Have been working towards a sleeve since February and finally was given a date for Sept 2nd but surg suggested bypass. I feel a little unprepared because all my research has been for the sleeve. What has been your experience for recovery? How many days in the hospital?

I had RNY 4 months ago tomorrow. I was in the hospital for 1 night, and back to work after 2 weeks. I chose RNY over the sleeve because I have GERD and hypertension. No regrets. I am off hypertension meds and have had no GERD symptoms since. Sounds like you have good resources to educate you about RNY.

Yes I do have good Resourses but I have to say what has really helped me the most is this site. Can't beat real life experiences. Thank you

I believe the time in the hospital and recovery is slightly different for everyone. I know when I was going through the process, my surgeon, his staff and the hospital coordinators all told me it would be 1 night for the band, 2 nights for VSG or RNY.

I got everything prepared expecting 2 nights, but even after having the RNY, I ended up being released after about 28 hours (would have been sooner, but it took most of the day to arrange a ride since I had been planning everything for 2 nights).

I am also lucky enough to have a job where I was able to work from home, so while I started back to work 5 days after surgery, I did the first 2 weeks from home before actually going back to the office (though I felt like I could have done it much sooner if necessary).

The meal plans and progression into foods was almost exactly the same in my plan regardless of which of the 3 surgeries I were to choose (lapband just gets to skip the week of Clear liquids and be ahead by 1 week). I'm more than happy I went with my RNY, I just with I'd have done it years ago.

Best of luck with your decision.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. From what I have been reading the diet and hospital stay does seem to be the same. Getting very excited again for the RNY.