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[candiecane 3]

I am going to my dr. Next month to descus what surgery to have , the sleeve or the bypass. Can anyone help I research it and I keep going back and forth. All I want is to help with my type 2 dietbies and high BP. I am afraid if I go sleeve I won't lose as fast. I just hat feeling like crappie every day.

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[kmorri 1,689]

With either surgery the speed in which you lose shouldn't be your major factor. Both require lifetime changes.... you will lose with either surgery. Your surgeon will help you determine which one is most appropriate for your situation. I decided on the sleeve surgery for myself because I didn't want my intestines re-routed and wanted something less invasive while still getting the results I was looking for.....A lifelong tool that will help me with my weight control...

I wish you luck.

[James Marusek 5,244]

If you have severe acid reflux (GERD), RNY gastric bypass is recommended over sleeve because the sleeve will only make that condition worse.

[Djmohr 6,965]

As others said, work with your surgeon to understand which surgery is going to be best given your current health. If you have severe reflux or gerd they should steer you to the RNY bypass. If you don't, both surgeries work fantastic.

Also....this should never be about losing weight fast, don't get me wrong with both surgeries that will happen. The biggest factor is getting yourself to understand the lifestyle changes needed to get to goal and maintain your loss. Remember the surgery is only a tool. You have to learn to change a lot of your own behaviors to lose the weight and keep it off and that takes time to do. It took me 15 months to loose 151lbs which I consider fast, now I work very hard every day to maintain that loss.