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I had the sleeve done 10 years ago and missed the memo on not drinking carbonated water. I stretched my tummy out and got hungry again, of course means more food and weight gain. 🙄 On the 19, I had the bypass done. It’s more aggressive than the sleeve and the advances in 10 years convinced me to do it. I’m less than 2 weeks in but I think, if I follow the rules, this will be the fix. good luck on your journey
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Distal gastric bypass revision experiences wanted
Sunniblue20 posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Hi all, I am considering doing my revision through A university medical program and the revision the do for rny gastric bypass is a distal gastric bypass where they bypass even more of the intestine. I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with this good and bad and wouldn’t mind sharing. Thanks. -
Rashes around surgical scars?
WishMeSmaller replied to Michele 2021's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
You might be allergic to the surgical glue they used. Cortisone cream will help, and oral Benadryl at night is good too. I am very allergic to chlorhexidine, which is the typical cleanser they use to clean your skin in the operating room. I had a bad rash from groin to neck that lasted for almost a month after my bypass surgery. It was extremely itchy and miserable. I now have it listed as an allergy, but my vascular surgeon used it on my leg for a procedure at the beginning of this month. The rash is finally just gone. I am having plastic surgery tomorrow and will remind them repeatedly to not use chlorhexidine. Talk to your surgeon to find out what they used so it does not get used on you again. -
I’m one month post-op of my bypass and just noticed that around my surgical scars I’ve developed some red inflamed looking hives that are very itchy. Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you treat it? I appreciate any feedback that others may have!
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May Surgeries - check in!
BypassedSophie replied to ChunkyCali's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I did. I had a bypass, and I threw up for 2 days—I couldn’t move—I was so sick. It took 3 different anti-nausea meds before I could sip water. I stayed on the nausea meds for a week, and I found popsicles helped me drink more than sipping water. The popsicles were easier to take in small amounts of liquid. I eventually had to go back for IV fluids because I had such a hard time getting liquids in—if you are still not well in a week, I highly recommend the IV fluids. Weeks one and 2 were hard for me, but week 3 was great! I am now on week 4 and able to keep pureed food down in small amounts! Hang in there—take your meds and sleep! Don’t push yourself! I hope you feel better! -
What should I aim for in terms of healthy goal weight?
james2021 replied to ThanaK's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
This is how my surgeon's team does it --- 1. Find your 'ideal' body weight. For males, start at 100 pounds and add 6 pounds for every inch over 5'0. For females, start at 100 pounds and add 5 pounds for every inch over 5'0. For example, I am female & 5'6.5. My ideal body weight is 132.5. 2. Take your starting weight and subtract your ideal body weight from it to find your excess weight. For example, my starting weight was 355. 355 minus 132.5 is 222.5. 222.5 is my excess weight. 3. Take 70% of your excess weight (.7 times the number). 70% of my excess weight is 155.75. Between sleeve and bypass, about 70% excess weight loss is what they told me to expect. 4. Subtract the 70%, or in my case, the 155 from the starting weight of 355. This gives me a realistic goal weight of 200. -
vitamin deficiencies aren't common at all as long as you keep on top of your vitamins. My clinic has both types of patients (VSG and RNY) on the exact same vitamin regimen. It's just that if you start slacking off on taking them, the consequences are worse if you have bypass. Vitamin D deficiency is very common among the general population, not just WLS patients. I just saw a study online that said 41% of adults in the US are deficient in D. If yours is low, they'll usually put you on a prescription version. I had prescription vitamin D before I ever even had bypass. Once it gets to a normal level, you switch over to an over-the-counter version of vitamin D. with B12, you have to take it sublingually or via injection since the RNY pouch lacks intrinsic factor to absorb it. Most of us take it sublingually - although injection is an option if you're still not absorbing it properly. I think I read the usual dosage (with injection) is 1000 ml a month (although that's neither here nor there at this point). Most of us have no trouble absorbing it sublingually, though. The only supplement I take via capsule is my B-complex, but there are tons of brands that have B-complex in tablet form. the only large tablet I ever had were those huge calcium tablets - but you can find those in chewable or liquid form. Citracal also makes a "petite" version that is the size of a standard tablet.
