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It's now been 10 months since my RNY gastric bypass surgery. Zero complications, zero struggles and a lot of weight gone! I started out at 306 and as of this morning I am 176! WOW!! I am 5'9 so that puts me just 11 pound short of goal. If anyone has any questions regarding RNY surgery just ask. Its not as scary as you've been led to believe.

It's now been 10 months since my RNY gastric bypass surgery. Zero complications, zero struggles and a lot of weight gone! I started out at 306 and as of this morning I am 176! WOW!! I am 5'9 so that puts me just 11 pound short of goal. If anyone has any questions regarding RNY surgery just ask. Its not as scary as you've been led to believe.

That's what I was told too. My surgeon sat down with me and had a heart to heart talk with me and said that if I were the "average" lap band patient I would lose 50% of my unwanted weight. He showed me a chart and showed me that it would still put in the "obese" catagory and asked me if I was only an average bandster would I be happy with still being obese. That is when I decided that Gastric Bypass was for me. I am 10 months out now, have lost 130 pounds and 10 more to go till goal.

I have had my RNY since 1-8-09 I noticed straight off the dramatic difference in my appetite and just not wanting food at all. The past couple of weeks I have been under a lot of stress. I found myself thinking I was hungry and wanted more food (never sugar though, that part has changed for good) When I really analysed my "hunger" I was able to figure out I really wasnt hungry at all, it was head hunger. Something I probably could've never recognized before surgery. I actually upped my intake of water and the head hunger went away. We have years and years of doing things by habit. At least I am rational enough now when it comes to food to recognize when I truly do need to eat and when it's time for me to figure out there are more contructive ways to deal with things other than eating.

I went to 4 weight loss seminars from 4 different surgeons. 3 of those felt like an infomercial and it made me discredit those surgeons. I felt like they were on a hard sell for patients. The first one would only do band surgery and would not talk about RNY at all. He just discredited it as the evil surgery. The last one was the surgeon I actually choose. He let us ask a lot of the hard questions. He did all of the WLS surgeries and was very knowledgeable. He didn't make us feel as if we were on a hard sale. In fact before I was even scheduled to see him for the first visit I was asked if I attended the WLS seminar. I told them yes. They wanted the date to verify it. They said it was part of the puzzle piece for the surgery that had to be done.

I couldnt agree with you more. If you are going to have ANY surgery go in there knowing your options, and especially choosing a surgeon who is on the top of the curve.

Yes, it was the right choice for you and for others too. But there are other options out there for those who it's not for. That's all I was saying :skep:

The million dollar question however is what did exactly his patients die from? RNY patients on average are much larger than bandsters. Did they die because they were super morbidly obese and would likely die from "any" surgery or did they die because of RNY complications?

I had heard the same. As someone who has RNY I have to admit before surgery I was scared so bad. I had even left a note for my family in case I died on the table or shortly after surgery. I had a BMI of 46 so it's not like I was super morbidly obese or anything :tongue2: Anyway, I was going to to the lap band but did a switcharoo 2 weeks prior to my surgery at my surgeon's request. He told me about these complications of Lap Band and that he didn't think I'd lose all the weight I wanted to and last but not least he said to me, "2 years down the road the last thing I want is for you to tell me you want a revision to RNY when we could just do it now" He told me that was starting to happen a lot. Long story short, I had lap RNY, I made a mountain out of a molehill. I was up and walking 2 hours after surgery and the pain was very manageable. I felt so silly afterwards with all the worrying I was doing because it really wasn't a big deal at all! Leaks and stuff you are right is a possibility but my surgeon has over 500 surgeries and no leaks. You do the math lol

Ok, it's been ages since I posted on here for good reason. I just got a reply from something I posted nearly a year ago so I felt the need to update my blog. I was going to have the lap band but after the urging of my surgeon I fully looked into Gastric Bypass (RNY) surgery. It was something I never even considered. Why would I want my guts rearranged and have a surgery that wasnt reverseable? Why would I want a surgery which had a high death rate? Why would I want to even consider something substandard as compared to the lap band? Well it's because after I finally looked into all of those reason, I found out I was way too harsh on this surgery. I did deserve something that gave me greater control of my life with less stuggles. I found out that most ALL the reasons this surgery is deemed "scary" by most bandsters is totally unfounded. I had RNY January 8, 2009. That was the start of my new life. I am now down 99 pounds. Where as before I was a size 26/24 I am now a size L tops and 14 bottoms. I have had ZERO complications and a fast easy recovery. If anyone would like to message me with any questions on RNY please feel free to do so. I am soooooo dang happy I had this surgery. It was the best chocie for me. Please, if you are looking at being banded look at ALL options before making that huge desicion. Im not saying RNY is for everyone but I thank God everyday I made the decision I did.

Ok, it's been ages since I posted on here for good reason. I just got a reply from something I posted nearly a year ago so I felt the need to update my blog. I was going to have the lap band but after the urging of my surgeon I fully looked into Gastric Bypass (RNY) surgery. It was something I never even considered. Why would I want my guts rearranged and have a surgery that wasnt reverseable? Why would I want a surgery which had a high death rate? Why would I want to even consider something substandard as compared to the lap band? Well it's because after I finally looked into all of those reason, I found out I was way too harsh on this surgery. I did deserve something that gave me greater control of my life with less stuggles. I found out that most ALL the reasons this surgery is deemed "scary" by most bandsters is totally unfounded. I had RNY January 8, 2009. That was the start of my new life. I am now down 99 pounds. Where as before I was a size 26/24 I am now a size L tops and 14 bottoms. I have had ZERO complications and a fast easy recovery. If anyone would like to message me with any questions on RNY please feel free to do so. I am soooooo dang happy I had this surgery. It was the best chocie for me. Please, if you are looking at being banded look at ALL options before making that huge desicion. Im not saying RNY is for everyone but I thank God everyday I made the decision I did.

Number one is absolutely correct. My "guts" are totally rearranged but then again that's the beauty of the surgery and why I am a "big loser" I used to see that as a bad thing. Now I just see it as no big deal. 2 and 3 are a bit questionable. I know people do die from GBP surgery however I've yet to find anyone who has. My surgeon has done over 500 of these surgeries and his stats are one death. That was due to pulmonary embolism. Something that couldve happened with Lap Band or any other surgery. The larger you are the riskier this surgery is. That is true with ANY surgery. Just being on a table under general anethesia puts you at risk if you are obese, and the larger you are the riskier it is. (I had mine done lap) Personally if I found a surgeon with the death rate of the national average I'd run the other way! The issue of complications is debatable. I look at both boards and it seems there are a heck of a lot of comlications with lap band. So that's sort of a wash.

Zero complications for me. My labs have all been completely perfect. Doesn't mean nobody has complications, I just havent experienced any at all. However most are like me. I also like the fact that there is dumping syndrome with RNY. It keeps me straight. If I didnt have that I'd probably be drinking Wendy's frosties and Starbucks drinks. The fear of dumping keeps me right.