Hi guys, as I get closer to my date my fears start to come into my head and I worry that it wont work for me, what made you pick the Sleeve over the Band and the Bypass?

i'm pre-op. i'm picking the vsg because it's less invasive than the gastric bypass, not a fan of rerouting intestines...seems unnecessary if you can get a similar effect w/ vsg, leave more of your stomach and still be able to take pills like a normal person. vsg does not have the same problem the bypass does with malabsorption of nutrients.

lapbands, despite being sold as a permanent weightloss solution are not actually permanent. just a search w/ 'revision' on this forum can show you the numbers of problems people have had. also i dont like having to come back over and over and over for fills and unfills. i also fear getting things stuck.

for me its vsg or nothing.

My wife got the bypass, I had prostate cancer and didn't want the malabsorption, I need solid nutrition. The band is too high maintenance and seemingly has less success. My doc leaned toward the bypass for me, I leaned back toward the sleeve which he gave me. He underestimated my determination to lose. 2 more pounds and I send him a picture,

I picked the sleeve over the bypass because statistically it had fewer complications for about the same amount of weight loss. The sleeve also allows a person more freedom in food choices and does not have the malnutrition artifacts like the bypass. I have been super happy with the sleeve so far.

I picked the sleeve over the bypass because statistically it had fewer complications for about the same amount of weight loss. The sleeve also allows a person more freedom in food choices and does not have the malnutrition artifacts like the bypass. I have been super happy with the sleeve so far.

This ^^

I didn't want the malabsorption and I wanted a surgery where I could keep my pyloric valve. Lap Band wasn't even a option for me because I refuse to have a foreign object in me because I was scared of my body rejecting it. Plus I didn't want to deal with dumping and having to chew food to a puree for the rest of my life with gastric bypass.