Any Band converters under........

[oldoneyoungagain 200]

The morning of RNY I weighed 211, that was 9/11 now on 9/26 I weigh 201. I am sure some place down the road it will slow down, but totally happy, as I'm only taking 3 HP meds, down from 6, no longer any cholesterol meds, nor oral diabetes meds. BS are in the normal range with with a little over 1 unit of insulin through an Omnipod every hour. Big improvement from a total of 75-100 units per day. Totally better than what I did with the band. With that only lost about 40 lbs. in three years. Not going to worry about too much weight loss as will go back to see a Nut if need be.

[nailsbyniki 120]

I'm not a band revision to rny but I am a sleeve revision to rny and at the time of my surgery 6 weeks ago, I weighed 145 lbs. I now weigh 130 lbs...I had to do the rny for acid reflux reasons...I worry about losing too much with the rny all the time.

[val28 10]

i weigh 150 lbs aand just had RNY for severe reflux...will have to see how it goes since it is early

[reshiapooh96 31]

i weigh 150 lbs aand just had RNY for severe reflux...will have to see how it goes since it is early

Val is that right? 150 lbs. I didn't think that they would do RNY as low as 150 lbs. But I suppose they would in your case. Keep me informed, please?

[Sara 401 8]

I lost my hair so I shaved my head. I cried my old boss was a dick and knew u was going through something. I finally bought a wig. So much easier and now my hair is growing in curly. It was traumatic though

[Lynn73 46]

Sara 401 I am so sorry to hear that when did you have surgery that is one if my fears is losing my hair

[Sara 401 8]

3 yrs ago almost 4

[Lynn73 46]

When did you lose your hair did it grow back

[reshiapooh96 31]

I'm not a band revision to rny but I am a sleeve revision to rny and at the time of my surgery 6 weeks ago, I weighed 145 lbs. I now weigh 130 lbs...I had to do the rny for acid reflux reasons...I worry about losing too much with the rny all the time.

why did you convert from the sleeve? My old Dr said that I could be sleeved and if it didn't work for me then I could still have the RNY later. I would prefer NOT to have 2 more surgeries.

[Sara 401 8]

It started ti grow back 6 months after. Taking all my vits and things.

[nailsbyniki 120]

why did you convert from the sleeve? My old Dr said that I could be sleeved and if it didn't work for me then I could still have the RNY later. I would prefer NOT to have 2 more surgeries.

I converted from the sleeve to the rny because I had severe acid reflux and could hardly keep anything down. The weight loss worked great for me it was just the acid reflux, I had never had it before the sleeve surgery. Converting to the bypass was the last ditch effort to alleviate the acid reflux, we had tried everything else. I had 8 surgeries/procedures in 8 months and I would not recommend going that route to anyone else.

[reshiapooh96 31]

Nailsbyniki, Thanks for helping me make my decision. even though I have a lower weight going in, I don't want to have 2 more surgeries. I had terrible acid reflux with the band until I had some Fluid removed. I don't want that again.

[reshiapooh96 31]

Thanks guys for sharing. I'm just a worry wart.

[nailsbyniki 120]

<p>Thanks guys for sharing. I'm just a worry wart.</p>

What did you decide to do and where are you at in the process? Let us know...

[reshiapooh96 31]

Well, my surgeon says either one. But after speaking to my PA she convinced me that the sleeve will help to control my diabetes, but the RNY will get rid of it. therefore, I'm choosing RNY and I still have to complete a few more pre-op classes before I could be scheduled.