Lou51

Thank you everyone. Very helpful advice. I hope when the toilet related issues are resolved it will be better. Fingers crossed its just a normal stall x

Your rate of loss always slows as you get closer to your goal weight. You can always depend on that. The heady high rates of loss you experience at the beginning don’t last. You can also stall any number of times along the way.
The small weight gain you are seeing at the moment could be related to your health issues or it could be your natural weight fluctuation becoming more noticeable as you get closer to your goal. It could also be your body resettling after your holiday loss & getting you back to where you would have been without the holiday. I’d go for option D - stop panicking & let your body catch up & I’d also add wait for your health to improve.
Doesn’t hurt to do a check of your food choices, portion sizes, calories, protein & fluid intake, etc. Though you may be currently struggling with food, there may be something you are missing or could tweak to keep you closer to your plan.
All the best

So I am guessing your main concern is the slowing down of your weight loss? At this point I am going to say its very normal for weight loss to slow down at the 6 month mark ( depending on your start weight of course) so dont worry about that. You do however need to sort your nutrition and gastric problem out. Sort that out then once you are all good there then concentrate on loosing more weight if you need too.

Personally I would really start to concentrate on specifically what you are taking into your body to make sure you are not over eating. Measure and track your intake to the recommended calorie levels. I would also increase exercise. Unless you simply cannot get in protein, I would try to get more of that. Your body could be craving protein and retaining weight because of that. That of course is a nutritionist/Doctor question.

You may be dehydrated due to the poops, and feeling what you take to be hunger pains. Try drinking more--but I am not a doc. Push up that appt. with the gastro doc...

Have a bone density check. It’s a good idea to have one done regularly if osteoporosis is in your family regardless of your surgery. It will pick up if you have signs of osteopenia. (It’s more common in women over 50 but with your family history you may be more likely to have this first sign of bone loss younger.) Better to get on top of it before there’s noticeable loss of bone density & you start experiencing more complex issues. Start adding calcium rich foods to your diet (look for low fat ones though) & supplements as needed.

they'll have you taking calcium and vitamin D after surgery (probably for life), so that usually helps to prevent it. So does healthy eating and weight-bearing exercise (e.g., walking, running, weight lifting...)

I have osteoporosis, but I'm in my 60s and also, it runs rampant in my family (or at least in the women). I don't know how much of a factor my bypass was (if at all) since I didn't have a baseline done before surgery.

I had RNY at age 55. Lost 100% of my excess weight (over 200 lbs). It was slower than average, yes, but I was very committed to my program and far exceeded my goal.

For me, the choice came down to some non-physical things (i.e., the idea of my guts being rearranged with the RNY, or the stomach being removed for the sleeve). I considered my lifestyle. I travel quite a bit for work and am not always in control of the food put in front of me for a meal. I travel to remote parts of the third world, where culturally refusing something to eat or drink is seen as very rude and can impact my ability to do my job, so I've eaten some...things. Let's just leave it at that. I opted for the sleeve because with the larger stomach pouch post-op, I was less worried about dehydration and there is a lower chance of having dumping syndrome if I eat something too sugary or too fatty when I'm out.
Good luck with your choice, it is a difficult one!

PS...DS is a dudoneal switch and GERD is Gastro-esophegeal reflux disease (acid reflux)

I've had both. I had the sleeve for 5 years and revise to a bypass just recently. The urgent diarrhea happened with the sleeve too, and some of them dump. I dumped with it, unfortunately. This is just for me... But if I had to do it all over again, I would skip the gastric sleeve and go RNY. Post-op sleeved, I was hungry from the beginning and not too long after I develop Gerd. I'm post-op RNY now and I don't feel hungry at all. The VSG surgery and RNY was basically the same pain level.
Having said that, they are both good choices. Not everyone develops Gerd from the sleeve.

diet plans are the same for both surgeries, so there won't be more restrictions for bypass than there are for sleeve (and once you're out a ways, there are no restrictions. That's not to say you won't have intolerances to certain foods (you might - or you might not - and that would be the case with either surgery), but beyond the first few weeks or months, there aren't any restrictions
since you have a sensitive stomach, I don't think either surgery is going to be better or worse. Don't forget that they remove 80% of your stomach with sleeve, so as far as your stomach goes, either surgery is going to be traumatic since they cut into it (or in the case of bypass, staple it off)
diarrhea isn't common with bypass. The opposite, constipation, is very common with both surgeries. I wouldn't worry about urgent diarrhea. You hear about that more with the DS, which you are not considering. It's not that it never happens with bypass or sleeve, but it's not very common.

Before/ during (posted in another thread previously)

Creating a new thread because the other one has gotten really long.
So, here are my before and currents to keep the topic moving.

Current as of last week:

Deciding which surgery to have is not straight forward & it’s a good idea to ask for real life experiences to help you decide. Some factors will direct you more to one or the other more easily. Like some surgeons recommend bypass over sleeve if you have a larger amount of weight to lose. If you have reflux/gerd already the sleeve really isn’t for you. Then it becomes lifestyle choices, existing medical conditions, weight loss history, etc. that will influence your decision.
I had sleeve surgery even though I had occasional reflux. I experience it more now but it manifests differently. One of the reasons I chose the sleeve was because it would change my digestion the least but also because I could revise to a bypass if I needed in the future. My tummy has always been a sensitive (lactose, spice esp chilli, fatty or oily foods, etc.) because of the reflux, a parasite in my gut, an acid tummy & just me. Consequently, I thought I’d be more likely to end up with additional food limitations with a bypass.
27 months on & I’m happy with my sleeve. There are odd foods I’m not good with. Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes sit like a weight in my tummy. Dry meat & vegetables like char grilled ones cause the foamies & gagging. Oily fish upset me more now than before surgery. But this is very individual & you can’t predict it. Amusingly I’m way better with dairy than I was before - tossed that parasite with most of my tummy. I find it harder to find non spicy & non chilli food than foods I eat with my sleeve.
Foods you struggle to eat in the first couple of months after surgery may be fine later on. Your tummy can be sensitive to begin & you might have episodes of diarrhoea, vomiting, dumping, foamies. It can help if you introduce foods back into your diet slowly. Most of this is temporary or only if you eat a specific food & I just try to avoid those I know upset me. Some people, though, seem to have no issues with food at all. These experiences seem to be similar across the surgeries.
I remember my mother lamenting she didn’t know what food to buy when I visited her. The reality was she didn’t have to buy different foods or cook differently (mind you I’d always do the shopping & cooking when I’m there). I just bought my own yoghurt & protein bar snacks but otherwise we ate the same foods except she has dessert & slightly larger portions.
You may choose to make a lot of changes to your long term maintenance diet (I have - rarely have sweet cakes, biscuits or desserts, no fast foods, etc.). You may chose to go the moderation path & still include the odd take away, sweet treat, etc. Doesn’t matter what form your maintenance diet takes it just has to be sustainable for you & how you want to live your life.
Good luck with which ever surgery you choose.