Hello, I got my surgery date today. It is December the 13th, but because of a previous surgery I was told that I am not a candidate for the sleeve but I can get the gastric bypass. I have spent the last few months researching gastric sleeve. I understand the difference with the surgery procedure but is the diet and weight loss the same. Has any one on here got the bypass and wished they would have got the sleeve. I'm a little nervous about this surgery.

10 hours ago, patanna said:

Hello, I got my surgery date today. It is December the 13th, but because of a previous surgery I was told that I am not a candidate for the sleeve but I can get the gastric bypass. I have spent the last few months researching gastric sleeve. I understand the difference with the surgery procedure but is the diet and weight loss the same. Has any one on here got the bypass and wished they would have got the sleeve. I'm a little nervous about this surgery.

Congrats on the surgery. Between the 2, diet is pretty much the same after the initial post-op diet. Typically Bypass patients are on puree's before they leave the hospital while sleeve patients are on liquids only for a month.

Between the 2, the Bypass has a higher rate of loss, higher success rate, higher rate of lbs kept off, etc. Only a few percentage points between the 2, but the Bypass wins out each time. *Insert "winning is winning" meme*

I have not seen any Bypass patients that wished they had the sleeve. I do know many that had the Sleeve that wished they had the Bypass or end up getting revised from the Sleeve to the Bypass.

As a Band to Bypass revision myself. I am beyond happy with the Bypass and truly do wish I had gotten the Bypass back in 2011 when I had the Band installed.

Thanks for your reply, I was just surprised yesterday when I was told that I was not going to be able to get the sleeve. I had done so much research on the sleeve but now I am researching the bypass. Today I am doing good and very excited about my upcoming surgery. I cant wait to get healthy