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The sleeve will make your reflux worse. My doctor ruled it out for me because of that.

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I went to my second nutritionist appt on Monday and she asked if I had considered the gastric sleeve. Should I ? Please help me out here. I have had my heart set on bypass

After I had done TONS of research in RNY, my physician asked me the same thing. Apparently I was a good candidate for sleeve because I wasn't diabetic. I decided on the RNY for a couple reasons:

*The RNY is the gold standard for weight loss surgery. There is ample research on how it affects people now and years down the road.

*The sleeve is considered less aggressive, and I wasn't going to have major surgery and feel like I didn't do all I could.

*Sleeve patients apparently don't dump. With my love of sweets, I need that adverse reaction to sugar.

In any event, do your own research and make sure YOU are comfortable with your decision and confident in your physician.

Good Luck!

BTW, I'm 7 months post op and down 102#

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After I had done TONS of research in RNY' date=' my physician asked me the same thing. Apparently I was a good candidate for sleeve because I wasn't diabetic. I decided on the RNY for a couple reasons:

*The RNY is the gold standard for weight loss surgery. There is ample research on how it affects people now and years down the road.

*The sleeve is considered less aggressive, and I wasn't going to have major surgery and feel like I didn't do all I could.

*Sleeve patients apparently don't dump. With my love of sweets, I need that adverse reaction to sugar.

In any event, do your own research and make sure YOU are comfortable with your decision and confident in your physician.

Good Luck!

BTW, I'm 7 months post op and down 102#[/quote']

You and I came to the same decision after research! I initially thought I would go with the sleeve but especially since I am a lapband revision, I wanted the gold standard. I know far to many people who went lapband to sleeve and now want to revise to the RNY.

I also hope that if I eat sugar I become sick with dumping syndrome! I am a sugaroholic! Dumping is an added bonus!

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Yeah that's the thing' date=' I had my mind made up then she started putting doubts in my head! Omg! You've done awesome! Congrats![/quote']

I need the dumping too! I'm sticking to my decision! Thanks so much:-)

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I chose RNY because you lose the most weight with this surgery. If I was going thru all this surgery, screening, etc. etc. I was getting the best bang for my buck !!!

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