My band being removed. I'm trying to decide.. Sleeve or Bypass?

[pickel1972 2]

My surgeon is going to do a band removal and revision. He's letting me decide if I want the sleeve or bypass. I'm confused.. Help! Why is the sleeve better? Just looking for some thoughts and opinions.

[cinward2001 141]

I was told by my surgeon that IF you were successful with the band, the sleeve will work for you, too. But if you tend to want to eat a lot of sweets and things that were NOT stopped by the band, then maybe bypass would be better (for the dumping and the fact that you won't absorb everything you eat).

I chose the sleeve because I did get to my goal weight with the sleeve. Plus, I'd like to minimize changes to my "innards" as much as possible. I'm already minus a gall bladder, appendix, and now part of my stomach! LOL!

[kulita 243]

food for thought (*insert knee slapping laugh), some people can experience dumping like symptoms with the sleeve too.

[LizC 48]

I think it depends on how drastic you want your life to change. After awhile with the sleeve you have to have your own self control. The bypass forces you to have self control forever.

[ShariM735 189]

Actually, the bypass doesn't give you control forever. My sister-in-law lost 145 lbs. after bypass. Four years later she had gained 160lbs. I'm choosing the sleeve.

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[LI Gemini NY 607]

My surgeon is going to do a band removal and revision. He's letting me decide if I want the sleeve or bypass. I'm confused.. Help! Why is the sleeve better? Just looking for some thoughts and opinions.

I'll tell you why I'm choosing the sleeve.

I'm anemic...with the bypass they'll be bypassing the area where Iron is absorbed and since I already can't absorb iron...bad idea.

Also I'm super paranoid about stomach cancer because I think my great-grandma, who I never met may have died of stomach cancer...that's what we're suspecting (long story lol) and with the part of the stomach that's just hanging out in you and not being used....there's no way to do an endoscopy so if something's growing in there, the only way to detect it is with a PET/CT scan which would be done yearly. Lets say I do one in December and something starts growing in me the following January....needless to say....bad idea.

Everyone has to analyze their own health and health concerns in order to decide what's right for them. I don't think it's a matter of which is better, it's a matter of which is better for you.

Good luck

[Crazypants 36]

I did band revision to sleeve 4 days ago. Majority are having sleeve in my area. They only do bypass for the extreme obese so it really wasn't an option for me and I was fine with that.

[LizC 48]

Actually' date=' the bypass doesn't give you control forever. My sister-in-law lost 145 lbs. after bypass. Four years later she had gained 160lbs. I'm choosing the sleeve.

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Oh interesting! From the way my dr described it and from the info I read it seemed like you pretty much had no choice but to eat healthy. Does she having dumping?

[ShariM735 189]

Oh interesting! From the way my dr described it and from the info I read it seemed like you pretty much had no choice but to eat healthy. Does she having dumping?

She did at first, but she started gaining after maintaining for a year and had no problems eating and drinking whatever. She is on a supervised diet now and losing well.

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[ShariM735 189]

Oh interesting! From the way my dr described it and from the info I read it seemed like you pretty much had no choice but to eat healthy. Does she having dumping?

She did at first, but after maintaining her loss for a year, could eat or drink as much as she wanted with no problems. Her doctor said her pouch from bypass can stretch if you don't take care. She is on a supervised diet now and losing well.

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[mistysj 1,940]

I hope you are asking on the RNY Talk board too. It is a sister of this site and you should get both sides.

[JohnC 31]

My Doc does both & all I know is every time I go to my Doc's office there's at least 1 or 2 by-pass patients in for a revision from a complication. I'm just glad I chose the sleeve.

[kulita 243]

Hey I have a very good friend who had the RNY in 2004 and she NEVER had any symptoms with dumping. DO NOT use dumping as the ONLY reason for you to choose between the two surgeries. You may have dumping or you may not with either surgery,

Please be well informed. I agree with checking into the RNY sister site too