Hello,

As part of my pre-operative regimen my Dr. requires that I talk to at least ten post operative bypass patients. So here we go. My name is Chad and I am 46 years old. I am having the gastric sleeve surgery with some bypass or sleeve with RNY, my surgeon doesn't do pouches anymore.

The main reason I am getting the Surgery is to get rid of my diabetes, so any post ops who have advice about what to expect in this regard please feel free to post and let me know about it.

Thank you

Chad

Big fuzzy they don't require one on one conversations, they said joining and talking on a bariatric surgery forum was enough.

Hi Chad,

I am a 44 y.o. female. I am just over 2 months out from RNY surgery. I am 5'5" and started my journey at 282. I am now down 43.2 pounds. On the date of surgery, I was diabetic, had high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. In two months I have been taken off my blood pressure medication (less than a month) and should be off the metformin in the next month. Had to wait for 3 months to get an entirely "post op" A1C. From my checks of my daily numbers, it is going to be really good. I am hoping to be off my cpap machine within the year, although I have always been an "epic snorer" even when I was much thinner so that may not happen. I have exercise induced asthma which only periodically was an issue, but I have started working on a Couch 2 5K running program and the asthma has not been an issue at all even without my inhaler. I had also just started having heartburn issues when I started this journey. When I go in for my A1C check, I will also ask about going off the heartburn med to check and see if I still need it. That would mean I would be off everything but my depression meds and those aren't going away anytime soon.

I chose surgery now because I was starting to have knee issues and have had back issues for some time. I have scoliosis which is not helped by my weight. So far the knees issues have cleared up completely. (I was starting to have pain climbing the stairs to my apartment, but I can run up the stairs now without pain - I still breathe heavy but not like before!) My back has been considerably less of an issue.

I hope that helps. I haven't felt this good in years and wish I had done it sooner.

pam

Hi Chad,

I am a 36 year old female and I had RNY on 11/06/15. I am 5'8" and my starting weight was 275. I chose this surgery because I had such severe sleep apnea. I struggled for a few weeks after surgery especially trying to sleep. I now weigh 196 lbs almost 3 months out. I do not use a CPAP machine anymore. My goal was simply for the sleep apnea to go into remission so all of the weight loss is a wonderful bonus.