can gastric bypass surgery be reversed?

 Reason I ask is because I have had enough. 11 months ago I was 282 pounds. 11 months later I am down 135 pounds. Sure its nice to see a skinner me and wear new smaller clothes but truth is I'm miserable. In 11 months time I have had countless surgeries. Had my gallbladder out. Hernias. Blood clot in my lung. Kidney stones. And more. I'm always sick with neausa. Food one day can agree with me but I can eat the same thing tomorrow and I will be very sick.  I've had so many hospital stays. So many dumping syndrome spells. Explosive gas, explosive runs, dizzy, sweating. I'm always cold. Have a hard time with keeping my vitamin levels up.   I just wanna throw my hands up and say I'm done.  Almost a year out I thought I was suppose to be enjoying life as a new me. But sadly I'm not enjoying the new me. I'm tired of this. Can gastric bypass be reversed?

My surgeon says it can but only in extreme cases as it is a serious and very complicated surgery.  Only your surgeon can really answer for your special situation though.

It can, though not many surgeons do the procedure.  It's risky than the original surgery and there can still be complications afterward.

What does your surgeon say?  There may be other options available to you.  What are you eating that is causing dumping?  Why are you having trouble keeping your vitamin levels up - what supplements are you taking?

The only foods I've been eating lately is pretzels. Only thing that agrees with me.   I try to eat foods under 20 grams of fat. But it backfires. I tried keeping fat under 10 grams, backfires. 5 grams and under of fat is fine. Same with sugars, I can't do any forms of it. Not even 1 gram of it.

Only a specialist can answer that question.  You don't say what your health was like before surgery or how experienced your doctor is.  I would probably seek out a doctor who also teaches in a highly exceptional med school for a second opinion.  Since you are past the gall bladder surgery and other problems I would focus on nutrition, exercise, and try to resolve the food issue first.  Maybe consider seeing a gastroenterologist.

How experienced is your surgeon? Has he or she done a lot of surgeries?  & If your eating a lot of sugar, that would cause dumping.

As others have said, yes, technically it CAN, but it is usually only done in extreme cir****tances.  Most surgeons are not trained to do it, so it is unlikely that the surgeon who did your original surgery can un-do it.  Also, your physical health has to be in significant jeopardy for insurance to consider paying for it.

Many of the things you mention are simply the potential side effects of having gastric bypass.  Your surgeon should have warned you that many people who lose a lot of weight have to have their gallbladder removed.  Kidney stones are some thing that RNYers are also more likely to have (although most surgeons don't mention this). 

What does your surgeon say?

I would suggest that you find a registered dietician who is familiar with gastric bypass patients  and seek some guidance on what you are eating (or should be eating) and what vitamins you are taking.  If you are taking the appropriate supplements, you should be able to keep your vitamin levels up (but you have to keep up with routine lab work and increase vitamins as needed, and many doctors mess around with small increases in things like Vit D (increases of 1000-2000 units per day) as they would with normal people and they don't realize that many of us need very large doses of Vit D (many people take 50,000 units 2 or 3 times a week!)... So if your doctor is being conservative about increasing your supplements that may be contributing to the problem.

Lora

You posted earlier that you are being treated for Lyme. I know Lyme and the medications used to treat lyme can make people very sick. You also posted you only take one multi and one vit-D a day. We need way more supplementation than that. Reversing your gastric bypass sounds like an easy fix, but it is not.

Ah.  Well, that would explain why you aren't keeping your vitamin levels up.  It's not that you can't keep them up, it's that you're choosing not to take the recommended supplements.

Thanks for that additional piece of information.  Yep, that would explain why the OP's vitamin levels are down. Hard to get and keep them up if you don't take the damn vitamins...!