Has anyone gone from vsg to rny, if so what was your experience?

I would love to know as well... can’t seem to find a revision forum here...

My surgeon who did my sleeve does the revision and I am calling today for an appointment to discuss, I will let you know what they say!

If you use the search function you will find many posted threads about sleeve to bypass revisions I’m sure. Many here have had them and it’s posted on here fairly frequently.

Just curious why you want to go from sleeve to bypass, I am deciding which one to have, I initially went in for sleeve after talking to surgeon and about my body the bypass sounded like it would be for me, now that I have a date I am thinking which one should I do. Any advice would be helpful.

To the original poster, I just posted in your other thread, sorry lol

32 minutes ago, ttj3mom said:

Just curious why you want to go from sleeve to bypass, I am deciding which one to have, I initially went in for sleeve after talking to surgeon and about my body the bypass sounded like it would be for me, now that I have a date I am thinking which one should I do. Any advice would be helpful.

If you have a lot of weight to lose and/or have GERD/heartburn many docs will suggest the bypass. I completely wish I would have had the bypass years ago when I had my sleeve. My sleeve caused me outrageous heartburn and I felt no restriction after a while. And by a while, I mean months after. I felt afraid to eat and I was so hungry.

But the sleeve has been great for most people whom have it. I just can’t fathom how some people whom have the sleeve are only able to eat 6 ounces or less when I was eating full plates of protein and feeling like I was before the sleeve. Again, I am not down playing the sleeve, it just wasn’t for me

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it, we are the same height. How did your surgery go?

7 hours ago, ttj3mom said:

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it, we are the same height. How did your surgery go?

Surgery went as smoothly as possible. Absolutely no complications and only spent 1 night in hospital. Recovery is hard and I was tired but that’s only temporary

Thanks for the update. Good to know.

I had VSG on 2/5/2014 and did well. I thought my reflux was controlled well with meds. I was starting to have some reflux symptoms even with meds. I had an endoscopy and it showed damage. The meds weren’t working. I revised to RNY on 6/26/2018 and it went well. I had a smooth recovery and am feeling good! It was way less scary than I imagined.

Glad to hear it went well.

Success stories are always so NICE, aren't they?

On 7/27/2018 at 4:23 PM, Kimber628 said:

I had VSG on 2/5/2014 and did well. I thought my reflux was controlled well with meds. I was starting to have some reflux symptoms even with meds. I had an endoscopy and it showed damage. The meds weren’t working. I revised to RNY on 6/26/2018 and it went well. I had a smooth recovery and am feeling good! It was way less scary than I imagined.

The problem isn’t the medicine. PPIs just mask the symptoms of GERD/reflux/heartburn; they do not stop acid from still damaging your esophagus or stomach because they do NOT resolve the root cause of GERD.

On 7/24/2018 at 5:13 PM, Cinpep said:

Has anyone gone from vsg to rny, if so what was your experience?

I went from VSG to RNY due to excessive GERD issues. Things have been good thus far....I'm about 6 weeks out...weight loss is slow but steady. I wish I had gone for the RNY first. I think that's where my greatest success on this journey will come from.

On 7/26/2018 at 5:35 PM, Bryn910 said:

If you have a lot of weight to lose and/or have GERD/heartburn many docs will suggest the bypass. I completely wish I would have had the bypass years ago when I had my sleeve. My sleeve caused me outrageous heartburn and I felt no restriction after a while. And by a while, I mean months after. I felt afraid to eat and I was so hungry.

But the sleeve has been great for most people whom have it. I just can’t fathom how some people whom have the sleeve are only able to eat 6 ounces or less when I was eating full plates of Protein and feeling like I was before the sleeve. Again, I am not down playing the sleeve, it just wasn’t for me

Yes, that is exactly how I feel. I had the VSG in December 2014. A month or so after I had horrible GERD and my “full sensor” was way off within about 6 months. I only lost about 45 pounds total in the last 4 years and decided to get the revision. I got the bypass a few weeks ago and immediately there was no sign of Gerd. I’m praying my weight loss is much better.