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@@ccmiller, all liquids no juice. And there are no stupid questions. I'm glad you have clarity now...

Are you excited? Good thing you only had to do 3 months of weight loss visits. Did you lose any weight during that time?

@@FDclerical, yeah, I ended up switching doctors and the doctor I'm going to suggested to get the bypass.

Went in with hopes of sleeve but Dr said due to my reflux, bypass would be better Yes, I felt the same way. How do you feel about his recommendation? I'm still nervous about getting the bypass, too. :-/

Went in with hopes of sleeve but Dr said due to my reflux, bypass would be better Yes, I felt the same way. How do you feel about his recommendation? I'm still nervous about getting the bypass, too. :-/

@@sablebby, I think his office is great. I don't have my surgery date yet either. I have my last nutritional visit on Jan. 5th, so, hopefully, they'll submit to my insurance. Which procedure are you getting?

Heck yeah! You still look good! I have some single friends and cousins if you're not married. :-) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

@@catwoman7, that makes a lot of sense.

I found this on bariatric source. I found this helpful as well. "The average excess weight lost following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery is about 65% (in other words, at 100 pounds overweight the average patient loses almost 70 pounds). And many patients have seen results of well over 80%. “Most patients keep at least 50% of their excess weight off after 10 years.”Dec 10, 2016 Weight Gain After Gastric Bypass Surgery & 9 Ways to Avoid or ... www.bariatric-surgery-source.com › wei...

@@Vinasu, very interesting. I guess it depends on the individual because losing the weight is great, it's the lifetime lifestyle is the kicker. Can a person who has had the RNY surgery still have dumping syndrome 20 years or more out? I need to do further research on long term complications if any for that surgery. Just my 2 cents...

I love these posts!

@@GmaDiana, I take it that you didn't have reflux before the sleeve?

Hi All, I've been a member of this site since March 2016, but have spent most of last year doing research on all 3 surgeries: sleeve, bypass, and lap-band. I'm in the home stretch of this journey. I have only 1 more NUT visit to go. I knew I didn't want the lap-band because I didn't want the foreign object and corrosion. I wanted the sleeve because the procedure seemed not as bad to use a bougie, run the stapler and "over-sew" the . I didn't think of doing the bypass because it seemed really complicated, scary and and mortality rate seemed high to me. I only said this because since I've made the decision to do WLS,two people have told me that they knew someone who didn't make it through the RNY surgery. And, this freaked me out. Earlier this year, I went to 3 surgeons. The first surgeon suggested I have the RNY because I have mild GERD and I eat sweets, the second surgeon suggests I have the Sleeve and he's great (this is the surgeon I've been going to for the past 5 months.) he says to have the sleeve because my BMI isn't that high, and the third surgeon recommends the RNY because the dumping will keep me in check and I have mild GERD. Saying all of this leads me to the reason for switching surgeons. I'm deciding to switch surgeons for 2 reasons: I'll need $250 in order to submit my paperwork to the insurance. I knew this in the beginning, but my money is getting tight, so I won't be able to do it, maybe I can wait until tax time. The second reason is because I do not like how the front office operates. They are hardly available to answer my calls, return emails, etc. And, if they can't answer the phone's now, they probably won't answer them when it comes time for the surgery. I've put up with this for so long, I'm just tired of it now...I prefer to have the Sleeve surgery, but 2 doctor's recommended the RNY. The first surgeon is just out of the question. Too much is going on at that facility. I'm so confused. I need to know everything will be ok. Sorry to ramble...I'm nervous about switching from the sleeve to the RNY. I'm in GA: I'm going with Dr. Hart at John's Creek. He suggests RNY. I'm HT: 5'4, HW: 240, CW: 215, age: 37

Thank you so much for your response. Did you watch any of the RNY procedures online? I probably shouldn't have. Watching those videos I'd probably intimidating me as well. I need to pray about this even more. You also have given me another perspective on it too.

Hello lovely! We have *almost* the same stats, I'm 32, 5'3", and 220 lbs I had the lapband, went down to 127, it flipped, almost killed me, and had it taken out. Gained all the weight back. I was between the sleeve and the RNY, my surgeon recommended the sleeve also for the relatively lower BMI and because the band *worked* for me (both restrictive and not malabsorptive) However, when I told him I USED the band to throw up, and that I only lost weight because of that not because of *restriction* and feeling full, belt the bypass is better for me, so the pouch won't dilate. Also, the bypass is better for gerd and I used to wake up in the middle of the night choking with the band because of GERD. I'm going now for the mini bypass (one anastomosis bypass) in Jan. Hope this helps? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Cool, I didn't know the mini bypass is still available. My surgery date will probably be in February. I hope to know something within the next week or two.

Congratulations on your surgery day! Praying you have a speedy recovery and no complications! God bless you and keep us posted.

I hope I can convince him to do it anywaySent from my SM-G900T using the BariatricPal App Sorry to hear about that issue your going through. I'm glad it's only temporary. I hope you feel better soon.

I would suggest you go to another surgeon and hospital. I have not heard anything good from that facility.

@@QueenBx, I'm hanging in there. I've been off course for about two weeks. I need to get back on track starting tomorrow. My last nut appointment is on Jan 5th. I have decided to change surgeons and surgerys. I'm going to Emory @ John's Creek with doctor Hart and getting gastric bypass.

Hang in there ladies!

@@sleeveisa, I hope you are feeling better. You are in my prayers. Keep us posted on your progress. .and feedback from your surgeon.

Check your email when you get a chance.

Check your profile for message I'll email you my number Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

@@anndriar15, I sent you a message to call me. My number is in the message

@@anndriar15, congratulations! Who's your surgeon and hospital?