Ot~Did You Know?

[Linda 66 34]

Off Topic, but I'm surprised and now curious....

I spoke w/ a bariatric nurse coordinator today and she said the sleeve is not reversible (I KNEW this), the lapband is removable (been there done that) BUT, what I DIDN'T know (and I was told years ago, it wasn't) was that the gastric BYPASS is reversible! Really?! Is this true?! I have to read up on this because Yrs ago (when I was banded) I was told, "the gastric bypass was irreversible". Was this nurse wrong or has things changed??

btw...I hope everyone is well/healthy/successful!

[ShrinkyDinkMe22 376]

when i went to my seminar on 8/4 i was told that the duodenal switch, rny and sleeve were all none reversible. maybe my dr was wrong...but i have never heard that rny was reversible.

[FDclerical 318]

Yes the RNY is definitely reversible. My surgeon advised this as well. Also Google will confirm your question

[Teriiann 34]

I have a friend who had gastric, she told me not to do the sleeve because you can never have your tummy back. She said hers is reversible.

[DEZ1975 170]

Gastric bypass is reversible in cases if extreme emergency and even then it has only a 50/50 chance of a successful reversal. All surgeons I spoke to said to consider it permanent.