Hello all. I am only one pound away from scheduling my surgery. I keep going back and forth between the bypass and sleeve. I am worried about the malabsorption with the bypass and long term success with the sleeve. What were deciding factors for some of you? This keeps me up at night and I want to make the right decision. I am on the lower end of the bmi scale. I think since I lost 10 lbs on my pre op diet my bmi is now below 40.. I have about 90 pounds left that I I need to lose to be at ideal weight. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

I also have a low bmi. I was at 35 day of surgery. I chose rny because 1. I had the lapband and it failed after 5 years 2. The sleeve is sometimes step one of bypass, I only wanted 1 more surgery. 3. My doc said weight loss results were greater in rny I had my band removed and rny same day on May 21,2014. Best choice I ever made!!!! Already down 20! I have 50-70 to lose. I asked my doc which one he would recommend to his family and he said without a doubt rny.. It's tried and true. That was reason enough for me.

So, how did you all make out? I have GERD and didn't realize the sleeve would exacerbate those symptoms. The bypass scares me a bit, but I would rather not have these symptoms any longer.

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by KensingtonWalk