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I went to a new surgeon to start the bypass consultation and he wanted to feel the band and was surprised to find that it was on the right side of my stomach. Where is your band or where was it?
I think its awesome too.
I have only lost 40 pounds in 7 months.
I'm so fustrated.
Peggy
I think you are doing good. I had the lap band for 5 years and lost nothing. Finally I found a doctor that would do a revision to the sleeve. It's been 7 months and I have only lost 40pounds. I still need to lose 50 more.
It's been extremely slow. Don't know how to lose it any faster. Any suggestions?
Hi- I did two weeks liquid post op and just now started on soft proteins. This surgeon has stricter dietary rules than my original. As of today Im two weeks out and I feel great. My restriction is far greater than it was with my first bypass. I think some surgeons are more aggressive than others with pouch size. I?m losing slower but I am also 7 years older and I?ve had a hysterectomy so my metabolism is far slower. This surgeon did tell me with women over 40, regain over time is almost a guarantee if we don?t incorporate hard exercise into our lives. And he means hard! Wants me doing cardio 5x a week with my heart rate over 150. No strolling around the lake lol. I can?t wait for my skin surgery! Good luck
Aimee
RNY 3-1-12
RNY Revision 10-4-18
Thank you for responding. Are you having to do a liquid diet post surgery like the previous surgery. I'm wondering if the weight loss will be as quick as the first surgery as well. I've had skin removal surgery already and hoping not to drop weight fast so that my skin has time to go back in transitional stages. How soon do you plan on going back to work?
I have a pouch on the beginning of my small intestines and my stomach pouch is stretched out as well as the opening of my small intestines. I have acid reflex really bad and I either get sick from eating or the food goes right through me at times.
- May I ask what is going on with your bypass now that you are revising?
I meant to write maddeningly in my message, but I didn't recall the way to edit, so I added a comment. That comment was placed as though it was a reply to my first message. It therefore ends up at the bottom of the other messages even though they came after it. I just deleted it, so that's why it says I deleted a message. Whenever I see a deleted message, I always think the person wrote something bad, regretted it later, then went back and deleted it. Lol! That's not the case here.
Very true. But they never explained to me that revisions lose slower and less overall than first time sleevers, so it was a big let-down from what I expected. I thought with this surgery even women can lose weight nicely. I never thought revision would be an issue. If I hadn't been trying to avoid the invasive procedures of either having my stomach cut off or having my intestines switched around, I might be at my goal weight by now. But I'll try to make the best of it, and I'm certainly grateful for the weight I've lost so far.
I lost a little bit with the band before giving up on it completely, but gained it back with interest. Before I went in for sleeve consultation, I had gone up to 250 lbs. So far it's been 3 months and 10 days, and as of today I've lost only 46.5 lbs. My surgeon thinks I'm at the higher end of weight loss for revision so far. I'm hoping that I haven't lost muscle to add to the amount lost. My clothes are quite a bit looser but not as much as I expected. I definitely expected more actual weight loss on the scale at this point. I just wish I knew the mechanism behind what's happening so that I wouldn't be so hard on myself. When I get discouraged, it makes me want to eat the wrong things.
That's 15 lbs a month which is pretty spectacular actually. Most do not continue to lose at that rate but even at 10 lbs a month, that's over 100 lbs in 10 months. Look at it this way, did you lose 15 lbs a month before the surgery?
