Hi! I'm new, 6yrs post-op and feeling shameful for gaining.

[lisatwinmom 0]

Hi everyone, My name is Lisa and I had RNY on June 21st 2006. I am almost actually 7 yrs out..I said 6 in the title..lol So I had my surgery to help me get healthier and prepare for pregnancy. Because I would have been high risk pregnancy, my pcp wrote the referral right there. So 3 months later I had my surgery and in the 1st 18 months I had lost 155 lbs! We then started trying to get pregnant. Turns out it was a simple hormone thing and after 2 rounds of IUI with injections I got pregnant at exactly 2 years out with TWINS! .. It was our dream come true! And twins! A boy and a girl, we certainly hit the baby lottery! Well, I gained 90 lbs during my pregnancy! I lost 50 lbs within the first month after giving birth, and thought ..oh this will be easy to get rid of the rest! Well...not so much! My eating habits went to shit being a new mom of twins! My twins are 4 1/2 now, Since then I have steadily gained back more weight and now am just 30 lbs from my highest ever weight. Can you say blow to the self-esteem?? I have been through a lot emotionally since becoming a mom and a good portion of it stems from this "failure". I am in the exact position I didn't want to be, too tired all the time, not able to do some things physically I should be able to with them, and now the questions about why I have a bigger belly than other people. I am done beating myself up and I need to face the shame head on! I have decided to do something about it. I am exploring a corrective procedure called Stomaphyx or ROSE. Has anybody had any experience with these procedures? They are fairly new but are specifically for post op Gastric Bypass patients who have stretched out their pouch and gained the weight back. It sounds great, but looking for some feedback.

[DiminishingDawn 50]

I hear terrible things about those procedures to be honest. Poor results.

Have you considered a revision?

If you are on Facebook I have a longtimers group you are welcome to Join

[lisatwinmom 0]

Hi Dawn, thank you for your input! I am always on fb and would love to join your group..what's it called?

[DiminishingDawn 50]

Bariatric long-timers

With hyphen to find it

[kparadisek 115]

Hi Lisa! My mom had the surgery in 1991 she didn't gain all her weight back but she did gain. She told her Dr. She wanted to have Lapland (yes she was clueless at the time). He told her NO that she had the best procedure an to start walking, so she did and the weight came off. Her walking consisted of Leslie Sansome DVDs and walking in her subdivision but she was successful. Talk to your Dr. Maybe they can offer advice. Best of luck to you!

[TinyMamiOf3kids 1,280]

Welcome & I'm sorry you regain but hey you got twins so awesome. Can you redo the gastric bypass? Do you want more kids? If not I would suggest get the tubes tight & redo the surgery & start again. Then change everything you been doing wrong & get back to exercising healthy eating.

[DiminishingDawn 50]

I'd research bob before stomaphyx

Band over bypass

[ema1974 0]

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.