Greetings All,

I am am having gastric sleeve surgery soon and I wish I could be excited about it like many people are about their surgeries, but I am kind of dreading it for numerous reasons.

I completely acknowledge that I need the surgery, so that isn't the issue - but I do have anxiety about some things that may or may not be an actual problem. I am diagnosed with anxiety in general and I have ADD, so I hyper focus on things that worry me.

I don't like my surgeon. He is perfectly qualified and and all that, but he has horrible bedside manner and is very transactional. I am just another obese person in his revolving door of obese patients. I am just a number to him and he didn't really care about my concerns. It's a business to him.

I have to admit the death rate is still pretty high in my mind and scary. Recent info that I saw is that 1 person dies per 1000 surgeries. If someone wants to correct me in case that info is wrong, please do - but a 1000 people is not a lot. I would feel somewhat better if it was 100,000+ people.

I am worried about all the new problems I am going to have when I do lose the weight with the hanging skin - that is already hanging pretty low. I will have to move the skin aside to use the bathroom. I know OHIP covers panniculectomy surgery and there are specific requirements to qualify, but I am sure I will have other loose skin issues that are not covered and quite frankly I cannot afford, so will have to live with the hanging skin.

Those 3 reasons are pretty much the main thing outside of some smaller worries like hair loss. Has anyone here had the sleeve surgery and had hair loss and did it come back after a certain period?

I would greatly appreciate any feedback from people - especially from people who have had the sleeve surgery and even skin surgery removal to maybe put my mind at ease. I am happy to answer any further questions as well. I start the Optifast next month.

Thank you.

FW

Youll gain weight. If you're 190 lbs whats your issue? Sounds like a very healthy normal weight.

what would they reverse it to?

If you are that uncomfortable with the recommendation, can you go for a second opinion? Maybe a different type of surgeon (I'm not sure what a transplant team would do with a stricture but I don't know anything about medicine or specialties). Could your bariatric practice provide any insight?

The RNY is usually better for reflux, although that in part depends upon what is causing the reflux. If it's a hiatal hernia causing it, then that can usually be repaired surgically along with the revision, and a DS is a reasonable alternative, and will generally provide better results as it is stronger metabolically than the RNY, which is similar to the VSG in that respect (why regain revision results are often disappointing with that revision.****asionally we see someone come through here with fantastic results on their regain problem, and they seem mostly to be those who took the "I'm not gonna let that happen again" attitude towards it, really knuckled down and did everything right, and more. You almost have to consider that you are getting the RNY to treat your GERD, and you are on your own to fight the regain - don't consider it to be the magic bullet that will do it for you. The DS option will make that job easier, if it is still an option depending on the cause of the GERD, but it's doable with the bypass - just harder.

Good luck on this....