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Did you ever move forward with the revision? I'm trying to find some information on the different procedures for revisions after gastric bypass (I'm 8 years out and just started gaining this past year...hungry all the time...etc). Any information you can share will be helpful.

I had a lapband to RNY revision on 3/28. I am having a very hard time figuring out what my new portion size should be. My Dr says that a lot of his revision patients seem to have the same issue. The "signals" or soft stops that I had with the lapband are not there anymore. And by the time I get a signal that I had enough with RNY, I am beyond full. How do you know when you are satisfied and had enough? Sent from my LG-H631 using the BariatricPal App

Hello it's been two years since I've had my bypass, while I lost a lot of weight due to leaving work and developing depression I have put on 12 kg and would like to know if anybody has had a revisional bypass to get weight back Back down again so that I can get my mind back into order. I feel like I cannot stop eating and I don't feel restriction any more

May 17 too I am nervous mostly with the possible longer recovery if surgery has to be open due to my revision. But I am also so looking foward to finally get this VBG gone and loose weight once and for all. I have lost 12 lbs so far on pre-op diet and that is encourging. Best to you on you WLS. Sent from my SM-T310 using the BariatricPal App

So follow up from all my testing.....I have been diagnosed with gastroparesis, severe gastritis, and hiatal hernia. Has anyone had any of these diagnoses. The egd (scope) verified that my pain was real. I have been upset all weekend thinking about all the issues my lap band has caused me. Anyone go through this before revision? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

June 10th. Revision to sleeve!!! I have had chronic pain in my left side for 2 years. Finally discovered that my band tubing is wrapped around my spleen. So happy to be pain free. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had the sleeve to mini bypass revision on March 31, 2016. The recovery was a breeze with the sleeve but a little more difficult with the mgb. It still was not bad and totally worth it. It got rid of my acid reflux and even though I'm losing weight slowly, that was expected (I was 199 before the revision). I'm getting measured and body scanned every two weeks and I'm losing inches and gaining muscle so I'm not too worried about what the scale says. I wish I had gone with the mgb or bypass in the first place.

@@CrissyCakes my insurance will not cover the sleeve or bypass. They just cover the lapband. I have read a lot of negative on fb groups but im seeing positive here. I believe my insurance will cover revision surgery after 2 years if you are still above the criteria. Which I think is silly. Why waste all that money and not just cover it from the start? It is actually my job that is only choosing to pay for the lapband and not include the others on the insurance. So I will be writing a letter to HR to dispute it. But if they wont approve sleeve, I am doing the band.

You look incredible!I had to take several looks...I too have PCOS and the revision is going a bit slow in the weight loss at 5 months but.I hope to achieve success like you...Congratulations!

I had revision surgery March 2nd, like most I was have severe reflux and couldn't keep any food down. When I went in for a consult I was 148 and pretty happy. I still had 10lbs to lose to get to pre-baby weight but I wasn't too worried about it, I felt good. Dr unfilled me in December and I gained about 20lbs before revision! I've lost 15lbs in 2 months, definitely not what I thought since with the band I lost weight so fast. I have heard that revision patients lose slower so I'm trying to not stress about it. So the reason I'm writing this... I've noticed that I still have my band mentality. With the band since it was soooo hard for food to go down I would slowly eat food for hours and not get much down. Well now I'm struggling with the grazing. Obviously with my new stomach food isn't sitting in a pouch it goes down. I know this is not good and probably a big part of why I'm not losing weight. Any one else struggle with this? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

That is not true about the sleeve. I'm 3 years post sleeve and have maintained a 120+ lb loss. Not everyone regains with the sleeve and not everyone who has bypass dumps or has a problem with sugar/fats. This is just my opinion but I'm tired of other post OP's trying to make sleeve people feel bad for their surgical decision. With that said, I'm in a position where I have to convert to bypass because of severe and uncontrolled GERD. While I know it's the right decision for me, I'll mourn the loss of my sleeve, my intact pyloric valve and the fact thst I don't have to worry about malabsorption. To the OP good luck on your revision and I hope the malabsorption gets you the results you desire Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Wow great job! I had band for 9 years, revised to bypass yesterday:) looking forward to this new journey. I think 78 lbs in 10 months it's awesome! You look great!

I don't know about approval with revisions. I'm taking a month off work but I have a job that requires lifting and being on your feet for 12 hour shifts.

Hi All, Surgery went well, had my band out, revision to bypass and gallbladder removed. I am pretty sore and use the pump for pain but that is expected. Already walked 3 laps and about to go on another walk in few min before calling it a night.... The pain meds make me really really sleepy. Upper GI in the morning, if I pass, I will be able to start liquids, right now can just suck on ice which I am grateful for because my mouth is so dry. Everyone is taking such great care of me so far so good

If you don't mind travelling a little bit, give a look at Dr. Ara Keshisian in Glendale. He has been doing DS's (sleeve plus intestinal rerouting) for a good long time which means he has done more sleeves than most any other bariatric surgeons, and one of the handful capable of doing the very complex RNY to DS revision (not that you need one, but good to have an overqualified surgeon than an underqualified!) He is the guy I would go to if I were in the market for a sleeve (or other revsion) in So Cal.

