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I had those worries myself my first opinion the doctor did not do to many band to sleeve revision in one surgery. My second opinion they did them all the time. Not 100% guaranteed but unles something major they do it in one surgery. I had a lot of scar tissue. Was in OR 3 hours and recovery 2. I was up and walking that night. I have to say I thought it was much less painful then having band put in. I was on pain meds the first day in the hospital. But when I didn't use the pain pump the removed it the next day. I took a half of a pain pill when I got home from the hospital because it was an hour ride. I'm 23 days out and doing well. Good luck on your surgery.
looking for others who have had lapband to sleeve surgery in October 2018. Looking for support and updated with progress.
Correct. My port is on the right side so maybe it was supposed to be on the left. Thank you.
I had it done last Monday, but I had a ton of adhesions from previous surgeries. I have lost about 4-5 lbs since surgery. I haven't had any reflux at all since surgery. I am happy about that! Weight loss and malabsorption issues, we shall see. My surgeon said he did not take it as far down the duodenum as a regular bypass so I wouldn't have as many issues as a regular bypass. I guess this is what mini bypass means? He never used that term though...
I was band to sleeve in 2 surgeries. I'm now 5 years out and may need to convert to rny due to developing severe GERD. Good luck with your surgery.
Hi...I'm not sure but I've seen some conversions due to weight re-gain. If the sleeve was successful and health complications don't exist, I don't think a surgeon would do a revision.
What Laura in Texas said. Revisions usually result in 20 pounds of loss and most of that is from the pre-surgery liquid diet.
The surgical malabsorption of RNY is pretty much a once in a lifetime thing as far as a lot of weight loss. There are exceptions to everything of course.
Losing and maintaining weight is a matter of how many calories you take in and how many you burn off. That is true whether you have surgery or not.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
The hernia should definitely be fixed, but honestly, another bariatric surgery could be dangerous. The more surgeries you have to your stomach, the more likely it is that you will have complications. If you do have another revision, the odds are you will not get too thin. From what people have posed here, the average loss from RNY revision is only about 20-30 pounds.
I hope you have researched your surgeon thoroughly. Revisions are much more complicated than original surgeries. This is why another person in this thread recommended Dr. Keshishikan in California. He is an expert in revisions and one of the only doctors I would consider if I were in your spot.
Remember that our eating habits account for our success or failure. Surgery is not magic.
Good luck.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
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