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sugarbear234    17

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Today I went to meet the surgeon I was cleared from all but him. I was ready to discuss the gastric sleeve but to my surprise he firmly recommended the bypass heart broken due to my bout with Gerds. So now I think it's just best for me to get to the gym. Hire a trainer an work hard and Accomplish it Myself.

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Toni Ha    16

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Honey get a second opion. Just because he didn't recommend it doesn't mean he wont do it.. Don't give up hope.. Try another doc. Where there is a will there is a way. Stay firm in what you want.

You can do it.. I am scheduled on the 4th.. Sooo excited to begin my journey.

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sugarbear234    17

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Why can't u have the sleeve.? And why wid u not have the bypass. I am from UK so maybe I'm missing something

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It will make gerds worse. So the RNY is better for people that have gerds. That's what I got out of it. I don't want the RNY I am 236 lbs now I have absolutely no desire to loss 100 pounds or more. I had my mind made up on 50 to 60 lbs. I would look soooo sick at 136. It just wasn't in my plan.

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sugarbear234    17

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Honey get a second opion. Just because he didn't recommend it doesn't mean he wont do it.. Don't give up hope.. Try another doc. Where there is a will there is a way. Stay firm in what you want.

You can do it.. I am scheduled on the 4th.. Sooo excited to begin my journey.

ToniHa

Thanks I just don't want to suffer with more intense heartburn and acid reflux. I don't want to be sick all day because I made a choice to have surgery.

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clc9    644

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So he's recommending the bypass, not turning you away. Did you ask him about whether you could lose 50-60 pounds and stop there with bypass? I'm not certain why you think you would lose 100 pounds with one surgery and not the other.

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missmarthak31    9

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Have you thought of getting a gastric balloon? Im having one put in on January 12.

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Aggiemae    739

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My surgeons office has ended up removing almost half of the balloons they put in within 2 months. People don't seem to be tolerating them. I asked, jokingly, if people got their money back and she answered, seriously, that they did not.

As for the OP, you have the final word about which surgery to have my surgeon pitch the bypass as fastest, with higher "average" weight loss. I decided on the less drastic sleeve and also to NOT be average.

As for "hitting the gym" as a person who has lost the same 100 pounds seven times I hope you reconsider surgery. I'm sorry I didn't do it years ago.

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SharBear617    146

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From what I've read, after about 2 years post op, there isn't much difference in excess weight lost between rny vs sleevers. My bmi before surgery was 42, but I went with rny because I also had gerd, and now 6 months post op, no reflux. But, I was looking to lose (and needing to quite frankly) at least 80 to 100 lbs total, however, I was told I could probably only expect the tool that surgery gives me to be responsible for somewhere around 65 to 75 lbs of weight loss....if I wanted more, that would be all my doing.

Take your time, and decide what's best for you.

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silhouette    32

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Why can't u have the sleeve.? And why wid u not have the bypass. I am from UK so maybe I'm missing something

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It will make gerds worse. So the RNY is better for people that have gerds. That's what I got out of it. I don't want the RNY I am 236 lbs now I have absolutely no desire to loss 100 pounds or more. I had my mind made up on 50 to 60 lbs. I would look soooo sick at 136. It just wasn't in my plan.

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I'm 222 and I'm getting the mini bypass,

You lose a percentage of your weight, not absolute numbers.

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