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I can't speak for the OP, but most people who have this revision have it because of severe GERD.

I'm only 6 months post revision, so I'm not really sure if there is a honeymoon period like I heard about with the sleeve. I too have gotten below my goal and significantly lower than I ever got after VSG surgery. But I was overweight, not obese, at the time of my revision since the surgery was done for medical reasons, not for weight loss. I really don't know why I've lost so much weight, since I feel like my insides have been healed for months. I try very hard to eat healthy and I walk 5-6 miles a day. But I would be less than honest if I said I never ate sweets, snack foods etc. I haven't been actively losing weight for the past month (only lost 1.2 lbs. in the last 30 days). I think I'm actually in maintenance, which would be great if I can just keep doing what I'm doing and maintain! If it's a honeymoon, I hope it keeps going.

Went out to lunch with my sister for the first time eating at a restaurant since my VSG in Dec 2019 (had revision in Aug 2020 and a bowel resection in Dec 2020), so I was over ambitious to say the least. This is an after picture. I stole 3 small French fries from her and ate a bite of bacon off the salad. I think the melted cheese is what did me in. Next time I’ll order without the cheese. 😂🙃

I had bypass surgery October 2020, almost 6 years after I had the sleeve surgery. My revision was to resolve severe GERD, Esophagitis and Gastritis. I was overweight, but not in the obese range at the time of my bypass surgery. The recuperation for a revision appears to be very different from a "virgin" bypass and my original VSG. The biggest differences that I noted: 1.) no sense of restriction like I felt with the VSG 2.) I was hungry, unlike my total lack of hunger following VSG and 3.) I had very little pain after the revision compared to the pain I experienced after VSG. But everyone has different experiences and pain thresholds, so I can only speak for my post op experience. On a positive note, I've lost 47 lbs. since October and I feel great. But I could very, very easily "eat around" the bypass if I didn't make a conscience decision to eat healthy and exercise. Since weight loss is considered a ""complication" of my surgery, I am beyond thankful that I've been given this "do over".

I wish there was a study on WLS failures. Where everyone would be honest about what they did and didn't do to contribute to the outcome of their WLS (band, sleeve, GB, MGB, DS.. etc) whether good or bad. I know when I had my band place in 2009 band and BP were my two options. My bmi was 42+ at 5'2" 232lbs. Sleeve was the "new" wls and not much was known. I did however work with about 200-300 women for a huge corporation and I saw firsthand some of the successes and failures in some. My journey began with my co-worker and friend got the band. She did an amazing job and I thought this is for me. I had also seen a few that had GB and didn't want to go that route. I also had a few friends and a cousin that did GB and I saw their struggles. In fact, they have all gained their weight back. Now my friend Paula, was not a very compliant bandster, but her wife was (wife and I got the band the same day). The wife lost and did a great job. She still has her band. Paula doesn't. Paula also learned to eat around it and gained, then blamed the band for not working. She then revised to the sleeve, I don't think she has lost a pound with the sleeve (we are still great friends). My friend Tami at the time was the only person i know that had had the sleeve done back in 2008. She did an amazing job but is now about the same size she was when she started. What I'm getting at..... is all of the WLS have risks of "not working"........ but they all have the "ability" to work if worked properly. I'm new to the sleeve (8/28/19) I had my band from 2009-2017. I know that the stress of going through a divorce and the fact that I got a very bad case of a stomach virus caused my slip. Up to that day, I never had a day's problem. I never go reflex at all. I of course got stuck a few times, but once I got stuck on something, I didn't eat it again. I maintained my weight of 143lbs. At the time I thought I didn't need another WLS and that surely I learned how to eat and I could just eat like I was with the band..........I WAS WRONG.... with the band completely gone it was HELL.... I was so hungry all the time. I gradually re-entered bad foods that I could not eat with the band. I was back on the sugar train, and the carb train... and over the next 2.5 years I put back 30lbs. I was so disappointed in myself, depression was really bad, and I also started menopause. A few times over the years I thought to revise, but no one would because I "didn't weigh enough". So if I were to do anything, it would have to be cash. I started looking into Mex... and had decided I would go there. But I still didn't have the money. $9500 was not just sitting in my bank account....... As luck would have it, in May 2019 my divorce property settlement was done. I also found a dr. here 10 min from my work.... Yes, it was 14k, I figured I'd pay the extra to be right here..... So I took 14k of that money and invested it in me. That day I was 173lbs..... Today I'm steady at 120-123lbs..... Praying that God keeps giving me the strength to keep going and keep being healthy. In July I will be 53 and feel I'm in the best shape and health of my life...... BG (Chris)

