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I was sleeved on the 5th. I'm on a regular diet, although I eat pretty much the same thing. Down 28 pounds and 2 sizes. Week 1 vs today.

its more serious but in my opinion, for me anyway, it's worked better. With the lapband, you still have your original stomach , so for me it was easy to sit and eat and eat and eat and just let food pass from my pouch to my big stomach. With sleeve, I can't do that. But that's just me, I didn't make the lapband work.

I was banded in 2010, have since converted to a sleeve due to complications of the lapband. If I remember correctly, my bill before insurance was 3,000 around there.

After a very long 5 weeks battling constant nausea, and needing to take 2 zofran a day, I no longer need it! It's such a nice feeling to be able to eat/drink without feeling like I'm going to Ralph!

I ended up just going to sleep. Today is the first day I haven't needed to take my zofran since surgery, and it's weird. I'm trying to eat smaller portions throughout the day, but even before the sleeve I was only eating once a day. Hard habit to break.

I'm 5 weeks out. Able to eat almost anything. It's 3am and I feel..almost hungry. I can't tell if it's hunger or if it's my sleeve dumping what's left in there. I ate three times today, about 4oz per meal, and had 20oz of fluids about two hours ago. It's not the same hunger feeling as before..but my sleeve feels empty. It's 3am for Pete's sake.. Has anyone else experienced this?

More of a before and during. Still only five weeks out.

you're doing great!

you'll love it! It helps having awesome support groups, especially people your own age. I have some scars, just where they did the incisions. They heal over time, and unless you know what to look for, you can barely see them. I haven't worried too much about preventative measures because I know eventually I'll have to have excess skin removed anyway.

I use prescription glycolax. It's a powder that you mix into a fluid of your choice. I didn't poop for a long time, and a lot of that has to do with what you're eating (or rather not eating.) they more solid of food I introduced to my stomach, the more I pooped.

of course have you been sleeved or are you still pre op?

First picture is my weightloss with the lapband. Second attachment is day after surgery, and yesterday (four weeks)

I actually had the lapband four years ago. I was visiting my surgeon discussing some of my problems when he recommended the sleeve. I only lost 36 pounds with the lapband. I've already lost over half that with the sleeve. The lapband has it's benefits, but it's really about restriction and controlling yourself. You can eat anything you want, even a whole pizza if you sit there long enough to try to get it all down. With the sleeve, I get super full. Like thanksgiving dinner full, on next to nothing. It's amazing. Recovery was easy. It was hard the first couple days with pain, but after that it was easy, I don't even feel like I just had major surgery a month ago! I'm a stomach sleeper, and I was able to sleep on my belly again within under a week. But typically they just wonder how long you've struggled, what you've done for weightloss etc. The sleeve though is so much better than lapband. I'll attach some pictures in a minute.

feel free to ask me any questions! I'm a month out, and can answer almost everything

I'm not quite at 6 weeks, only 4 but here's mine.

I converted from band to sleeve. Had my band for 4 years. you can add me on Facebook if you like? Erin McFadzean. I'm in a purple shirt haha

that was mine as well. I don't think I could have done the two weeks, haha.

I know every individual is different, but I'm just really curious to hear what everyone's one month stats were/are!

did you have to do a preop diet?

5 months? That's awesome! What workout regimen do you use?

I'm a smoker, and was not denied surgery because of it. I stopped smoking the day before surgery. I was given a nicotine patch in the hospital.

I seriously love your posts haha.

I had lapband as well and in the beginning of the month I revised to a sleeve. I know I'm only 3 weeks out but I will try to help! I can tell you for sure that there are no swallowing issues. I haven't gotten anything "stuck" the way I did with my lapband. With my lapband, I couldn't get liquids in when I first woke up I was so tight. as for the slime, I still get that, depending on what I eat. If I eat something that doesn't sit well I get the slime, but not nearly as much as with the band. Nausea is a common thing for the first few months after surgery. I've struggled with it over the last few weeks. Zofran and Prilosec really help me. With the lapband, I only lost 40 pounds in 4 years. With the sleeve, I have lost 15 in 3 weeks. It's hard, but I believe it's worth it 100%.

I believe mine was 75%, maybe be more. I have a lot more restriction than I thought. Could be swelling or more removed than I thought as well.