My body refuses weightloss no matter what. Even after surgery, my body is loosing weight more slowly than most, but I have to say that the results of this even work for people with my condition! I was really skeptical because the way my body absorbs things, it's just impossible to loose weight normally. I mean, not even 10 pounds.
What Roux-en-Y actually does besides give you the pouch is shorten the absorbtion track of your digestive system. It's been 2.5 months since I had surgery and I've already lost 57 lbs!
After going through the classes, I wold recommend the sleeve and Roux-en-Y. I would not recommend the lap band, especially after watching my surgery get postponed because some poor woman came in with infection surrounding the darn thing. My surgeon didn't recommend it either. He has a 99.6% success rate last time I ran the numbers. That was only 1 unsuccessful operation out of over 300 because it was an 85 year old man for whom the surgery was his best chance.
If anyone has further questions about the surgery or what you'll be in for, I'd be happy to answer as much as I can. They literally gave me a manual, so I can get pretty specific if need be.