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For those of you who have had two surgeries how long apart was the band removal and then the bypass? And how and why was this decided?

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I had my band removed and converted to a gastric bypass all in the same surgery. I had this done because of complications with my band and not getting the results I needed. I am 5 weeks post op today. I feel great and I am getting wonderful results. My doctor said the surgery and recovery could not have gone any better!

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I had my band removed and converted to a gastric bypass all in the same surgery. I had this done because of complications with my band and not getting the results I needed. I am 5 weeks post op today. I feel great and I am getting wonderful results. My doctor said the surgery and recovery could not have gone any better!

Hi me too...... I just had my pre op re op appt. Lots of scar tissue from band causing trouble eating even when empty band. I am on my second band. My surgeon tells me I can go from band to bypass in one shot. If I go sleeve I have to do two surgeries. My apprehension for bypass has always been the malabsorption and vit deficiency issues especially Iron anemia. I had a great talk with him and for me he recommend bypass because of my metabolism issues. Enough about me how are you feeling and what was your downtime after surgery and did you have to have a drain?

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My lapband came out in Jan or Feb of 2010 and I had the RNY July 2012. My band was put in in 2006, revised to a bigger band in 2008 and then came out 2010 due to a really bad prolaps. It was to the point where even being unfilled caused me awful acid reflux that woke me up in the middle of the night as if I were drowning in my own salava and I was cooking from the inside out. I had to wait for at least 6 months for my stomach to heal in order to have another bariatric surgery. It took me a while to get over the emergency surgery and to grasp the thought of having my organs re-routed.

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My lapband came out in Jan or Feb of 2010 and I had the RNY July 2012. My band was put in in 2006' date=' revised to a bigger band in 2008 and then came out 2010 due to a really bad prolaps. It was to the point where even being unfilled caused me awful acid reflux that woke me up in the middle of the night as if I were drowning in my own salava and I was cooking from the inside out. I had to wait for at least 6 months for my stomach to heal in order to have another bariatric surgery. It took me a while to get over the emergency surgery and to grasp the thought of having my organs re-routed.[/quote']

yeeouch on the prolapse what i am experiencing is nothing compared to that. Glad you are on the other side of all that drama. How much weight are you down since the change?

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