I had mine for 10+ years and I lost about 80 pounds and mainly kept it all off but THE REFLUX after maybe 6.5 years of having it. Ugh. Crazy-bad. And it slipped once, which was just God awful. And I am pretty sure it was the cause of my hiatal hernia, which needed a MAJOR repair. I also know of several people who had enough of a food addiction that they were easily able to 'out-smart' the band. That being said, I thing until the addiction is addressed for these people, ANY WLS will ultimately end up as a failure... But, back in 2009, I was unwilling to get a bypass and VSG didn't really seem to be a 'thing' as far as I knew. At least that option was not offered to me. My surgeon tells me there are a several patients in his practice who absolutely love their band, even when it is giving them the same kind of problems I had with it and will not even consider removing/revision. So...go figure! Whatever works I guess

your experience is common. A lot of people (maybe most?) have had them removed and have revised to sleeve or bypass.

Hey there!! Question: I had a Lap Band revision to sleeve on 3/15/21 and never experienced dumping with my LB. What are the signs that you get if you feel like you are going to have a dumping response? TIA!!

I too had the God forsaken band when I was 49. I had revision to sleeve at 63...on 2/23 and wish I had done it about 12 -13 years earlier. You will not regret this decision. You will be able to eat some things with less trouble with the sleeve... just smaller portions. I work from home but had surgery on Tuesday and went back to work on Thursday...I could have gone back to work on Wednesday but had a 4 hour drive home. The only pain I experienced was on the day of the surgery and when I had my first BM post op (8 days later). I stayed so doped up in the hospital that I really didn't have much pain. Best decision I have made in a while. I am down 42 lbs since Jan 26th. Good luck...I am glad I did this.

I haven't had the revision, but it isn't uncommon. A few people on here have had it, so hopefully some of them will respond. The food plan is pretty much the same as it is for sleeve.

Hi! I’m new on here but I have a question. I had my sleeve done January 2020 and was very happy with my results and so glad I did it. I have lost 135 lbs and want to loose another 20-30 lbs more. Now being out 15 months I have developed heart burn, acidic reflux which at times is horrible. I have had heart burn in the passed but infrequently. The GI doctor has done an endoscopy and took biopsies plus stretched me as pills and food were getting stuck in my throat. Now I have this horrible pain after I eat anything like chicken, pork, fish and red meats. I don’t cook with spices, onion, or garlic. The doctor has given me different meds but nothing has worked. Right now I’m on Protonic 40 mg 2 times daily and Pepcid at night. I had an abdominal ultrasound which they found no gallstones but an minimally enlarged spleen. By the way had my gallbladder was removed 37 yrs ago. I was told by her nurse practitioner that the next step is to have a revision. Is this correct? Is there anything the GI doctor or Bariatric surgeon can do before this? Can anyone tell me about the revision? Does it hurt worse than the sleeve? Everything is basically the same as the sleeve except of course the surgery itself? Thanks in advance.

So I am coming up on my year revision from VSG to RNY and wondering about the honeymoon phase discussed in virgin surgeries. I am wanting to know if the honeymoon phase is different in a revision or the same and when it ends? I honestly didnt feel like I had a honeymoon phase with VSG I worked hard to get to goal that first year and I never felt like the weight just came off and it was hard to maintain, but with this revision everything seems so much easier and I am 20lbs lighter and not struggling to maintain like I did with VSG. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

You know.... i really don't know. but a very good question.... I do have a few that are doing ok..... one just revised to the sleeve and he is doing great.... down 100lbs