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Is duodenal switch too drastic?
seababe25 replied to Bon Bon Jovi's topic in Duodenal Switch Surgery Forum
Hi I spoke with several surgeons prior to my duodenal surgery and two of them swayed away from the sleeve bc they said most people that do the sleeve end up eventually coming back to get the bypass surgery because the sleeve doesn’t last. If you cheat which most of us do from tune to time, stretches it out. Then you end up getting two surgeries first the sleeve then the bypass, spending double the $ and increasing your odds of going under twice. So that’s why the sleeve is just a waste of time because eventually it wears off and you end up wanting a procedure that will last. So at first I planned on doing the bypass but then I heard although not that many people promote the DS bc they don’t do it, it’s better than the sleeve because it lasts the longest and gives the most weight loss. And...it was modified so it’s not as bad with absorption as it once were. So your doctor may have also asked you questions to see the pattern of your weight gain. For me I could lose 90 but then it always came back with additional gain. At the rate I was going I was afraid I would continue to gain and I was. The surgery adds years to our lives and eliminates diabetes etc...so for me adding years to my life so I can be there for my kids mattered most. I had surgery on May 12th, 2021 two weeks ago and I’m already down 17 pounds with no excercise. I’m feeling better already. My starting weight was 289 and for years I was 145-150 but then it kept creeping higher after every diet...You can’t go from a bikini and running 4 miles a day to being that heavy without becoming super depressed. I knew if I didn’t just go for it before I had really bad health issues than I may never get the chance. My only regret is I didn’t do this earlier. I’m still recovering but I know the sacrifice was the only choice I had left. Get the switch but get it from a reputable highly rated doctor not one who just wants more $. My doctor in Orlando was very confident and told me he had done thousands of the modified DS all with success. His confidence was key. Then I prayed and out my trust into God and my surgery went great. Good luck -
I uses Vitamin patches from PatchMD. Before bypass I had a hard time swallowing pills because they would get stuck because I also had a restriction. Now I just take so many other pills that I use the patches because they are easy. I am just over 3 years out. I have my vitamin levels checked every year. 1st year I was a LITTLE low on B12 & this past year B12 was good & I’m slightly low on D. B12 can be fixed with a shot every few months. D is no big deal. My daughter uses the chewable from BariatricPal. Her doc said they should be chewable that is going to break into a powder or like a starburst but NOT like a gummy. Talk to your doc office & see what they want you to do. Pretty much everyone should take a daily vitamin anyway.
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Hi, I'm trying to decide between sleeve and bypass, and I know the vitamin requirements are more stringent with bypass. Are the vitamins you need to take after bypass all available in chewable/liquid/small tablets, or do you have to take capsules or large tablets? I can't swallow capsules and struggle with larger tablets. Also, how common are vitamin deficiencies after bypass? If I've had B & D vitamin deficiencies before (I had a B12 deficiency when I was vegetarian that did not improve with supplements...had to start eating fish and eggs to correct it, and have to take at least 10,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to have normal levels), am I more likely to develop vitamin deficiencies if I get bypass? I'm afraid of the malabsorption if I may not respond as well to supplements...
