Advice

bellacatgirl · February 28, 2014

I'm thinking of having a gastric bypass and need some help deciding. I have a lap and currently and it's not helped me at all. And there's been complications as well.

Can somebody tell me their experience with the bypass? Good and/or bad?

iamsoworthit · March 1, 2014

When you say you have a lap do you mean lapband? If so I can share my experience with you. I got the lapband in 2008. My highest weight was 267 and day of surgery I was 230. The first 2 years were great . I worked out and lost slowly but it was working. I got down to 185 by the end of the second year. At 5'2" that was still really high but I felt good. Year 3-5 were bad. I started getting stuck a lot and got reflux; something I never had in ny life. I stopped eating because I would get stuck or throw it up. At the end of year 4 I was back up to 220 with a tanked metabolism. I got an EGD in january 2013 and got diagnosed with intestinal metaplasia from the vomiting and reflux. That is when I decided to convert to rny. It was that or the band out.

I got converted to rny in june 2013 and as of this morning am 150 and feeling fantastic. I have no reflyx or heartburn and I intestinal metaplasia gone. Im still losing slowly and am confident ill hit my goal this year. At 45 I feel like a teenager and am healthy active and happy. I eat better and more nutritionally than I have in years albeit in tiny portions. This surgery I believe saved my life on multiple levels and I am committed to work every day to keep the weight off so I csn continue to live my new life. In the words of DLCoggin, I love the new me and want to take care of her.

Good luck to you. If there is anything I csn do to help pm me.