Decisions decisions

[Shelley Swinney 3]

Oh right. ... never mind. .. I'll just have to have gin and flat tonic! !!! C est la vie! !! Small price to pay really. ...tbh I Need to drink more Water so its probably a blessing in disguise! !! Susan I see you eat 1500 cals a day. ...is that maintenance?

[aunger07 15]

Ask your doctor about the sleeve with SIPS. You can lose more weight with just the the sleeve but its not as drastic as the bypass.

[Shelley Swinney 3]

Sips?

[Susan909 52]

The 1500 calories a day was at the beginning of my 10% weight loss.

Eventually I went down to 1200 a day and that's where I am now.

[Shelley Swinney 3]

I didn't think the stomach world be able to hold that much. .. dl you find you struggle and have to eat higher calorie foods?

[Susan909 52]

It wasn't hard for me . I was determined to do everything the nutritionist and drs told me I needed to do. They told me from the beginning the pts who did all the requirements such as blood work, ekg. Chest x Ray would be called first because it showed them I was doing my part.

[Rena's got this 274]

I had the sleeve in Feb 2014. I've lost 60 pounds so far. I think I'm a slow loser due to my age and the fact that I don't exercise, but I'm still satisfied with my rate of loss. I'm only losing about a pound a week now, but that's ok. I had no complications at all, and am extremely, extremely happy with my sleeve and my doctor.

A younger friend of mine had the sleeve at the same time, and somehow one of her stomach nerves became paralyzed and she couldn't eat much at all. She lost over 100 pounds in 4-5 months and had to get feeding lines (Picc lines) inserted to keep from being malnourished. She eventually had to get a revision from sleeve to bypass to see if it would enable her to start eating again. It has only been a week, but it is looking good.

[Susan909 52]

I had no idea that could happen! How unfortunate for your friend. Please let me know how she's doing. 60 lbs is a great loss... Good for you!

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

It would be good to get pros and cons from an educational seminar but surgeons are biased too! I was sleeved and maintaining 160# weight loss. I lost slightly slower than many bypass, but not by much. I also think the relative negatives of the bypass are often exaggerated too.

There are key differences however and if you have GERD, seriously discuss this with your surgeon because that is a long term risk for sleeve...like it can show up years post op.

In my view they are both good procedures, I obviously preferred the sleeve and have done great with it but I strongly suggest that you do more research on Medline, via your surgeon etc.

[Shelley Swinney 3]

GERD?

[bikrchk 1,313]

There are pluses and minuses to each procedure. You need to discuss them in light of YOUR particular health conditions with your medical team. They may have strong feelings one way or the other, or they may not. For example, I was lead to make my own decision (eventually choose the sleeve) while a friend with different issues and more weight to lose was told the bypass was the safest procedure for him by the same team.