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I am considering having my sleeve converted to a RNY. I was always very scared of RNY because of all the malabsorbtion talk. I know everyone has it, that is the point and it helps us lose weight. But are actual complications/problems common from it? As in, I read about someone who had to have a feeding tube put into her remanent stomach. Thoughts?

I am considering this. Do you notice the weight comes off harder/easier/slower/faster the 2nd surgery around? What can you tell me about this process. I am scared to have RNY which is why I went to VSG to begin with...

I just posted a similar thread. I am considering RNY after VSG after Lapband. :-(

I had the the band in 2007, had tons of complications and had it removed and got Sleeved in Dec of 2010. I did great, lost all my excess weight (110 pounds) then got pregnant, did great in the pregnancy but since having the baby 18 months ago I have gained back 50 pounds. Can't seem to get it off no matter what. Can't seem to stick to my diet. It's like before I was sleeved..no restriction whatsoever, plus bad acid reflux. So I saw my surgeon today to ask about getting resleeved and he let me know that resleeving is high risk for leakage and he recommends gastric bypass I am freaked out by that. I have to have a swallow upper GI xray coming up to look at my sleeve. Am I reading these posts right? Am I seeing that you DON"T lose weight as well with RNY after sleeve as with the original sleeve? I had always thought RNY was the most drastic WLS and the one you lost the fastest with. I am scared to do RNY, scared to have my intestines jumbled around...lol....and scared of the after effects. I lost hair terribly with the sleeve and with all my pregnancies and I am just now getting a normal amount of hair back. I am worried I will go bald with RNY, for real! Scared of the malabsorbtion, which is why I wanted Sleeve to begin with.... Any advice? Not sure I want to do this again...but I am feeling its the only way.

Hi, glad I found this thread. I had the the band in 2007, had tons of complications and had it removed and got Sleeved in Dec of 2010. I did great, lost all my excess weight (110 pounds) then got pregnant, did great in the pregnancy but since having the baby 18 months ago I have gained back 50 pounds. Can't seem to get it off no matter what. Can't seem to stick to my diet. It's like before I was sleeved..no restriction whatsoever, plus bad acid reflux. So I saw my surgeon today to ask about getting resleeved and he let me know that resleeving is high risk for leakage and he recommends gastric bypass I am freaked out by that. I have to have a swallow upper GI xray coming up to look at my sleeve. Am I reading these posts right? Am I seeing that you DON"T lose weight as well with RNY after sleeve as with the original sleeve? I had always thought RNY was the most drastic WLS and the one you lost the fastest with. I am scared to do RNY, scared to have my intestines jumbled around...lol....and scared of the after effects. I lost hair terribly with the sleeve and with all my pregnancies and I am just now getting a normal amount of hair back. I am worried I will go bald with RNY, for real! Scared of the malabsorbtion, which is why I wanted Sleeve to begin with.... any advice? Thanks, Kindra

I was sleeved Dec 31st 2010. I lost all my excess weight (105 pounds lost). I had gained back 10 pounds, so not much, but then I got pregnant in July of 2012. My baby is now almost 8 months old. I did fairly well during my pregnancy. I gained 40 pounds which the drs were fine with. Then now since having the baby...it's like my sleeve is practically my old stomach again. I am gaining weight, I eat like I used to (pre surgery) I have no restriction whatsoever. It is so frustrating, depressing. I am 40 pounds above my lowest weight. And while this might not seem like much to some people, to me it is horrible because I can see it getting way out of control and I will just keep gaining. I can't get my eating under control. If I could eat without stomach restriction, I would'nt have needed the surgery in the first place! I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this...at almost 3 years post surgery.... Can my stomach have stretched back out? I was told the sleeve can't really stretch. Could I have messed up my hunger sensors? lol...if that's a real thing...but I NEVER feel full!!!! Or if I get full, I am hungry again within 30 min. I am getting so depressed and overwhelmed. Thanks, Kindra

Tiff, you seriously brought tears to my eyes! I have been having a rough time. I feel like the only time I lose good is when I do liquids. Which as we all know is not something we can do forever! I feel whenever I eat I gain.. If I miss one day of exercise I gain...I get so frustrated! Sometimes I see other people's numbers and feel like I am not doing enough... So thank you for the pep talk!

Kerri~ I didn't know you were on here! I'm going through a stall too. I know how youfeel!

I will am 5.5 mo out... 70 pounds lost. I've had to really work hard for every pound. It hasn't been easy. I am a slow loser for sure.

Any suggestions to help with hair loss? It is really upsetting me. I get lots of Protein.. so I don't understand. Makes me so crazy!

So now I am 4 months out, down 57 pounds. I have a couple friends who are overweight like I was pre surgery. They are kinda cutting me out. Like at church yesterday, several people kept commenting and telling me how awsome I looked, to which I just replied Thank you... most people at church know I had surgery. But my friend was standing there not making eye contact with me, and she never wants to hang out or exercise with me anymore (she said she wanted to lose weight and exercise with me a couple months ago).... I know how this feels. 3 yrs ago, I had a friend who was very overweight, and we were BEST FRIENDS... and she had gastric bypass and lost almost 200 pounds in one year. She went from weighing 100 pounds more than me, to 100 pounds less than me. At the time, it was hard to be around her. I felt like she constantly talked about her weight loss, her clothes being too big, needing new clothes, here have my hand me down big clothes...she was always taking pics of herself and posting them everywehre. And it made me not want to be around her. Now, 3 yrs later, we have found our frienship again (before I had surgery) maybe because she got over the newness of her weighloss and chilled otu a bit. LOL My point in that story is that I make it a point NOT to be like that. I never discuss my weight loss or my surgery unless someone else brings it up to ask me questions. I never discuss my clothes or my weight or my meals or ANYTHING around my overweight friends because I don't want them to feel the way I did before. But they still are falling away from me.... What can I do? :-(

I love baby bump pics! You look beautiful. Congrats again! I have had 4 babies while being over weight and I really want to have one more after I reach goal so I can have the baby bump belly instead of just looking like a baby elephant! LOL You look great!