Re: NEW TO THIS ,AND NEED ADVICE LAPBAND VS.RNY

December 2, 2006

I don't go in for surgery until Monday, so post-ops can answer most of

this. My surgeon has us take a gallstone medication for 6 months after

the surgery. The nutritionist said that gallstones can form when you

undergo any rapid weight loss so it is possible that gallstones can

happen with either surgery.

Some people don't dump when they eat sugar, but from what I read, most

do.

I want to lose almost 200 pounds and just didn't think I could do it

with the lap band. I am willing to take vitamins for the rest of my

life in order to have the best chance of getting and keeping the

weight off.

in MI

>

> Hi my name is Starlotte and I am 26 years old 305 pounds 5 " 5 and I

> want to have WLS my doctor ofers both the Lap band and the RNY but I

> dont know which one to get. Here is what I have heard about both

> surgerys correct me if Im wrong and give me your stories on your WLS

> and the problems you have faced.

>

> RNY lap

>

> 1. You lose weight fast, which I would like to see the pounds start

> to come off right away

>

> 2.You lose more weight

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> 3.You dont have to go and get fills and unfills

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> 4.You have to take vitamins all your life and protien

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> 5. You cant eat any thing with sugar or you will have something

> called dumbing ? Where you get sick and want to throw up

>

> 6.You may have galstones and they have to be removed. Does this

> happen alot ?

>

> 7. I also have heard that there are alot of deaths that they dont

> talk about is this true

>

> 8.It is final and it cant be reversed

>

> Please give your insight on this

>

> As for the Lap band here is what I have heard

>

> 1. You dont lose as much weight

>

> 2. You lose it much slower

>

> 3.You have to go get fills and unfill every 6 to 9 weeks. I dont

> know if I would like to go do this all the time

>

> 4. But I hear that years later you can keep getting fills and

> continue to lose weight. But with the RNY you can stretch it and

> that is nothing u can do about that

>

> 5. And with this one you dont have to take all the vitamins

>

> My only thing is that I dont want to be sick all the time but I do

> want to get this weight off of me as soon as I can

>

> ALSO PLEASE TELL ME WHY I SEE SOME PEOPLE GETTING THE LAP BAND AFTER

> THEY HAVE HAD THE RNY ? IS THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRETCH THERE

> POUCH AND NOW THEY NEED HELP GETTING THE WEIGHT OFF. IT MAKES ME

> THINK JUST TO GET THE BAND SO YEARS LATER I DONT HAVE TO GO THROUGH

> THIS .

>

> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP I KNOW IM GOING TO GET

>

December 2, 2006

--- i think there are pro s n con s to both. i chose open rny.. yea

there are n have been deaths, but also in any surgury.. in mine the

pain was very mimimal.. my cousin had the lap band, n lost some but

tired from going in n getting it filled. i think its up to what you

want. pouch strecthing can happen,, if ya fal into lots of over

eating good luck c ya donna In GastricBypass-

LOSERS , " star1_13_80 " wrote:

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