Just curious if any sleevers out there wish they had gone with the RNY instead? Purely out of curiosity, not at ALL implying negativity.

nope....dont like the idea of malabsorption

So far, no. I don't like the idea of all that rerouting, malabsorption, and that I would never be able to take NSAIDS again. I might feel differently some day if I don't reach goal, but I doubt it.

^ this.

I wanted to be able to eat like a normal person. Long term the difference in weight loss between the two seems to be rather minimal.

No, I am happy with my decision to go with the sleeve. My brother in law had RNY 4 weeks prior to my 2/19 surgery date. He has already experienced dumping and some other unpleasant side effects. I did not want a bypass for the reasons previously listed. I may not lose weight as quickly as he, but I also won't have the same issues he has faced.

im happy with my decision but sometimes i wonder what my life would be like the RNY

My older sister had RNY about 2 years ago and had been sick ever since. Her weight fell off and she's tiny but she's in the ER all the time! I get frustrated sometimes with the sleeve, feeling like it isn't useful, but I'm sure glad I'm not in her shoes!

im happy with my decision but sometimes i wonder what my life would be like the RNY

How much weight have you lost to be somewhat regretful? I am sure you may the right decision.

The bypass people I have seen don't have good color. They all look kind of gray to me. I want to be able to eat a bite of cake someday without getting the runs and I don't want to be constantly in fear that I am lacking nutrition even if I am eating a healthy diet. I just don't think bypass is the path to a healthier body. This process is tough, but I am convinced I made the right choice for me.

what i mean is i dont regret it i just wonder how life would be with the RNY. not that i regret it or wish that i had gone a different path just curious how much more drastic my life would have changed. I have lost 58lbs with the sleeve.

How much weight have you lost to be somewhat regretful? I am sure you may the right decision.

Never considered bypass because the malabsorption really scared me and the bypass people i know have to take SO MANY different vitamins. The dumping because of sugar scared me too, but I just found out sleevers can have dumping issues too. I don't have an issue with sugar, luckily, but in my seminar the bypass girl said if she ate more than half a banana she would have terrible dumping syndrome and right then I was like, no way!