Hi there! I had a band for 6 years and it broke. Overall I did ok with it.. Went from 197 to 162 and was quite happy. Was very bummed to hear it was broken. Actually, I was horrified. My surgeon told me not to worry- he would revise to a sleeve. Two months later, I was sleeved (April 20th). I was a self pay in the Dominican Republic for my band but my insurance picked up the entire thing this time. I didn't have to go to any classes or counseling. My BMI was 34 when revised. I will say this in retrospect- going back to classes is a good thing. The band is very different from the sleeve and the rules are different. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my sleeve and feel fantastic. Tons of energy and down 15 pounds in 3 weeks. I'm thrilled. I wish you the best, let me know if you have any questions! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

It's just hard...revision and over 50 with PCOS ugh...

I'm 6 weeks out and have been having issues since week 3. food and liquids seem to have a hard time going down. First pain in my upper abdomen and then some times it resolves and sometime I have to vomit. This is not every time I eat or drink. Some times what goes down easily one day, refuses to go down the next. I am not drinking while eating, I am eating slowly, and I am chewing the crap out of each bite. I went to my surgeon and told him all of this. I could tell he was rolling his eyes at me and probably thinking I was eating too fast or not chewing enough. I asked for an endoscopy to rule out a structure. Well....I had my endoscopy yesterday. The results were--my tissue had been rejecting the staples placed on the day of surgery. One of which was lodged in the opening to my new stomach. (Food was getting hung up on it) 11 more staples were also removed since they migrated away from where they originally were. I developed an ulcer (erosion from the staple sitting where it didn't belong) and therefore developed a structure. (The opening, according to my gastro, should be between 13-15 mm and mine is 8mm.). Since I'm only 6 weeks out, my gastro didn't want to balloon the opening yet. He placed me on carafate to help heal the ulcer, put me back on liquids (not like I could eat much more than that anyway) and will dilate the opening in "a few more weeks" when I'm more healed. If that doesn't work, he will place a stent and hopefully that will keep it opened. UGH! (If all else fails, I will be looking at a revision The lesson here is this. Listen to your body. You know it best. Be your own advocate especially when you KNOW something is wrong Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm 6 weeks out and have been having issues since week 3. food and liquids seem to have a hard time going down. First pain in my upper abdomen and then some times it resolves and sometime I have to vomit. This is not every time I eat or drink. Some times what goes down easily one day, refuses to go down the next. I am not drinking while eating, I am eating slowly, and I am chewing the crap out of each bite. I went to my surgeon and told him all of this. I could tell he was rolling his eyes at me and probably thinking I was eating too fast or not chewing enough. I asked for an endoscopy to rule out a structure. Well....I had my endoscopy yesterday. The results were--my tissue had been rejecting the staples placed on the day of surgery. One of which was lodged in the opening to my new stomach. (Food was getting hung up on it) 11 more staples were also removed since they migrated away from where they originally were. I developed an ulcer (erosion from the staple sitting where it didn't belong) and therefore developed a structure. (The opening, according to my gastro, should be between 13-15 mm and mine is 8mm.). Since I'm only 6 weeks out, my gastro didn't want to balloon the opening yet. He placed me on carafate to help heal the ulcer, put me back on liquids (not like I could eat much more than that anyway) and will dilate the opening in "a few more weeks" when I'm more healed. If that doesn't work, he will place a stent and hopefully that will keep it opened. UGH! (If all else fails, I will be looking at a revision The lesson here is this. Listen to your body. You know it best. Be your own advocate especially when you KNOW something is wrong. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm 4 weeks post op today. I've never felt more alone. I'm having regrets. It took me over two years to make my decision to revision from the band to the sleeve. Reasons that I feared would happen with relationships, friendships, things that I enjoy doing started very early on in my two month post op phase and continue. I know that I should be patient. I know things will get easier with time, but when the scale is not moving and I can't even get a friend to say "hey, how's it going? Wanna do something not revolving around food or alcohol?" It's just very discouraging. I'm also struggling to do things that I enjoy alone. Reading, drawing, going for walks. Nothing interests me...

I had severe acid reflux (GERD). As a result, this is a recommended surgery because the sleeve will only make the condition worse. Also, RNY gastric bypass is almost a gold standard. It has been around a lot longer and they have for the most part got the bugs worked out. It has one of the lowest revision rates and I decided if I underwent the knife once, I sure would not want to repeat the experience.

