Hello everyone,

First I want to let everyone know that Im super thankful for each of your post. So much of you guys pretty much have helped me prepare for whats coming up soon whether its sleeve or bypass. In a nutshell Im 40yrs old with BMI 36/37 with high blood pressure and cholesterol issues. My dad passed away at 43 from massive heart attack and been overweight all my life but recently had twins which through my body off even more. I've done so much research about both surgeries and feel bypass even though more complicated, I feel its long term effects is what I need, even though I know people who has had sleeve with diet also achieve long term effects. I also had battled heartburn and I'd rather take multiple vitamins the rest of my life and go through dumping syndrome than having GERD. I originally discussed having sleeve on my initial visit but now having second thoughts. My last appointment is this week with my surgeon before booking surgery assuming insurance approves I'm at the end of this pre-op visits. I just like to know that I'm not crazy for wanting a bypass.

Bypass is supposed to be the gold standard they say. Statistically you will get the best results with the bypass. That's what I'm going for.

And what I had on September 5th. If you decide to join us, we would love to have you come to Bypass Junction!???

Thats what I hear its the gold standard. Just want to clarify I take medication and daily vitamins so it won't be hard for me to continue vitamins. My kids are now 3 years old and all they want to eat are all the bad foods including mac and cheese ,cookies, hotdogs, so I'd actually would love to have some kind of dumping so I could stay away from those foods. I don't drink alcohol I don't even drink soda I drink seltzers, water and coffee but I eat my kids food. My blood pressure has been out of control and Im nervous going down the wrong path thats why I'm taking care of it now. I have read some sleeve people, the ones who didn't stick to the diet, and GERD needed revision to bypass so in my mind let me tackle the most effective in my lifestyle and mind. I don't want to mess around with my health. Thank you all for being there to guide us support each other. I whole heartedly appreciate it.

Edited October 7, 20187 yr by harmony love

Might as well do it right the first time. Good luck with everything.

They write the diets at 3 years old? For shame, put your Big Girl/Mommy pants on, and abort the mini-revolution. You set their diets not the other way around.
#1 I do hope you are cutting their hot dogs up, as a grand/great grand I must preach now, do you know what hot dogs are named in E R's? Choke Steak, because they can shut off toddler airways. You are going to start adding salads to diet, crunchy carrotts, celery, some of the things when steamed or cooked gently don't even need sauces etc. Took a while for me to convince me I didn't need a cheese sauce on everything, veggies and fruits taste good, don't leave a sticky aftertaste in your mouth and it does your teeth good to chew a little. Its the wrong season now but consider a mini garden next year. My kiddos loved eating the lettuce and tomatoes they grew themselves. Doesn't have to take up a lot of space, can do it with planters and pits and window boxes. And if they see Mommy eat in this stuff, they will want to mimic you. They are still in the Mommy is Wonderful stage, try to convert a teenager that thinks the last Intelligent action you did was give,birth to them. Now that is a TASK! All of us Motherhood vets will be cheering you on!

8 hours ago, harmony love said:

My kids are now 3 years old and all they want to eat are all the bad foods including mac and cheese ,cookies, hotdogs, so I'd actually would love to have some kind of dumping so I could stay away from those foods

Keep in mind there is no guarantee that you will develop dumping syndrome as not all gastric bypass patients do. It is a common misconception pre op that dumping is a tool to be used to stay away from “bad” foods. Evidence also suggests the further out from surgery you are the less you experience dumping and the rate of calorie malabsorption is greatly reduced as well. The onus is on YOU as the patient to make healthy choices in your diet.

You may consider starting to introduce healthier options into your children’s lives now as well before surgery. It’s not a healthy diet for them and you don’t need those foods in the House post operatively.

My kids are grown with kids of their own now. My wife and I fed my two boys junk because that's what we grew up on so we didn't give it much thought. They both married women that are very conscious of what foods they eat and feed their children. I've learned so much about nutrition researching for WLS and I constantly encourage them to keep up the good work teaching my grand kids the right way to eat. No better time to break a bad cycle of eating habits than now. I feel horrible for not researching this stuff when my kids were young but with no personal computer in your pocket (phone), that would've required going to the library back in the late 80's. LOL

Yes I agree, starting healthier choices for all family members is ideal, in my case when I make healthier meals like salad, brussel sprouts, broccoli, it all ends up on the floor, not in their mouth. I don't understand how kids could be such picky eaters and as their mom, I can't let them starve so I choose to let in and give them what they like. I do believe after WLS I will change my food choices, which really I've been doing for a couple of months lost 6 pounds. I need to get creative with foods replace carbs with healthier foods trick my kids. But for now I've been practicing not drinking 20-30 minutes after a meal @10 mins prior, chewing my food until its soft getting in my protein in shakes and taking vitamins. Still very nervous about surgery but from it seems like most people are very pleased and most say wish they had done it sooner.

Picnic on the floor, less distance for the veggies to fall, change things up. When I was a mini'Frust8 I liked eating in a tent made out of sheets and blankets over chairs, but maybe I was a strange little beast.

If you have GERD it is important to have the bypass because in many cases the sleeve will only make this condition worse. Several sleeve patients had to undergo revisions because Gerd became a significant issue.

I had high blood pressure prior to surgery and I was taking two types of prescription medicine to control the condition. Within a couple weeks after my gastric bypass surgery, I was off all my high blood pressure meds and I haven't taken any since. I had surgery over 5 years ago.

I also had severe acid reflux (GERD). That condition also went into remission after surgery.

I have severe GERD, even with proton pump inhibitors and acid reducers, and my surgeon won't do a sleeve on me because he says the sleeve will make GERD worse.

Good Reasoning, I Think, come,join me in Bypass Junction where we are Kangaroos for we all have pouches. We think that it is better than being gastric deficent like sleevers who have a 1/4 of their original and digest through a garden hose diameter object. But there are bonus and detriment with both. As the old carnival barker stated " You pay your money, you make your choice" just make very sure choice is one you were willing to make!