Pros and Cons

[Desiree92 4]

Hey everyone , I'm new to this. I just had my first consultation with my surgeon. I'm starting my 6-month diet with my primary care physician. 23 years old and 300+ lbs. I'm considering the surgery for many reasons. From anyone's point of view what do you believe pros and cons are of having gastric bypass surgery? Thank You in Advance for any answers

[hollybower 122]

I'm on visit number 3. As far as I am concerned the only con would be dying from obesity or comorbitities. So I am all in for the sleeve!

[healthyamy 6]

Con of the surgery I think is having ur inside rearranged. I am having the sleeve though. You could have dumping syndrome which could be a con or pro depending on how you look at it. Pro's you will lose weight and get healthy, feel better, have more energy ect I have not had the surgery yet so I hope I was able to help I am about a month away from getting it

[James Marusek 5,244]

Life is full of trade-offs. I had RNY gastric bypass surgery 31 months ago. Almost all my many medical conditions (high blood pressure, diabetes, severe acid reflux (GERD), sleep apnea) went into remission within a couple weeks after surgery and have remained there. So I traded my love of food for good health. It was a very good decision.

[Ashlegal 525]

The sleeve procedure scared me more than having RNY. For one I have horrible GERD, which is amplified when having sleeve surgery. The second reason was, RNY can be reversed if absolutely medically necessary, sleeve cannot. The third reason was, many, many ladies in my program were having revisions from sleeve to RNY. Their reasons were all the same; never got to goal weight, had too many issues with heartburn and many of their comorbidities were still present.

I don't think there is a general pros. vs cons. for either surgery, it all comes down to personal goals and current health situations.

I am three months post-op. Down 65 pounds, three pant sizes, 4 dress/blouse sizes, off all my heartburn, blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes medicine. I am so very, very, very happy with my decision to have RNY.