Has anyone had a revision or got their sleeve turned into a roux en y???

[xoxococojay 842]

What made you decide to do that?

And did you lose any more weight afterwards?

Were there any other major side effects?

[James Marusek 5,244]

Several individuals on this site have revisions from sleeve to RNY gastric bypass. The main motivator was severe acid reflux (Gerd) which occurs in sleeve patients but not generally in gastric bypass patients.

[Ducker 59]

Hi-

I had my sleeve surgery 9/28/2011, with a high weight of 256. I lost down to 177, but began having sever GERD. I began eating carbs to tamper down the acid. It worked for the acid, it destroyed my weight loss. I just newly converted to the Mini Gastric Bypass. You will not find a ton of information on this surgery, and little none on conversions from Sleeve to Mini Bypass. There is a Mini Gastric Bypass forum on here, but like I said, information is very limited since it is not a widely accepted surgery her in the United States. There are very few doctors that do them. Anyway, I am only nearly 3 weeks out from surgery so I cannot fully testify to the efficiency for weight loss. However, I will tell you in terms of the GERD that I feel like I have a whole new lease on life. It is magical to be free of acid!

[chasingpolaris321 214]

I also had sleeve surgery in 2014 and then revised to RYN in September of this year. I had severe GERD and it was causing regular vomiting. I was close to goal when I had my revision and so weight loss wasn't my primary goal, but I have lost some weight since my revision and anticipate being at goal in the next couple of months. I feel so much better without the GERD and am so happy I had a revision!

[Ducker 59]

Good for you! I too, am so happy to be free of GERD. I could never imagine sleeping as well as I am now. It's wonderful.