Band to bypass in 4 weeks...Anyone here have RNY in open surgery?

[Biddy zz 🏳️🌈 1,004]

Hi everyone

i have enjoyed reading so many posts, thought I should introduce myself.

I got a band put in 2009, weight 260lbs. It worked pretty well, and I held a weight I was happy with, 175lbs, for some time.

Then, a cancer diagnosis and imminent chemo led me to have it emptied. Ended up not having chemo, just surgery, so began the process of getting filled about three years ago. By this time I lived two hours away from my surgeon, by plane. So, after fill after fill he realised the port was broken and leaking - a faulty batch. Two years ago, port replacement. But I have never hit that ‘sweet spot’ again. I now have no restriction at all, but a fill leaves me with chronic shoulder pain, with no taste or other symptoms of reflux. Two years of this, plus an internal port abscess, and I have given up. My weight is up to 230, and it is time for action. Those lovely 175-lb-body-clothes are crying out for me!!

So, 14 December, RNY surgery of the Fobi Pouch variety.

Bit nervous - the surgeon does these only with open surgery, not laparoscopic. So 6 days in hospital.

Anyone here have open surgery so you can tell me a bit about the recovery? I have some nervousness!!

xx