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With my sleeve surgery in 10/2012 and my gastric bypass revision in 6/2017, all my vitamin intake is the same. I also use the chewable Optisource 4/day and add Vitamin D and B12. That is exactly the same vitamins that I was prescribed and took for 4+ years after the sleeve. MY blood work ups have always been fine. I too was scared about the malabsorption risks. I am very careful to get nutrients daily through good food choices. I usually can’t get enough food to meet my needs, so still do one meal replacement protein drink a day just to make sure I’m getting everything I need. I lost 75 lbs with the sleeve and had a hard time keeping it off. My revision to bypass was for acid reflux problems, not for additional weight loss, but have lost another 45 lbs. since the revision in June. I mentioned in an earlier reply that I did have to have a balloon procedure a couple weeks ago to open up the area between my stomach and small intestine where scar tissue had built up from multiple surgeries. This was so that food would go down easier. That procedure was really easy and worst case scenario is I’ll need to do it one more time as they only open it a little at a time to ensure they don’t tear the stomach where it was stapled. I’d still do the revision in a heartbeat and I’m not young (62).

I had the sleeve to bypass revision in June; but not for weight loss. I had a major hiatal hernia repair with the sleeve and 2 1/2 years later started having trouble eating without getting nauseous. Endoscopy revealed severe gerd and hiatal hernia return. Surgeon gave me the option to do another hernia repair and tidy up the stomach from the hernia pulling on it, or convert to bypass which is more successful at relieving gerd. I never wanted bypass in the first place, so chose the repair. One year later, my gerd was so severe that I couldn’t eat and no medications helped. So, I ended up with a bypass. I have lost about 40 more pounds and gerd is gone, but I have difficulty getting food down. With three surgeries, the scar tissue has caused a stricture. Had the EGD last week with the balloon to open it up a bit. No big deal to the do procedure.