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Gastric Sleeve and Reflux
STLoser replied to Lori E's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I was also self pay, and with a BMI of 69.9, severely obese. I had originally wanted sleeve and the first surgeon I saw suggested bypass because I had GERD and was so overweight. He got let go because of COVID when the hospital cut staff so I went to a different surgeon at another Healthcare system. That doctor recommended either bypass or Loop Duodenal switch, which is basically a sleeved stomach along with and intestinal bypass. Like the sleeve, it can cause GERD, but I chose it because he said it was the most powerful operation and the one I'd likely lose the most weight with.. Since I was paying out of pocket and could only do it once, I chose Loop DS. It has been 10 months and I have had no GERD symptoms so far. I'm currently weaning off my Protonix, so we will see how it goes, but so far so good. [emoji1696] Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app -
Long hospital stay after sleeve
weberr24 replied to james2021's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I had gastric bypass on April 14th 2021 was in the hospital 6 days had to have emergency surgery 2 days after surgery bowels was getting restricted i was in some pain kind a like a stomach ache but about 10 times worse went for my 6 week checkup today 05/28/2021 down to 200 pounds on surgery date 239 -
Choosing between sleeve and bypass
Leafstrong replied to lunadreams's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I was all set to do bypass but then the doctor a few days ago brought up about doing sleeve as she felt I would have a lower probability of adhesions and bowel obstructions . I do have Gerd so tomorrow I’m having a test to see exactly how bad and she said if it’s not super severe she would still rather do sleeve and then down the road do bypass. No I was on another board that I didn’t fine before brought up all sorts of negatives I’m due to have surgery on Thursday, June 3 & the way I’m feeling right now I just want to run and cancel surgery . -
Choosing between sleeve and bypass
HealthyLifeStyle replied to lunadreams's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I was on the fence choosing between the two also. My doctor was ready to do either. I chose the bypass because I was a diabetic. 2 months after surgery I was no longer. I also chose it because I knew so many people that got the sleeve and then regretted it and ended up getting the bypass anyway. I just wanted to get it over with. -
Choosing between sleeve and bypass
lunadreams replied to lunadreams's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
Thanks, everyone, for the thoughtful advice! 😊 It seems difficult to get a consensus amongst my doctors (and myself). It seems like they feel either would be appropriate, and that switching to bypass would be a toss-up between a somewhat increased chance of resolving diabetes and losing a little more weight versus an increased risk of long-term complications and vitamin deficiencies (which I've struggled with in the past). I don't think any of my doctors feel there's a really clear answer, and that's what's making this decision really difficult. 😳 -
i was the same i gained 6 stone due to steroids for a condition i have but was put on immune suppressants as i could no longer tolerate the steroids. I thought i would of lost my weight after that but i didn’t and i have been pre menopause since age 33 with my condition affecting my pituitary and hypothalamus, so i had RNY bypass in january 2021, iv lost 3 stone so far but slowed down and been at a stall for over 3 weeks now. i have been getting pain and rang my team and they suggested it could be trapped wind so try something for that, and earlier on after surgery my bowel habits were not regular but once you start gradually eating more proper food it helps. and a few times the colour of mine were really light nearly white but this got better after i was eating proper foods. Hope this helps. 😁
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I'll be eleven years out June 11th. I lost it fast and maintained at or below goal for six years. I've regained some, but not even half. I'm more concerned with another hiatal hernia (one was discovered and repaired when I had WLS), endoscopy (because of GERD) in Nov 2019 revealed another hernia, a stricture and ulcer. Surgeon made it clear he does not repair hernias, and I was not made aware of the stricture (what is that?) and I had no idea about the ulcer. I was put on a prescription PPI. It worked for two months, I had previously been eating 8 - 10 Tums a day, every day. I needed zero immediately.....and then started needing one every so often, he upped the medication to twice a day. That helped for a little while, but I'm back to needing Tums several times a week, although I do not need as many as before. I've been awakened with horrible GERD, coming up into my throat. I never did this before. This is new. I made an appointment with a bariatric surgeon/general surgeon, I'll see him June 17th. I'm not sure what to expect. Everything I've ready, revision to bypass is the best way to fix this for good. I was self pay the first time around, I'm hoping if it comes to that, insurance will cover it. Let me know what you decide. I'd love to know the process with your doctor. Tests etc. Good luck!
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So I took the final step yesterday and now have my surgery scheduled for September 7th. I am so excited, even though I was originally hoping for surgery in July but the surgeon will be on vacation and I cannot do surgery in August due to work. On the other hand, this gives me more time to prepare mentally and read up even more on life post-surgery. Based on my extensive questionnaire I was approved for the mini gastric bypass but I am still considering whether I want the mini-bypass or the regular bypass.
