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i started researching weight loss surgery in 2003. I had my surgery in 2007. I lost all the excess weight and kept it off until 2016. Then I had kidney issues and had to change from high protein diet to a diet with low protein and more carbs. I gradually gained back 30 pounds over three years. I have watched many people who had revisions.
To prepare for the revision they go to a liquid diet for a period before and after the revision. They lose about 20 pounds. They gradually go back to eating solid foods and they regain that 20 pounds. The sad truth is that we all learn how to eat enough calories to gain weight even with a tiny stomach.
My personal solution has been Weigh****chers. Their current plans allow me to eat any food that I want as long as I count the points. I have lost all of the excess weight and once again keep it off fairly effortlessly. I do attend virtual meetings almost every day. I also weigh myself every day, so know if I am up even one pound.
I prepare delicious meals. I exercise. I am inspired by the other members who share their journey. Revisions really do not work. Even people *****vise to DS or DS variations usually end up at about 50 pounds over their goal weight. The secret is the same as it has always been. You have to burn more calories than you take in. To lose one pound a week, you have to eat 500 less calories each day than your body burns. It is slow but in a year that is 52 pounds.
I would really advise you to read the Weigh****cher book, The Shift. It has wonderful stories and exposes a lot of the things that keep people from being successful. Don't put your body through a surgery that will not help. The only way to lose and maintain the loss is to find out how to be satisfied on the amount of food that your body needs to maintain your goal.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I had RNY 19 years ago. I lost 172lbs after surgery. I had no complications and kept the weight off , give or take about 20lbs. However, in the last 7 years, due to stress, getting older, hormones. I gained about 60lbs. I have tried several diets, only loosing about 12-15lbs only to gain it back. I still don't eat a lot in one sitting, I still take vitamins and I eat fairly healthy. I have had blood work done by my primary care doctor and most of my levels are normal, except for B-12 and Vitamin D, which I do shots for B-12 and prescription D. But that shouldn't cause me to have weight gain. I am back on this website for help and suggestions. Should I look into a revision?
Hello, how are things going now? You haven't posted recently, and I myself have not been on this blog, in years. I had my RNY open, done jn 2002! It's been up, and down, but so wish for a tighten up myself, however had multiple scope endoscopy procedures, in last 10 yrs, supposedly they say, my pouch is good, normal size? Don't understand how it could be, but?
Just reaching out, in MN
Hi ! My name is LaJuan I had my surgery with Dr. Marcel Molina in October of 1988. Here I am 34 years later. I have not had any problems at all with my surgery. I did exactly what they tought us I the seminar. No over eating or drinking and exercise. But I have been in search of him now for about a year. I just found out 7-20-22 that I have a huge ulcer and that the decron tube has grown into my stomach. Now I have to go through a very risky complicated surgery to remove all of the mesh and repair a lot of places in and on my stomach.
i have been very happy with my surgery. I maintained my weight at 120-125 for 33yr. This past year I have put 9lbs on and no matter what I do, I can't get the 9lbs off.
I wish you all the best and I hope everything goes well.
Actually the only one that can get the weight off on a RnY is the DS surgery and it is risky then first and you have to watch your levels for life and be taking extra vitamins cause it malasorb more than RnY surgery .. but finding a doctor who will do a revision like that is hard it takes 3 to 4 hrs and runs 30,000 and a reg RnY surgery takes 45 min to a hour they lose money doing a revision and they are taking a risk if you were to have complications it would be a hassle or to die would mess up clean record of no death fatalities.. so it don't make sense to do a revision to a DS because they could do four patients instead of one and miss out on 60,000 bucks . Hey money talks and what doctor wants to take risk more time more complications for 60,000 less . I am wanting this and I see best for me to go to Mexico . And go to a doctor that others has used doing same revision .. RnY revision I was told by last surgeon after being turned down twice he won't do those revisions for not worth the results for me or him ..
I have been watching this revision board since 2003. Many people have had overstitch. Not one has ever posted losing more than 20 pounds. That 20 is from the liquid diet before and after surgery. They gain it back once they go back to solid food. Nice money generator for the surgeon. To lose weight again you must eat less calories than you burn. Join Weigh****chers, track everything, go to meetings, weigh on schedule. Set a goal and achieve it.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Hi All,
I am Andrea, live in Brooklyn, NY. I had my lapband to bypass revision on May 23, 2022. Had my band placed Nov of 2011. My highest weight was 258. I lost a total of 38 pounds with my band but lots of inches. Size 24/26 pants down to an 18! I was very happy. Was able to get up off the floor, was a very active football mom.until I got hit by a car in 2018.
In 2020 I began having terrible acid reflux and pain. Went to my gastro and found 3 esophageal ulcers. After being put on meds for a few months, 2 of the 3 were healed. He sent me back to my surgeon.
After many tests and scans, we discussed revision since the ulcer that could not heal was at the point where band meets stomach.
And so my bypass revision story began. The revision to bypass happened on May 23rd of tjis year. My starting weight this time was at 244. Between preop liquids until now post op 3 weeks I am down to 224.
I started puree last week per the surgeon and have one more before starting soft foods. I have seen the scale go up since a pound or two and don't understand when I'm tracking and not having more than 600 calories.
I am still feeling some soreness inside. Not quite sure what I'm supposed to be feeling, if this is normal but I'm sure it is. Very different from my band. My incisions healed nicely and I still have some healing itching.
Hello! Im wondering how someone's overstitch worked out for them! I had the by-pass over 18 years ago and want to do the overstitch and lose 50 poinds
after having 3 babies. :)
thank you
I had a band to VSG revision almost 13 years ago and was super successful with it for years!
