I am not in that boat but was worried due to lack of fills for several years WHAT if I had a leak. Before they even checked, I asked what would happen or what it would consist of. I was told it is not all that rough or even to the degree of what we went through when we had the initial surgery. That it is pretty easy, I guess they just pull out the old port put in a new one and attach it. That the leak is not generally even with the band itself. If I had to do something I would opt for just getting the port fixed and not do the sleeve, but that is me.. Keep us posted!!

I heard that with the sleeve you can stretch your stomach out anyway,

With Gastric Bypass and the Sleeve you can actually re-stretch your stomach and gain back weight if you're not careful. I have two friends that got each procedure, lost all kinds of weight in the first year and gained back at least half if not all of it by the 3 yr mark. I would say though that the sleeve seems like the way to go if your gonna revise because at least they aren't playing with your intestines, although cutting off a chunk of my stomach doesn't sound like much fun either. I would say that as far as less invasive surgery and recovery time you would be better off having them fix the band, but in the end it is a very personal choice and I wish you luck!

My band broke for the 2nd time. I was banded originally in Feb 2010 everything was going great losing weight, exercising, learning how to cook, shop, and balance mylife when I went in for a fill in Sept of 2011 and they couldn't pull any fluid out or put any in. I went for an xray and my bang tube disconnected from the port , so I had it fixed in Nov 2011. Recovery wasn't great, developed this pain along my ribs on the right when I take a deep breathe and some times get muscle spasms there. I use muscle relaxers and heating pad nightly. Went to see my doctor on June 12th to schedule another repair. He is going to take my port out and put a whole new one in. I love my band and what it has helped me accomplish so much so I'm willing to risk going through another painful recovery if it gives me back the control I had. I have only put back on 6 pounds but I feel like I'm in a holding pattern, I can't exercise, because it pulls when I move, and I feel like I'm falling behind in my progress. I wish you well and encourage you to sit down with your doc and really discuss your options. I wanted to have the band taken out and go with the sleeve too, but when I sat down with my doc he told me "you didn't fail the band the band mechanically failed you" and up until this point I was successful, so I decided to give it another chance and if it breaks again I will definatly go for the sleeve. Good luck I hope it all works out for you.