Why sleeve and not bypass?

[Flygirldfw]

I've decided to get the sleeve (11/9/17)! Since then, I've noticed a couple of fb friends that were getting or had gotten the gastric bypass instead. What made you guys go with the sleeve instead of bypass?

[RehabNurse]

1. I wanted my pyloric valve to remain intact. Without a pyloric valve, anything you drink will prematurely flush food out of your stomach and you'll become hungry again sooner rather than later.

2. Gastric bypass folks suffer from a phenomenon called intestinal adaptation several years after their surgeries. The intestines adapt by increasing their villus surface area to absorb more calories, making weight regain more likely. To keep from regaining, they must cut their calorie intake to less than 1200 kcals/daily.

[Tamera2]

I went with the Sleeve because it has way less side effects and the Sleeve is very effective if you eat right. I would never have the bypass due to all the potential side effects.2B473C6E-F39C-4B80-B9F2-AF2BFD3AFF37.jpeg Good luck with your journey. Happy to answer any questions.

[Christie13]

I had experience watching people who have had both. My dad had the bypass back in 89 and my sister had the sleeve back in 11. My sister's recovery and post op experience was much better. I also watched my dad deal with dumping syndrome. Not pleasant. He would also vomit often when something did not agree with him. My sister did not deal with all of that. Both lost all their excess weight. My dad had to stop eating meat because it made him sick every time he ate it and had a lot of issues with vitamin and nutritional deficiencies. My sister was only low on iron and vitamin D. So I went by their experiences. You can check the link below that gives you a comparison. I love my sleeve.
https://www.obesitycoverage.com/gast...leeve-surgery/

[Flygirldfw]

Wow thank you for the information! Makes me feel a lot better about the sleeve! Congrats on your progress so far, btw!

[ghost_ryder]

More natural compared to bypass. Less side effects like chronic vitamin deficiency worries.

Some people cannot get the sleeve due to extreme acid reflux pre-op.

[Dutchie]

2. Gastric bypass folks suffer from a phenomenon called intestinal adaptation several years after their surgeries. The intestines adapt by increasing their villus surface area to absorb more calories, making weight regain more likely. To keep from regaining, they must cut their calorie intake to less than 1200 kcals/daily.

Do you have a good url for me on that?
I have never heard of it.

[RehabNurse]

Do you have a good url for me on that?
I have never heard of it.

https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/207...77_39567_1.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...71489217300875

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NOTE: You may need to click on the image to enlarge it. It discusses intestinal adaptation in detail.

[Dutchie]

Thank you!
I can read English and I do understand physiology, I worked in a hospital many years.
But reading the combination is not easy, when English is not your first language.

[sraebaer]

To me the sleeve was much less invasive, they just take out part of your stomach. The bypass basically re-routes your insides and sounds like a lot more complications. But I'm not a doctor, so just my perspective.

[Flygirldfw]

I pretty much thought the same. Just got confused when so many people I know were going the other route. I'm great with permanent just not as invasive I guess. Thanks everyone for the comments!!

[sraebaer]

Often I think the bypass is recommended for people with a very large amount of weight to lose, like the 200 pound range. But I could be totally wrong!