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A sleeve might have worked for me... until the hunger started coming back. Then I knew that me being me.. I was going to need a malabsortive element. I hope to have my brain and body retrained before the hunger returns, but just in case... I have that 2nd tool.

11/11/16: HW 380

11/28/16: Duodenal Switch Surgery

11/28/16: SW 374 lbs

12/24/16: CW 342 lbs

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I have the rny bypass to eliminate reflux and gerd

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I received the sleeve just a few days ago!

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I opted to just get the sleeve done since I would prefer to avoid the side effects of malabsorption if I can. It is possible to have the sleeve converted to a duodenal switch later on down the road if you decide you need it.

I think it comes down to - how much weight do you have to lose? How concerned are you about the potential for nutritional deficiencies vs. potentially losing less weight? How much would it bother you to have a revision surgery down the road if you decided you needed to lose more weight?

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I had my band removed and got a sleeve with duodenal switch. I knew that I would want the most help possible so I opted for the DS

Katy W- Louisburg, NC

Lapband revision to VSG with DS

HW- 297

Weight at Surgery-279

CW- will update at two week appt

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