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Thanks Rick. That was very insightful. I am glad so many people are posting and discussing things. This is a life changing bit of surgery and the more knowledge we have the better.

Brighton UK. Chichester hospital. August 1st. Mr Guy Slater/Mr Christopher Pring

I did a huge amount of research before making my decision and one of the main reasons I went for a gastric bypass is that if you get complications you can reverse the operation as nothing is taken away. With a sleeve you remove most of the stomach so once it’s done it’s done. I found very few advantages to the sleeve and the Acid Reflux is a major reason why it soon became a no go for me. Another big factor is if you have diabetes a sleeve doesn’t really change that much, where a bypass can reduce it hugely or in some cases eliminate it completely. That is a huge reason to seriously consider a bypass over a sleeve. I am not trying to say that everyone should have a bypass, but every day I read more and more people who say Sleeve to bypass for me. Something seems wrong about that. I think you are right James, it seems to be on trend right now, which is extremely worrying. I get the feeling that most people get told what to have, rather than make there own decision based on evidence. I bet if the patients are told with a sleeve is final or with a bypass it’s reversible if you have complications, most would go for a bypass. Anyway rant over ??

I am curious that so many people are going from Sleeve to bypass. What is the reasoning behind this. Do you not have the option to go straight to the bypass. Can someone enlighten me. Concerned it’s a just using us patients to make more money for the doctors by getting 2 operations from us?

I had the same problem. You have to be below 8.5. I gave up all added sugar products inc high fructose corn syrup. Went to sweeteners. I found sucralose was the easiest to get used to. (Yellow packet, splenda) also after looking at research, it is 100 percent safe. Doing that for a month got me down to 7.7. My weakness was bbq sauce but discovered a fantastic sugar free one at Walmart. You can do it. Good luck.

I am curious that so many people are going from Sleeve to bypass. What is the reasoning behind this. Do you not have the option to go straight to the bypass. Can someone enlightened me. Concerned it’s a just using us patients to make more money for the doctors?

August 1st with one week pre op milk diet.

Hi everyone. I am from the UK and due to have a gastric bypass Aug 1st. Wondering if there are any pre op or post op people here from the UK?