Vsg to rny

[Cinpep 11]

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

[ellie123 374]

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

[Cinpep 11]

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!

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

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.

[ttj3mom 34]

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.

[Bryn910 519]

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

[Bryn910 519]

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

[ttj3mom 34]

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

[Bryn910 519]

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

[ttj3mom 34]

Thanks for the update. Good to know.

[Kimber628 31]

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.

[ttj3mom 34]

Glad to hear it went well.

[Frustr8 7,886]

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

[MarinaGirl 608]

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.

[Kbridge 22]

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.