Paigan

Hi, would love to chat. I also had an RNY gastric bypass in 2004. I lost 113 pounds, from 260 to 147. I'm now back up to 230 and hoping to get a revision. I have Medicare/Medicaid in Tennessee. I've got my fingers crossed that they will cover it.

Hi, I just posted this on another weight loss forum, but it seems like it might help you. This is my story. I hope it helps someone else who may be facing the original surgery or a revision. I'm a 54 year old female, 5 foot 1.5 inches tall and weigh 230 pounds. I had my RNY gastric bypass in August of 2004 in Los Angeles. In approximately 18 months, I lost 113 pounds. I had also moved back to my hometown in Florida to be with my fiance at the time. 4 months later, he packed up everything and moved to another state with another woman, leaving me stranded and homeless. Thanks to friends I was able to move to Memphis to live with family. By that time, I had regained nearly 50 pounds. I had also been put on antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, which didn't help with my weight. Fast forward to now, 2026, and I still live in Memphis, am in a very stable, 10-year relationship and I'm ready for a revision. I'm having issues with food getting stuck, my blood pressure is up, and I'm prediabetic. (Diabetes 2 runs rampant in my family. My father and my uncle had it, my grandfather had it, and my great-grandmother died from complications due to it.) I believe a distalization will cause me to relose the weight I've gained and just a bit more, My goal weight is 125 pounds. This time I firmly believe will be successful because my living situation, my relationship status, and my mental health are all stable and have been for many years. There is a gym down the street that I'm planning to join with a friend of mine to maintain my weight loss and increase my overall strength/health. I've researched the advancements that have been made in revision surgery over the last 20+ years and I'm very much looking forward to my first visit with the bariatric surgeon here in Memphis. I've already begun some of the necessary pre-testing. I have an endoscopy & colonoscopy scheduled for next month. This is where I am currently. I would love to have someone to talk to who is going or has been through the bypass or revision surgery. Feel free to message me here. I would love to chat with you. It sounds like we've had similar experiences. Not identical, but similar.