I will be traveling to Mexico from Arizona to have surgery in February. I am still undecided on the sleeve vs bypass. My BMI is 40, and I am close to 100lbs overweight. I realize that this surgery isn't a fix, but a key to enter a new life. I am 37 years old, and was skinny most of my life. At 20 I had my daughter, and struggled with my weight since. In 2002, I lost close to 100lbs (around 80ish or so) and kept it all off until 2009. In 2009 I gained a good majority of it back (about 70lbs), and then I lost it again (around 50ish lbs). Both times were Atkins (and I did it the healthy way... not greasy everything). Again I gained it back, but this time I gained it all and then some around 2011. I have been back and forth since then. I need something that will basically have me suffer consequences if I don't stick to what I am supposed to. On a regular diet, if I ate something I wasn't supposed to, nothing would happen. If I do it this way, I am risking serious health issues, and I value my life. I am like a child that needs to burn their hand on the stove to stop doing something. I am not the one who is good with the threat of being burned.

After a lot of research, I am still undecided between the sleeve or the bypass. I would like to get your opinion on what you did, and what made you choose that route. What did you do? How long did it take you to lose the weight? How were you after surgery? How long until you were able to go back to work (I work from home, so I am assuming sooner than most people who have to get up and dressed and travel)?

I will thankfully have a friend join me in doing the surgery (she is undecided as well), so I am hoping that responses will help us both. Thank you for reading my super long post that I wasn't expecting to be so long!

Edited December 27, 20178 yr by jayleensmama

I chose RNY because my surgeon told me tgat with my T2D that is what he recommends... because with RNY patients have significant reduction of insulin resistance b4 significant weight loss. Without T2D I would have prolly gone with sleeve.

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I have type 2 diabetes. So when it came down to it, I chose gastric bypass. Sw 248, cw 183, goal 150-160. My surgery date was September 18,2017. So glad I went this route. No longer on diabetic medicine.. yippee. It's a tough decision, but I am glad of the one I made.

Thanks everyone for their input! I have decided on the sleeve. It seemed less evasive, and a quicker healing time. I am like a grown man with the sniffles when I'm sick. It's like the end of the world!

Surgery is 2/22, wish me luck!

Of course the decision is yours to make, but for me i feel like i wasted a lot of time and money on the lap band. I wish i had done the rny from the start. I had rny two days ago. My dr said that with my sugar addiction that rny would be more effective for me. I am feeling great so far. No pain, just a bit of pressure from gas, and some nausea.

This surgery is just a tool. You can still fail even with a bypass. The point is to invest the money to help you make that change. Only you can throw it away. For me, this is a lot of money. I can’t imagine that I’d spend this much and throw it away. For this kind of money, I could pay almost a years worth of my mortgage. That is what is keeping me motivated. I still need to do the work no matter which one I get.