my surgery ...

[auntAgonist]

knowing there are many different types of WLS out there, I thought maybe some might like to know which surgery I had.
If you've had surgery maybe you too could share with us which one you opted for.

BPD/DS (bileopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch)

This operation works by two ways, restriction and malabsorption, but neither method at the severe degree. In fact, either method by itself would not cause weight loss. It is the combination of the two methods, which works. The restrictive portion is a stomach of three to five ounces formed by removing part of the stomach with no band or narrowing at the lower end – only your own pyloric muscle opening and closing. The selective fat malabsorption is achieved by using only the lower eight to ten feet of the small bowel (ileum). In addition, only the last two or three feet of this bowel has full pancreatic digestive juices and bile. The bypassed portion of the small bowel (bilio-limb) carries the pancreatic digestive juices and bile from the liver, it absorbs water and bile salts from these fluids, and no bowel is removed. So if you can’t eat as much, and you can’t digest all the fat you eat, you can’t stay fat!

[MissMillie]

1. I had the RNY

gastric bypass



Mine was done laproscopically.

http://www.homanmd.com/RouxENY_Gastric%20Bypass.htm

This procedure also has both restrictive and malabsorptive components.

I have to laugh when I read about "dumping". I have never "dumped" after this procedure--something I believe is both a curse and a blessing.