I'm so thrilled to have found this site! The information is great, and greater because it comes from real patient experience and not surgeon hype.
Clearly, everyone loses weight after getting sleeved. However, most of the posts I've seen have been from people who appear to be within the first few months of their surgery.
I am much more concerned about keeping the weight off long-term than in losing it. I've lost 100+ pounds three times in my life, and kept it off for several years each time, However, within 5 years of each big loss, I was back up to my top weight again. I'm unwilling to go through all of the traumas related to the sleeve only to be back here again in 5 years. I know it is possible to stretch out the stomach after a bypass - the same must also be true of the sleeve. What is the prognosis?
I know the sleeve has a shorter history than the bypass, but there must be some people who are several years post op. How are the maintenence wars going for you guys?
