more2adore
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. I'm currently in the research phase of all this... convincing hubby, my GP, and soon (I hope) my potential surgeon that yes, I know that this is what I want... and here's why.
I've been on dsfacts.com multiple times now reading through the information there. I've seen studies that show the weight loss, *especially* weight loss over years, is substantially better with the DS, so that's easily proven. I can demonstrate that the band (gag) is awful, and the VSG is not going to result in enough weight loss for me by itself. But that leaves my argument against the RNY.
Now, the RNY scares the *bleep* out of me. I've had many friends die as a result of it, and i'm SURE I have -- somewhere in all this reading I've been doing -- seen statistics that show that the RNY is MORE dangerous than the DS. I know on the chart from Dr. K's website it shows that the RNY has a higher rate of needing to be revised to another type of surgery, but that says for reasons of failure, not due to complications. I've looked through all the pinned threads here on the DS forum, and done a search on the DS forum specifically, but "RNY" is too short a search term and "safer" returned no results for thread titles.
Can anyone help? I'm trying really hard to learn everything there is to know about this so I can advocate for myself well. Thank you in advance!
I've been on dsfacts.com multiple times now reading through the information there. I've seen studies that show the weight loss, *especially* weight loss over years, is substantially better with the DS, so that's easily proven. I can demonstrate that the band (gag) is awful, and the VSG is not going to result in enough weight loss for me by itself. But that leaves my argument against the RNY.
Now, the RNY scares the *bleep* out of me. I've had many friends die as a result of it, and i'm SURE I have -- somewhere in all this reading I've been doing -- seen statistics that show that the RNY is MORE dangerous than the DS. I know on the chart from Dr. K's website it shows that the RNY has a higher rate of needing to be revised to another type of surgery, but that says for reasons of failure, not due to complications. I've looked through all the pinned threads here on the DS forum, and done a search on the DS forum specifically, but "RNY" is too short a search term and "safer" returned no results for thread titles.
Can anyone help? I'm trying really hard to learn everything there is to know about this so I can advocate for myself well. Thank you in advance!