Hello, I am looking at scheduling my revision surgery. I will be travelling from Canada to Mexico and wanted to get some feedback from those that have done so recently during the pandemic and really recently with the mandatory 3 day hotel quarantine when you re enter Canada prior to continuing home for the rest of isolation? Any issues, what 'protein' did you bring. Anything hidden surprises or things you wished you had known. I am feeling comfortable with my decision for a revision and the Doctor but I am getting stressed about the added complications of the travel and the costs. Any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated. I

There is a thread in the revision section called I hate the bypass and it talks more in length with a great number of people discussing not having restriction after bypass. You are not alone.

it's still in place. They just separate the two parts with surgical staples. As far as I know, the two parts are not physically cut apart or anything. In fact, the RNY is technically reversible (although they don't do it unless the patient has some severe issue that can't be resolved any other way - or if they're going to revise it to a duodenal switch - in which case they reverse the RNY and then sleeve your stomach)

I can’t answer exactly what you are asking, however I may be able to offer some helpful information. I first had the sleeve in 2015 and my GERD improved due to the weight loss. However, when I gained some of weight back last year, my GERD returned with a vengeance. Today I am 13 days post-op Revision-to-Bypass. So we shall see for me. As for you, only you know of your situation...how much weight you need to lose, diet plans, medical conditions that may alter that too. Or, it could be just weight/pressure off that will improve your GERD.

I did end up having the lap band revision to gastric bypass (again, the choice of my surgeon for safety reasons). The scar tissue wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t get the surgery and I have had no complications at all. I think I’ve been losing more slowly because, with the previous lap band, my body was used to a lower calorie intake. obviously every body is different and you can’t fully predict what kinds of complications, if any, could happen. I’d recommend having a serious convo with your surgeon and trust them/their competency and expertise.

I had lapband in 2007 and did well. Went from a high of 258 to 170. It slipped in 2016 and was removed. Of course, the weight has all come back and I tried Qsymia, Contrave, Saxenda, Noom, WW (again!). I wanted to have a revision to the sleeve, but due to issues with GERD in band to sleeve revisions, and usually less successful weight loss, my surgeone said I should have the bypass instead. Unfortunately, a decent sized hernia was discovered during a pre-op endoscopy, and she says the risk rate for serious complications is now 20% due to scar tissue that will surely be there. And even if I don't initially have issues, they are likely down the road. Surgery is scheduled a week from today, and I just don't know what to do. I don't want serious complications, but I also want to be healthy and cannot lose the weight on my own. Would love to hear from you Katiebal_Lecter, or anyone else who had revision with a hernia. Thanks in advance. Sent from my LM-G820 using BariatricPal mobile app

No, there unfortunately there is no single one a day vitamin that fits all our needs. Depending upon what procedure you are getting, you will need to do more or less of the vitamin game. The VSG is the most benign with the fewest requirements, with the RNY being fussier, and the DS fussier still. The main driver for most of this is that Calcium and Iron compete for the same sites to be absorbed in the intestine, so they need to be spaced out, typically at least two hours apart. Further, Calcium is limited to absorbing only around 600mg at a time, so if you need to supplement with 1500mg, that's three different doses spaced out. Plus iron at a different time (though that can be taken with your multivitamin if that doesn't contain calcium, or you can take a calcium dose with the multi if it does. At thee beginning, we all need to be taking vitamins at different times through the day as we aren't getting much nutrition from food - protein is the emphasis for a while as there is no pill for that. Over time, as we can eat more, we usually can simplify the supplement regimen as we get more nutrition from our food, assuming one is eating nutritionally. For my VSG, I take pills twice a day, mostly drugs. i take a multivitamin, mostly to fill in any gaps in obscure vitamins that I may be a bit short on in diet - I have cut that back to every other day with out ill effect on my labs, but the labs don't cover everything, so I just go with one a day for convenience as other pills are already being taken. I target 2000mg a day for calcium, for which I only need one supplement dose per day to attain. Iron is a twice a week thing, and maybe less (see how levels are this month and maybe drop it entirely.) An RNY malabsorbs minerals as part of its character, so they usually need to do more with the iron and calcium supplement, and some also take two multivitamins a day; B12 is usually needed as they don't absorb that well, either, In either case, the RNY or VSG, longer term it comes down to what your labs tell you that you need, and people will vary on that - even without WLS, people vary on their needs (my wife is chronically low on potassium, which has nothing to do with her WLS, it's just her.) The DS has a similar level of supplement fussiness, though it is somewhat different in what is needed. In short, get used to it, at least for a while. And if complying with these needs is going to be a problem for you (you know your personality best,) consider that in which procedure you choose. I know one gal in our support group who had to have her DS revised back to a VSG because she was just incapable of keeping up with its' nutritional demands and was suffering as a result. Good luck,

