G-BypassDiva

I haven't been here in a little bit but I have read through the comments to the original post. Nice to see everyone responding to the original post with personal experiences and advice. Of course it is always the best ideal to follow that of your qualified medical professionals who will come up with an agreed upon course of action bases upon your particular health issues and concerns. Each person should do what is in their best interest. I experienced some unfavorable results as a result of my gastric bypass surgery as did a few of my friends and family members. Not that it was anyones fault but as previously discussed here each person is an individual and results may vary. As I said, my diabetes isn't resolved but it is much improved I might be one of those people who won't see a resolution to my diabetes for a few years or not at all. If this is the case for you jesse, don't let people make you feel bad or imply that you aren't doing what you are supposed to as had been the case for me during my weight loss surgery journey. My A1C levels are very good since I have switched from using insulin in a needle to using the pump. Which has dramatically changed my life and my diabetes. Everyone is different. I eat very well and exercise regularly. I always did but diabetes is genetic in my family and after I had 4 children my weight and blood sugar levels just kept going up with each pregnancy. So, after 2 years of prequalifying medical screening for weightloss surgery and a bettery of doctors monitoring me, we went with RNY as the best option. My advice previously given here was based on my experience. I am in no way a medical professional and having had RNY surgery does not make me a qualified to giveany medical advice in this area. But, just be advised that there can be complications with ANY surgery. I just want to put out there that there can be some unpleasant results with RNY that you may not have with lapband. Then again you might have them anyway. Ultimately despite whatever advice you may receive from others your own feelings and the advice of your medical team should be primary in your decision as to which surgery you finally decide to have. In the end, my doctor said if he had anyway of knowing that I would have had these issues after surgery he would have recommended the gastric sleeve for me, but hindsight is always 20/20. LOL! Good luck and best wishes!!!

Re: Lap Band vs. Gastric Bypass I had gastric bypass surgery 12/21/2009. My advice to you is to get the lap band. I have had more issues result from the gastric bypass then I had before it. Even though I am going on 2 years after surgery I have serious Vitamin defiencies, I have broken a rib due to Calcium related bone loss. I am constantly cold and I take all the extra Vitamins and calcium supplements that were recommended. Not to mention, the awful vomiting and diarrhea. Another thing you have issues with as a result of gatric bypass that NO ONE tells you is the horrible flatulence due to the undigested food that is in your colon. Believe me you WILL go to the bathroom for a bowel movement within 15 minutes of eating. So eating out or going to a function where you will eat can prove very embarrassing. So seriously think about it. I wish I could go back and choose the LapBand. You will loose more weight a lot faster but the downsides are just not worth it. This is my advice as someone who has had this surgery and still has complications. And by the way, they convinced me to do this because I was told it would probably cure my diabetes...for the record, it didn't.