Hi

I'm scheduled for surgery July 22 , been at the process for a year now. I picked gastric a year ago at seminar now to find out about the sleeve was told gastric takes off more weight. But I like the idea of benefits of actually using my stomach. Can some help me. Is sleeve a good choice. I'm 280. Want to be 190. Nervous n confused waited to long and have no one to talk to. Thanks so much Dan

I chose sleeve and have done great. My buddy choose gastric and my dad had gastric (his was 20 years ago) and both are great. They eat what they want, I eat what I want. You will need Vitamins for the rest of your life in either case. Stats don't lie, gastric seems to give slightly higher loss of weight. My doc said both were good. There are pros and cons to both. Acid reflux and other problems in a persons hx might make you favor 1 procedure over the other but both work. I would think you have the choice of two things, both of which work. Talk it over with your doc then pic. You can't go wrong. Please don't choose base on what was right for others. Their medical situation might be very different than yours. Talk to your doc, that's my advice.

@@beachgurl84 I think sometimes docs take a singular approach to both surgeries, and don't always differentiate the uniqueness of the sleeve. My doc did tell us in the seminar that sleeve patients can take NSAIDS, steroids, etc because there is not an anastomosis (suture line from stomach to bowel), where ulcers are likely to occur. I've been taking ibuprofen for a year without difficulty. I'm not advising to go against their docs orders - just saying what mine said and what I do.

As for the reflux, I had that before surgery. I had been taking a PPI up until recently. I am pleasantly surprised that I have been able to get off of it! I was really worried I would need it forever, but I've been off about a month now, and no problems. Hope it stays that way!