red dress girl

Hi everyone...I am a new member, just joined today. I have really enjoyed reading all of the posts and learning so much from all of you. I am scheduled to have my band removed and the sleeve done on 8/9/11. Currently on my pre-op diet and it is going okay. I try to stay away from the kitchen so I don't have to look at food. I am just worried about the sleeve not being successful for me. I have been banded for 4 years and only lost about 10 lbs. I still get sick alot, especially when eating meats, so I decided it had to go....I am hoping to have better results with the sleeve. But I am scared because it is a restrictive procedure like the band, and that absolutely did not work for me. Anyone else out there who converted from the band to the sleeve due to poor weight loss?

I am also a patient of Dr. Curry. I am having a band to sleeve revision on 8/9/11. Excited, but scared.. Afraid of failure and afraid of leaks...The band has not worked at all for me...was banded in 2007.

I am having the band to sleeve revision in about a week. It is being done in the same surgery by Dr. Curry at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. Anyone else out there have the band revision by Dr. Curry?

I am having a band to sleeve revision on 8/9/11. The band has never really worked for me. I could never get to the "sweet spot" that everyone talks about. I have been banded since 2007 and have lost maybe 10 lbs. I still vomit if when I eat some healthy foods, but boy, I can down a bag of cookies or chips. I felt like I had two stomachs. One on top that hurt and where things got stuck and then one on the bottom that was starving all of the time. I felt so guilty because I've known other people who were banded and have had moderate to good success. My PCP told me one time that I was "eating around the band". Maybe I was, but I feel like I gave it my best shot. I still worry about the sleeve because I know it is another restrictive procedure. I just hope that I don't feel that horrible pain that I did with the band.

I am having the band to sleeve revision on August 9th...getting excited!! This band has done me no good at all