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Hey anyone gettingSleeve/ Band/Bypass in June......Im 30th of June Im getting a revision from a sleeve that was done mid July 2014 to a bypass Due to medical reasons and medications Ive put 3/4 of the weight I lost back on Im starting at 265 pounds or in Australia as I read it I'm 125kg
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My review of Pompeii Surgical
AshleyB93 replied to itsabreeze1976's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Thank you I’m going to Pompeii in November -
Discuss: childhood dieting & related trauma
JonahB replied to james2021's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
When I saw the original post I actually got excited. I know that sounds strange but I had found a lot of other people who had been put on diets before adolescence. (A bit of background, I’m a trans guy so I was raised female, with all the body image baggage that comes with that gender. Though I am very much aware that boys get body image pressure too, I understand by personal experience what it’s like growing up as a girl in our society.) I was 5 years old for my first diet. My mom got the diet from my pediatrician! I wasn’t obese. I was a little chubby but active and healthy. I look at pictures of me then and I look like a normal kid with a face full of freckles and round, pink cheeks. My mom had this terrible fear of me not being popular or well-liked. I am naturally an extreme introvert and, honestly, more than a little weird. I couldn’t care less about being popular. I was perfectly happy to be left mostly alone. From kindergarten on I was put on diet after diet. I would yo-yo up and down the scale, always becoming more and more overweight with each diet. I developed eating disorders (surprise) that eventually just landed me with binge eating disorder by my early 20’s. I had a few years of homelessness and food insecurity in my 20’s that just made my emotional attachment to food more intense. By my 30’s I was solidly obese. By my early 40’s I had hit a top weight of 408lb at a height of 5’ 4.5”. So, now at 46, I am dangerously morbidly obese. I look back to that chubby little 5 year old and can’t help but wonder, if they had just left me alone would I have still ended up obese? Well, I’m currently down to 340lb and my gastric bypass is scheduled for July 9th. What happened to me in as a child was wrong but there is nothing I can do about it now. I have to focus on my future. A future that, with a lot of hard work and some luck, will be healthier than my past. Have a great week everyone! -
you're down to your original surgery weight because, like most of us, you probably "gained" weight while in the hospital because of all the IV fluids. It can take up to a week for them to work their way out of your system. I've heard of people "gaining" as much as 10 lbs while in the hospital! fluids go through our stomachs really fast since our pyloric valves were bypassed, so I'd be very surprised if you could stretch your stomach from fluids. Maybe you could if you REALLY slammed them, but 40-50 oz over the course of the day isn't "really slamming" them. I've never heard of anyone doing that from drinking fluids, and we were never warned we could stretch our stomachs from that. So...I'm not sure what to say...
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I am 2 weeks and five days out from my gastric bypass surgery (5/6). I was given the green light to stage 3. Looking for ideas of what to eat. I was given a binder through kasier which honestly is not the greatest for food choices. Please help. Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app
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Tomorrow is my official week since having gastric bypass and I’m struggling. I’m only down to my ore surgery weight and I don’t understand why. I also have right side pain that makes it hard to do things. I was doing great on just liquids and getting about 40-50 ounces a day and my surgical nurse called and was not happy I was getting that much and told me I might stretch my pouch out. She also told me I needed to add in the yogurts and creamed soups so I get 24-30 ounces of full and then 24-30 ounces of clear. I started adding in more full items and I can barely get any ounces of either now because I feel so full/sick. Is this common? Am I doing something wrong?
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ChubRub's Plastic Surgery Thread
Darktowerdream replied to ChubRub's topic in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
@ChubRub I have wanted to say something and just have been overwhelmed and exhausted but you look absolutely amazing! I would like some touch ups too but doubt it is in the cards for me. Flat Tummy looking awesome it is a win for sure. helps make feel that hard work of the WLS journey was worth it. To see the excess skin gone too. I am finding I might have a connective tissue disorder that effects collagen so no amount of collagen supplements can help my skin or joints I worry return of laxity and already have some in areas (calves, back of knees, inside of knees) seeking diagnosis. of course there is more pressing issue to do with bones and joints and such. Just frustrating. I have not had anyone to talk to. I found out it tends to effect people who have had Gastric bypass surgery (digestive problems) so all signs are there since I am having major issue there even now two years out. likely due to this not the WLS itself. sorry went off on Tangent. I cant stay in a straight line. Just why I have not been around much. Keeping it vague because I dont want to take away from your awesome post. My scars are mostly fading pretty well and I am reaching my one year post plastics very soon.
