Revision from Sleeve to Bypass

[miss_smiles 192]

So, I've been on here for awhile - and originally had gastric sleeve surgery in March of 2016. After my original surgeon made the sleeve too big (words from my current surgeon after having an upper GI study) and me gaining weight, and not loosing any - we both agreed I need a revision. DESPITE the failure of the sleeve being the surgeons fault, I need to still go through insurance hoops, the psych visit, 6 months weigh ins, nutritionist,. etc.

So I have 2 questions:

1. Has anyone switched from a sleeve to a bypass, and what were your results?

2. Has anyone needed any type of revision and needed to go through the entire insurance process again?

Thanks!

[K8t2018 1]

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Good luck

[Shells_Almost_There 357]

Yes, I've done this (very recently). I actually have different insurance this time and was required to do a 6-month medically supervised weight loss diet, and do a psych eval. If I had been with my old insurance, I would have had to lose a percentage of weight, plus do the psych and sleep processes again (those were the 3 requirements I had last time). I think this type of thing is standard -- but what a pain the 6-month diet was!

Right now I'm 2.5 weeks out after my conversion, and was just saying on another thread that so far, my bypass weight loss is mirroring my initial liquid-diet phase loss with the sleeve -- 20+ pounds so far -- and that my surgeon has been adamant that people who convert from sleeve to bypass have the potential to lose a lot of weight if they will stick to the post-op diet plan. So, I'm looking forward to that -- I lost about 80 pounds after sleeve surgery (110 total from my highest weight), and have a large chunk of weight still to lose.

I'm looking forward to this next journey. Good luck to you with your new journey!