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happymamak    8

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I had my lap band placed in 2008 and did really well, with it, until last November. I ended up in the er unable to keep anything down and waking up choking with reflux. Band was unfilled and, turns out, has slipped. I got my insurance approval, for revision, on Thursday and will be getting my surgery date on Monday! I'm so excited and scared! What advice can you guys give me???

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jj7481    363

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Try to remember back to when you started losing weight after your initial banding. Many of these principles carry over to RNY.

One big issue you'll need to keep in mind is malabsorption. Proper Vitamin supplementation is important. I use optisource as it's a bariatric specific Vitamin, and a true Multivitamin (no need to take separate B12, Thiamin, etc).

Another thing to keep in mind is how much more sensitive your body will be to carbs. If you have a sweet tooth...get it under control ahead of time. lol

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Congratulations! I started with the band too and made a pit stop with the sleeve. Having GB well what can I say I now know why they say it is the Cadillac of surgeries!

I have great restriction with GB I don't eat Pasta, rice or bread. I get full so easily on Protein and a little veggie and yes I can eat chicken! With the band I couldn't really eat anything; I call it my $16,000.00 souvenir!. I have no desire to eat sugar and I guess the fear of dumping also helps though I was never a sugar addict. I also have no issues with Vitamin intake, I thought that it would be a struggle but I have a routine in the mornings and take them everyday.

I wish you the best of luck and I know you will be successful!

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UsernameTaken    283

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That's great! Congratulations! I am in the same boat, finishing up my supervised diet right now for the insurance requirements then will be submitting to insurance for review. Hopefully I will get approval as well.

Excited for you, new beginning!

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happymamak    8

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Thanks, so much, everyone!! I have a MAJOR sweet tooth which is one reason I chose bypass. I believe that the fear of dumping will be enough to keep me from sweets. Is it ANY amount of sugar that can cause dumping?

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