So do I understand that RNY caused Hepatic Encephalitis? And organ death of your gallbladder? Also I was given to understand that protein malnutrition causes fatty liver, which most obese or fat people have.

I am sorry to hear about your health issues. Just surprised by some of them. Guess hours and hours of research doesn't uncover nearly as much as I thought! So Hepatic Encephalitis is caused by weight loss surgery? or by cirrhosis ? Hepatic Encephalitis affects the brain right? so what caused your liver failure?

You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

I would too despite all the weight gain.   I believe that this tool buying me time to get things right.   I have to have iron infusions every 18 months or so do help me out there due to heavy cycles.   I would probably be 600lbs if not for this surgery.

I had the RNY and the revision was just going in an repairing whatever damage that may have been done.   Which I don't think there was any.  It did not help at all.   :(

I had my fifteenth anniversary this past April 17.

It's been an odd and incredible journey.  I realize from reading the experience of others on this Forum that I did not face the same kind of issues regarding regain that others have.  In the early days, it was like someone had flipped a switch in my head -- I went from thinking about food all the time to not thinking about it at all and having to be reminded to eat (a truly miraculous experience).

To this day I rarely experience hunger -- and even then I'm more likely to be thirsty than hungry.  Since my surgery I've lost about 150 pounds and kept it off, losing about 40 of it after I began taking Metformin for my Type II diabetes that was initially diagnosed pre-surgery, disappeared for about six years, and then came back.  It was all in the genetics -- both my father and paternal grandmother had it; I had severe gestational diabetes with my first pregnancy and required insulin twice daily, and gave birth to two babies weighing over 10 pounds. My family doctor told me it would have been more of a miracle if I hadn't developed it than if I had.  It's very well controlled -- with most of my numbers in the high normal range -- but I still take care of it so it doesn't get worse.

There are to this day things I cannot eat without being violently ill.  Bread is one -- it just sits there.  Pasta is another -- too heavy.  Red meat sometimes, but mostly not.  I can eat chicken, seafood, vegetables, and some fruits -- I still have trouble with citrus, particularly if it has a lot of stringy rind, like Clementine oranges you can get this time of year.  Juice is okay if it's not citrus -- gives me heartburn.  

To a point, I don't mind the barfing -- it tells me I haven't stretched my pouch out beyond all recognition.  More recently I've developed issues with malabsorption of iron -- I'll be meeting with the gastroenterologist tomorrow to see what's going on there.  Probably will get scoped within an inch of my life, and from both ends, oh joy.

I've been on this journey through the deaths of both of my parents, changes in my employment, my children leaving home and coming back and leaving again, and as I said,  it's been an odd and incredible journey.  Even on the very worst day -- and they have blessedly been few and far between -- I have not once regretted having this surgery and getting my life back.

Wow!  Congratulations on your progress!  You are doing fantastically!  I probably need to be around the 1500-1600 daily calories amount.  I think I am eating close to 2000, like around 1700-1900 and I need to scale back.  Good luck!