By all means, make the lifestyle changes, as they will be essential to your long term weight stability and well being, even if they aren't likely to get your weight down to where you want it to be - once we get to the size where we are considering WLS. there are enough various factors stacked against us that we run into that 5% success rate noted above. The way I approached this problem, when my wife and I got serious about our respective weight problems and started toward WLS was to start doing those lifestyle changes that would help to ensure my long term success. We know what we have to do - be more active (it seems like you already have that inclination), cut the junk out of our diets, improve the overall nutrition while reducing the calories to a level that will maintain us (if not leading to total weight loss to normal.) Most have already found that the various fad and "book" diets (any book entitled "The _____ Diet", most particularly if it also mentions "miracle" and is authored by a "Dr.") don't work in the long term. They may get your weight down to something approaching normal, but they teach you nothing about how to maintain that loss over the years, and the weight builds up again when trying to go back to a "normalish" maintenance diet. I avoided those diets, but worked on moving my diet as close to the ideal as I could sustain in the long term. It was not "perfect" by any book or nutritionists' standards, but it was what I could do within my tastes and it was something that I could do forever, and it was much better than the normal American crap diet that got most of us where we are/were when considering WLS. I kept tweaking things to carve out a few more calories where I could, and improve the overall nutrition of what I ate. That was almost 13 years ago, and I dropped about 50 lb over six months (335 - 285) or so and came to a halt. I could make small moves down and then back again. But I did maintain that loss for several years. In the meantime, my wife had her WLS after the serial insurance denials and ultimately self paying for her DS, and we settled into a reasonable maintenance lifestyle, though I usually ate about twice what she did. Once our insurance started covering the sleeve, I went for it as it was clear that I was not going to lose the rest on my own in any sustainable manner. That was five years ago, and so far so good. I also used that interim period to test my maintenance ability and help choose which surgery, if needed, was most appropriate for me. Had I regained what I had lost over those few years, that was a sign that I should go for the DS, with its better regain resistance. With the stability that I had managed over that time, the sleeve seemed like a good bet that I could avoid any revisions due to regain problems.

I I don't know. I just know it is 80% gone. I went to a doctor when I had knee pain that wouldn't go away. He said the arthritis is caused by ALC surgery (a common outcome). I had a MRI to see what the damage was & I was shocked! 80% gone! Doctor said the primary cause of the arthritis was my surgery and not my weight! (haha!). But, he does say that losing weight will help it immensely. I am going to PT twice a week, being a bit lazy on the home exercises. I plan on having "revision" surgery on my knee. Being a teacher, I think it is best to have it in the summer, but not this one. I debate if I should do it now or lose some weight/PT first. I do want the second surgery to take & need the best chance I can get. Course, if my knee felt good, I would be exercising more.. Round and Round we go.. As for failure, I had surgery 12 years ago and it never, ever felt right. I know the major reason for failure is in the surgery itself.. Sometimes over the past 12 years, especially after some hard work, it would swell, etc, but went away. I think every swelling was a micro-tear and then at some point it just gave too much away. Despite my weight, I was pretty active-but I could never squat or come close to it. Maybe some was not enough PT after surgery. I have NOT had a fall or anything! While the doctor doesn't exactly say this, having poor muscle strength and sheer pounds means that my muscles are not doing the job and it is falling heavily on the ACL to do the job. Maybe for you, do some PT. It is the Butt, hamstrings then quad (in that order) they say I need. Shoring up those muscles will protect what ACL I have left, the rest of the damn knee and I know, make the re-surgery more likely to last. I just don't think I have it in me for the summer. I Surgery sucks. I really, really, don't want to have it.

Glad to hear you are doing well without the band. I tell people I felt like a mere mortal again when I was unfilled..for me it was not just the restriction I missed, but the lack of hunger with the band. It puts us into an abnormal state of starvation mode. Doctors cannot explain it and tend to go by the book on care of the band. The doctor at Kaiser and his dietician just assumed I was out of control eating while unfilled. She just treated me like a newly banded patient with textbook advice on what to eat and how much..etc..I wanted to punch her..really!? I was counting every single calorie and was staying at 800 or less calories..any normal person would have been dropping weight like crazy...me..I was gaining! It all happened pretty fast then stopped. Once I started getting refilled slightly that helped. I am scared my results tomorrow..hoping it is port only issue. I really don't want to lose my band..nor revise to sleeve..uggh..we shall see. Thanks for updating and best of luck with whatever your next move is!

oH WOW! Thank you for your response! Its been a whileeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee since I posted this. Have I gained weight.. YUP. but it could definitely be worse. ha. Im sure ive gained about 10 lbs since December. I do count my calories... wlabout 3-4 times a week and do zumba 3 times a week with weights. It has been hard!! I am planning on doing the revision. and I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR BODY GOES IN STARVATION MODE!!!!!!! That was something that I feared the most!! and Its been OK..it could be so much worse. I am trying my best to be positive while I wait and go into the options program next month. I did honestly struggle with the band. everything always coming up... This seems like the longest wait ever.. but next month will already be 6 months.