Sleeve vs Gastric

[tonylamentola 0]

Hello! I'm new here. I just got a tentative surgery date of September 29th. I originally planned on getting the gastric bypass but after meeting with my surgeon he recommended the sleeve and thought I could be as successful getting that done. He said doing the gastric could be a bit of overkill. I'm 29 years old, 6'1 and 315 lbs. So I was wondering what helped you decided to do the sleeve over the gastric bypass. Thanks!

[hockeyfan7 249]

I am a revision from the lap band. I chose sleeve because I didn't want to have my intestines rerouted and I already have malabsorption problems from Celiac disease. I didn't want to exacerbate them.

[reece1239 58]

The doctors suggested the bypass for me but I decided on the sleeve because I dont feel comfortable with the whole rerouting of the intestines thing and the doctor complied. Im 5"9 290 and I feel the sleeve will be perfect for me. I will be done with all requirements next month! Cant wait to get approved

[MarciaN 391]

Same for me. I probably should have done WLS years ago but the malabsorption with bypass made me nervous. So sleeve it is

[Snooks 5]

Totally agree :-). For me, the side effects from malabsorption (esp impact on teeth) stressed me out so I thought the sleeve sounded like a better option. But I have heard weight loss is faster with bypass & most websites seem to imply that the chance of keeping the weight off in the long term is higher with bypass vs sleeve?

[jennamacd 1]

Hockeyfan7

Did you have any issues after getting sleeved because of your celiac disease? I'm just curious because I also have celiac disease