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I had my RNY two plus years ago. There is quite often a little bounce back. I have a ten pound regain.

I have also lost that same ten pounds, again.

I eat things like bacon and almonds and cheese. I eat lots of stuff. If I want to lose weight I count my carbs. If I want to maintain I eat twenty carbs or less per meal. If I want to lose then I eat twenty carbs per day!!!

I have backslid and have been eating some bread lately. I've been eating pumpernickle and dark rye breads. I didn't realize how much I missed a simple sandwich and toast. So I plan to continue eating the bread but I make sure to count it in my daily carb totals.

I do not count fat grams and I do not count calories. A calorie isn't a calorie. I only dump on fats if I eat velveeta cheese and rotel dip. I have no problem tho if I use a different cheese.

I eat pork rinds and all kinds of stuff. I eat bacon cheese burgers, tho without a bun usually.

What is making you sick? Log your food and i'm sure there are a lot of people here who can offer some suggestions.

I hope you feel better.

P.S. I wanted a ds, but my insurance wouldn't pay for it. So I decided i'd make my RNY work for me as best as I could. Oh and every surgery has risks. I had my apron of skin removed from my stomach and ended up almost dying with blood clots that my plastic surgeon missed. So bear that in mind, any surgery is a risk. Only you can decide if the risk is worth it.

You will probably have to self pay depending on your insurance.  If the hypoglycemia is pretty bad that may be a reason for them to pay for a revision.  Most of the time they need either mechanical failure or a BMI of 40 or 35 with one or two comorbidities.
I don't believe Dr. Ungson does RNY to DS revisions.  There are only a handful of surgeons who are expert at this complicated revision.  
It isn't known why Yehuda passed away.  There is no way of knowing if it was related to his surgery or health issues from when he was MO.  I think he may have had recent surgery before he passed away.  It will never be known because his religion didn't allow autopsies.
The most reasonably priced solution would probaby still to go out of country.  I think there are two out of country revision surgery, in Brazil and Spain, although I though I heard they didn't like to do RNY to DS revisions to out of country patients because of complcations.  Not too sure about that.
You can post this to the DS board and they can direct you to more information.  Also check out dsfacts.com.
I can understand wanting a revision due to hypoglycemia.  That would be miserable and I hope I never go through that.  As far as eating bacon, cheese and nuts, go for it.  They are healthy protein sources.  I am of the belief that refined carbs are a bigger problem then healthy fats.  I eat those things regularly and I am trying to regain some weight without success at this point.

Why can't you eat....bacon.....cheese.....and nuts?  I know plenty of RNY peeps that do?  I eat these foods a lot....didn't know they were DS specific foods.....Unless you are talking volume?  

I think you need to delete what you wrote about Yehuda. There has been no connection between his death and his revision which was MONTHS before he passed away. Nobody will ever know why he passed away so young, but posts like this spread rumor and that is not fair to his memory.

Ava, I eat bacon, cheese, nuts, and much more.  Any revision is a very high risk surgery.  Unless you have had significant regain or are experiencing serious side effects, I wouldn't do it.  Just my two cents.

 Your transformation is amazing.

Yehuda did not have an autopsy - we may never know what caused his passing.  

If you are dealing with hypoglycemia, "I want to eat BACON !! CHEESE !  NUTS !!   ( REAL FOOD !!! )"  are your friends.

Eat them.  

Revisions are risky -- do you have a medical condition that's worth it?

PS.  Did you change your username -- or use two of them?

 Funny!

 lol 

If this is who I think it is (under a new name) you've clearly stated your BMI is normal, and you've got some serious issues in general.

The DS is a gift for those who need it.  You need another kind of help.

Good luck.