'm starting to sort of 'panic' about food. I'm eating more than usual and eating more sweets than I normally would. I have this feeling that I need to eat all these things now because soon I won't be able to.

Did anyone else experience this in the lead up to their surgery?

Hi everyone! I'm also from Adelaide. No surgery date yet but am planning on an RNYGB with Justin Bessell, hopefully early in the NY.

Maybe say you're finishing a course of antibiotics and can't drink while you're on them.

Hi all,

Im new to this forum and have just started the process of appointments with the dietitian, physiologist, surgeon, etc.

I was told by one of the nurses at the clinic that around 60% of people who get an RNY bypass don't follow the post-op program with varying degrees of consequences including malnutrition.

This is slightly worrying because i imagine each and every one of those people told themselves they'd follow the program faithfully and do everything they were told to do only to end up NOT doing what they knew they should.

Does this mean that the post-op plan is SO hard to follow that the majority of people are prepared to risk their health by not following it or does life just return to 'normal' so much that people just forget to stick to the plan? Or is it something else again?

I'm keen to hear everyone's thoughts and whether or not you still follow 'the plan' regardless of where you are in your journey.

Peace & love,

Joy

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