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Originally Posted by tiffanyleigh614  i dont understand all the different abbreviations like RNY and such.. i was leaning towards lapband more so just because it can be reversed if i have any problems and cheaper. but the thing with it is while you do lose weight.. its at an extremely low pace.. and i am impatient.. but the more ive been thinking im thinking maybe i should just weight because i am ONLY 19... i just dont feel like all this weight is ever gonna come off any other way. i'm about 130 over the healthy weight i should be. im jsut confused |
No problem. RNY stands for Roux-En-Y. It's the type of surgery that I had and is commonly known as gastric bypass surgery. I specified this because the DS (Duodenal Switch) is also a gastric bypass surgery, just a different kind. Anyway I do want to say that in severe cases the RNY can be reversed as well. A lady I know was having severe abdominal pain that with several exploratory surgeries they (her primary doctor & surgeon) could not find a reason for. Eventually she had her RNY reversed. This is NOT the norm. It was very difficult to do but it was done. She's the only one I know of who's had it reversed. As for your age. Please don't let that be your only factor in waiting to have any type of WLS (weight loss surgery) done. I was just shy of 28 when I had it done and had I known how much healthier I am now I would have done it way earlier. But unfortunately I can't change the past and I did have it done and am SO glad I did. Like my friend Leigha stated I'm just over 110 lbs down and maintaining (at least when I'm not pregnant) at 4 years post op. Also like her I wouldn't be a mom had it not been for my surgery. I'm not sure when you want to have children but having surgery 'now' instead of a few years down the road could make a big difference. Now only in how long it takes you to get pregnant but also in your overall health. Even if you're not diabetic or have high blood pressure now getting the surgery can prevent these things from developing later on. My good friend Jen was qualified on her weight alone. She wasn't diabetic and she didn't have high blood pressure. But now that she's had surgery & lost the weight she doesn't have to worry like she did before about developing these medical conditions.
How long have you been dieting? How long have you been obese? Of course if you're fairly new to dieting and haven't quite exhausted all of your options you should wait a bit before persuing weight loss surgery to try other means of loosing weight. WLS should be a last resort to loosing weight as it is life long (even the lapband should be considered life long) and definitely NOT an easy road to take.
Regardless of what your decision is GOOD LUCK!
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Kristy (33) & Adam (36) & DDs Alice Kay & Amanda Kay
Founding WLS DIVA - RNY 8/3/04
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