Sleeve to Bypass

[dacommittee 0]

Long story short, at my heaviest in 2012 I was nearly 600 lbs. Came down to 561 during preop diet and was sleeved in December of 2012. Dropped to 365 and have hit a very bad plateau for almost two years now. I bike about 15 miles every week, am very active, and try my best to watch my diet. Recently had an upper GI to see if my sleeve has stretched which it has not. I now have approval from Kaiser to convert my sleeve to a bypass and am currently enrolled in their mandatory 12 week Options program. Anyone have any input/experience with going from a sleeve to a bypass? What can I expect in terms of recovery? Is the gas pain just as bad/worst? What about dumping? I am pretty tall at 6"2 and would really like to get down to about 250.

[shelleys goal 23]

You'll love it!! It's like having police in your pouch bc if you overeat, it's coming back up.

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[JohnnyCakes 593]

On 7/6/2017 at 3:41 PM, dacommittee said:

Came down to 561 during preop diet and was sleeved in December of 2012. Dropped to 365 and have hit a very bad plateau for almost two years now.

that's odd. because according to the legions of pro-sleeve propagandists on this website, the sleeve works just as well as RNY, and won't kill you. oh well, they must be wrong or something.

sounds like you need the malabsorptive component of RNY. that's where the magic happens. congrats on your choice to revise. i'm sure you will hit your goal weight afterwards, if not more.

don't worry about dumping. chances are you won't experience it at all, and if you do, it's easily controlled.

best of luck brother.

[43skinnydreamer 0]

I had a plication that failed . Now they say I can not get a sleeve . I must get a gastric bypass. Anybody have a gastric plication that failed and told gastric bypass or nothing.