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Sleeve or Bypass

I've been set on having a sleeve since I made the decision to have surgery.I don't have my first appointment with my surgeon until Feb. 3rd.I know its his decision on which one he thinks is better for me..Bypass makes me nervous, ( I think it's the whole re-routing thing)Has anyone have this happen? This has really been on my mind today. I've done so much research on the sleeve and hardly any on the bypass.Hope everyone is having a blessed day!

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    • JamieLogical
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      It's not your surgeon's decision. It's yours. Certainly, your surgeon should have an opinion and advice to offer, but ultimately you get to make the choice. Is there any reason to believe your surgeon

    • cayamin
      cayamin

      I too am not sure which surgery to have. i wanted the sleeve but my surgeon told me he thinks the bypass will be better for me as i tend to crave sweet stuff. i am also very nervous about having my in

    • JamieLogical
      JamieLogical

      You should definitely listen to him and all of his reasoning. Hopefully it will be a non-issue and you are worrying needlessly. But if he does think, for whatever reason, that bypass is a better optio

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    I am also trying to decide between bypass and sleeve. I'm leaning towards bypass for a few reasons. 1. I have a band that will be coming out in 2 weeks. It worked for a little while but It quit working for me and I have gained all Of my weight back.

    I want something long term. Bypass is the gold standard. It's been around and shown success longer than any other WLS. The sleeve is the latest and greatest (like the band was 6 years ago when I got placed.) The sleeve hasn't been around as long to show those long term results.

    2. I have/had issues with acid reflux, and sleeve can increase those issues.

    In all honesty, The biggest thing for me is Long term success. I don't want to go through all of this again---weight regain and trying to go through revision bc of a failed WLS procedure.

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