I had Originally planned to do the sleeve, but after my consult I feel the bypass would be better bc of the long term evidence of keeping off the weight. Any input?

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I recently heard of a balloon they insert in your stomach for a total of 6 months. My moms neighbor is no longer a surgery candidate because her weight is too high with her co- morbidities making it too dangerous. I'm trying to find a way to introduce this to her. She was denied surgery when she was around 400 lbs years ago, then fought for it , was approved and then lost her job. So sad. Now she is on disability. I wonder if Medicare covers surgery?

I live in New York State and Medicare is completely covering my RNY surgery.

I was originally going to have the DS but because of my extreme GERD, my doctor and I decided the RNY was a better option for me.

I started out wanting to get the band because it was less drastic, but after the info session and hearing my surgeon's dislike for the band because of the issues that can come with it, I then wanted the sleeve. But I had recently started having daily heartburn that seemed to be getting worse. When I actually met with my surgeon about a month before my surgery, we discussed it and he thought the RNY was my best choice. I have no regrets. I continued my prilosec after surgery because when I stopped taking it, my heartburn came back. I ran out last month and was swamped and didn't fill the prescription right away and noticed that I wasn't having heart burn so I never refilled it! I am also off my blood pressure (1 month postop) and diabetes (3 months postop) meds. The only meds I still take besides all my Vitamins are allergy medicine and antidepressants. I will be 5 months postop next week and am approaching 70 lbs gone. That means I will be halfway to my goal!

All that being said, I waffled between for months. I am very glad I had the RNY, but it really is an individual choice. I am now a runner and at support group last week was talking to a sleever friend who said she can't run because if she drinks any Water, there is nothing to keep it down if she runs! I would have been very unhappy if that happened to me.

Best wishes,

pam

I was leaning toward sleeve and my doctor said that the bypass would be better for my medical conditions, so I said okay. I was really fine with with either.