It is very important to stop drinking diet soda. Your new nutrition plan should be centered around real food and a commitment to restructure the foods and beverages you take in. Avoid highly processed foods. Carbonated beverages are bad for sleevers. Artificially sweetened drinks are bad too. Your going to go without solid food along with all the beverages you are used to for 4 to 6 weeks (before and after surgery). Your body can take this opportunity to reestablish foods you like and crave. It is a big physical and phycological reset. Replace those old favorites with better new ones. I've learned cravings have short term memory and are relative. If you introduce a variety of healthy foods after your surgery, you'll settle on favorite foods amongst those foods you started eating after the big change. I agree you have to go cold turkey now on sodas so the liquid diet is manageable. I quit sodas and fried foods 5 months before my revision surgery. I practiced the post-op diet over 3 months pre-op. I suggest only having protein shakes during the liquid diet phase. Get your protein from natural sources before and after.

I had the sleeve done in October 2017. I was 300lbs and went down to 185lbs and i was still losing. I found out I was pregnant back in June 2019 and it was unplanned. I ended up gaining a lot of weight and when I had the baby I was 252lbs, and I am now 230lbs. The pregnancy was hard on my body, and stretched me out and caused my stomach muscles not to work and I am now in the process of have a revision surgery of my sleeve to a bypass as I developed severe GERD during pregnancy that never corrected itself after. I think I would have lost weight if I was able to breastfeed, but my daughter being 7 weeks early made it difficult and I had no choice but to supplement with formula. After giving her a bottle she never wanted to breastfeed. When I was breastfeeding and pumping, I went down to 218lb the first few days after giving birth but my body wasn't producing enough milk . Probably because I couldn't eat or drink enough that was required for my body to produce the milk needed. thus my nutritionist told me good luck losing the fat stores w out breastfeeding. Overall, it was worth it and I do it again. I had just turned 35 so maybe my age was a factor too. However, I love being a mom. It was worth it and I'd do it again. I was told since I was 13 I'd never be a mother ( I wasn't heavy just had other issues). She's my miracle and she was worth it! If you want a baby, then have a baby. Will your body be the same. No. Probably never again. Is it hard and exhausting ? YES and YES! . Will you gain! YES! Will you lose it? YES! As long as you don't develop issues like me, do everything wrong like me, and see your dietitian which I didn't, I'm sure you'll be fine. Just don't use it as an excuse to over eat, and eat poorly or starve because you're afraid of gaining! I also lost my father 10 days prior to finding out I was pregnant. I was an emotional mess and did everything wrong. Do it right and I'm sure you'll be fine. Either way it's worth it. And Id do it again. She was worth every pound! Trust me.

@tina which revision surgery did you have? I have BCBSIL too and hoping they will approve :)

Hi guys, one week out from lap band revision to sleeve. I'm doing ok pain-wise, but I'm just so weak and even getting up off the couch to walk across the room makes me feel like I've sprinted. I was checked by my doctor and spent the day in the ER doing cat scans for blood clots, EKG, blood work. Everything was normal. But I am definitely not. I'm fine if I'm sitting on the couch, but moving around, even to prepare the small meals has got me exhausted. Is this normal? Is it due to taking in so few calories? What am I doing wrong? Yes, I'm taking my vitamins and meeting protein and mostly meeting liquids goals. I'm on Lovenox as a preventative for blood clots.

I’m going in for my band to bypass revision on the 26th I can’t wait