Gastric Bypass to Lap Band

Hi I was wondering if anyone had a lap band, after having a gastric bypass?  My stoma was stretched, though my stomach was still only 3.5 inches, the food would not stay in my stomach.  I had stomaphyx in 2009 and it worked for about a year.  The surgeon said I might have to do it again.  Anyway, I have surgery scheduled on Monday July 18th to have a lap band put in.  My surgeon is doing it in the hospital because I have had so many surgeries and so much scar tissue.

Does anyone have any experience with this?  I would appreciate any feed-back you could provide me.

Thanks,

Victoria

Please, please do more research and cancel this surgery. It will not work.

Once the stoma stretches it can not be surgically repaired. Just like your RNY was a temporary fix, and so was your stomaphyx, the band over bypass will be no different. Please go to the links in my signature.

This is the worst idea I have ever heard of and I really can't BELIEVE that it is done.  I think it is a huge mistake.  HUGE.

Have you read all the lap band failure forum?  Do you know all the problems associated with it?

Stomaphyx doesn't work and chances are that the lapband isn't going to work for you either.  Your surgeon is milking you for all the $ he can get.

The answer is the DS.  Pure and simple.  But you have to be an educated consumer to live successfully with a DS and a person who will go from RnY to stomaphyx to lapband is not a good candidate for a DS.

So good luck to you.

~Becky

Stomaphyx is just a temporary fix, as would be the band. I agree with one of the other posters. Your Dr. is just trying to milk u for more moeny!

Your only real options would be the DS or possibly the VSG.

I don't agree with these gals. Band over bypass does work to fix a stretched stoma because the band gives you a new stoma, one that can be controlled via fills and unfills.

Now you do have to worry about the kinds of complications that bandsters can get. But it's a much less hairy surgery than taking down a RnY and converting it to a DS. So it comes down to a risk benefit analysis. It might very well be better for you to have a band even if it ends up coming out in 10 years than to do the more involved surgery depending on your health, how much money it will cost, etc.

It's something you have to work out for yourself with advice from a surgeon who does the DS (Because one who doesn't isn't never going to recommend this option for anyone.)

This is what I am hoping for.  I have been through the ringer physically and I don't want to have another major surgery like the Gastric Bypass.  I have a lot of scar tissue and I will be in the hospital having this procedure because of that. 

If you have gained weight, and the stomaphyx didn't work (which it never does) you probably need malabsorption rather than more restriction. Does diet alone work?

I had constant restriction with a permanent ring around my stoma. I still gained. RNY's malabsorption goes away. Your body learns to be more efficient at holding onto what it eats.

Band over bypass works for very few. There's one lady on here who was very successful with it. There are a bunch of people who have posted on the revision board over the years and it's usually the same story. They post that they're getting it, they do well for a few months, but then they drop off when it stops working for them.

You can eat your way around any surgery, but it's damned easy to eat your way around a lap band. Carbs and liquids go down easy, the protein sources like meat get stuck and so you might start avoiding them.

I would run far, far away from any surgeon who suggested Stomaphyx. It's a money-making tool for the doctors. Insurance won't cover it because it doesn't work at all. If he couldn't be trusted to advise you against Stomaphyx, what makes you think he has your best interests at heart this time?
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I gained weight, not much but enough to be uncomfortable.  The Stomaphyx worked for about a year and then I was having the same issues over and over again.  I do get full, but the food isn't restricted, my stomach is still only 3,5 inches, I can't eat that much.  It isn't so much my diet either, I know what to eat and what not to eat. I attended a 12 week nutrition program last year to try to figure out if I was doing something wrong.

The surgeon I finally ended up scheduling with was a referal from my internist, whom I respect very much.  Hopefully if I can get that restriction again, my body can get back to normal.

Thanks for the feedback

I would post this in the lapband form there are some band over bypass girls there. Some have done well.

 I'm sorry.  I'm usually not so blunt, but you could not PAY me enough money to have done what you are doing.   And to think, you're paying a surgeon to do this.    Please.   Do some research.   Now.