PaulStephens1975

Not in my world. It's not allowed on my plan with the sleeve or rny. I believe your world to be different than what is considered standard.

Hearing a surgeon using completely anecdotal evidence like that is really disappointing.

I'm interested to see what kind of restriction I have with the sleeve. I seem to do really well with restriction and listen to my body when it tells me I'm full.

The bread/rice/pasta thing is for people who've had the lap band.

My revision from band to sleeve took 4 hours.

Got my sleeve and the first thing the dietician asked me when she came in my room was if I wanted any ginger ale! I said, I'm not supposed to have that. Then she started arguing with me!!! She said, it's a clear liquid so you'll be fine. I asked her to verify that with the surgery staff. She promptly came back and apologized. Can you imagine how much pain I would have been in from ginger ale right after surgery? OMG.

I'm also supposed to have surgery tomorrow. However, with the recent tropical storm I'm not 100% sure it won't be rescheduled

Dr. Murr will be doing my band to sleeve revision on Tuesday, June 7th.

When I first got my band I was 325lbs. Up until about 280lbs I hadn't really felt that bad and considered myself a 'healthy' fat person. As I got closer to 300-325 I started feeling worse. I got banded, lost 127lbs and stayed happily between 200-225lbs for about five years. However, I had constant reflux and heartburn from the band. About a year ago I finally had enough and had some Fluid taken out of my band. Holy crap did I gain weight fast!!! I went from 213 to 293 in less than a year and felt miserable. Gaining weight at the rate of 10lbs per year allows your body to adjust and get used to it but gaining 80lbs quickly made me feel like I was trapped in a fat suit and couldn't get out. I'm now having revision surgery next week on Tuesday, June 7th and I cannot wait! I'm so excited. I just wanted to share a brief synopsis of my journey and encourage anyone out there that is unhappy with their chosen weight loss surgery to never give up!

I didn't have the reflux before the band. They said it's being caused by how high the band was placed on my esophagus. I had an EGD and they think I'll be fine with the sleeve.

I'm on my pre-op diet now and will have surgery in less than a week on June 7th! I'm so excited to be getting my band out and revising to the sleeve!

I'm scheduled to have revision from band to sleeve on June 7th!