So in order for everything to make sense I have to start at the very beginning. In June of 2007 I had my lap band. I weighed 302 pounds at my very heaviest. I am 5 8. I lost down to 156 pounds. Well I guess I should say within 3 months of having my surgery I got pregnant and during my pregnancy I lost 42 pounds and then lost the remainder Within 9 months of having the baby. So I did very well keeping that weight off for so long. Then 4 years ago in January I had a tummy tuck. During my tummy tuck , my surgeon flipped my port. I had my lapband completely unfilled prior to my tummy tuck surgery, because of potential swelling, they thought it would be safer 2 make sure it was completely unfilled. So when I went to have my lap band refilled after the tummy tuck , about six weeks post-op , they were hitting metal. So I ended up going back to the plastic surgeon, he said he could fix it. Well he was a dumbass and did not fix it in fact completely flipped it all the way around instead of just on its side. So therefore I had to go in and get a new port and have my lap band Port totally rearranged, it used to be on my side and now it's directly above my belly button , which is extremely uncomfortable while wearing jeans. Anyway, I have had a very difficult time getting back into what we call the green zone. For so many years I was so easily successful and did so amazing and in the last 4 years it has been nothing but a struggle. I have the 5 CC band width is almost unheard of anymore. They are very difficult to work with, and extremely difficult to get in the green zone. So we will fast forward to the beginning of February 2016 , I was having major issues with my lap band it seemed to have a mind of its own. It just was so super tight or it was completely loose. But I was literally throwing up everytime I ate so at this point I was maintaining right around a hundred and seventy pounds. I went in to see the doctor because I couldn't stand the constant vomiting. There were days I couldn't even get Water to go down. I would sometimes have to sleep sitting up to keep my spit from shooting out my nose with the acid. So he completely unfilled me. I was planning on going in for a revision to the sleeve and starting that entire process, and on February 28th I was in a very horrible car accident where I sustained a head injury, I broke my neck in two places and shattered my foot. I was not able to walk until the beginning of June. So in April when I really started gaining weight because I was unable to move , I went in and asked that they please give me a fill since I was going on an unfilled band. They put in half of what he had taken out before. And again I started the whole throwing up process all over again. Unable to even get liquids to go down. So yes I lost weight but only because I could keep nothing down. I was miserable. So by this time in May when I went and got a fill again, I was up to 212 pounds. And so in June I finally couldn't stand it anymore I went in and ask to take out a half of that fill. So now I feel that I am at a very good place as far as what I think my restriction should be at, I can't eat like a normal person obviously, no bread no tortillas nothing like that but because I can eat anything at all, and it goes down I have gone back up to 211 pounds so I have an appointment on Friday, to talk about switching over to the sleeve. Because the small band is just a nightmare. I have proven that I am very successful with the band however, at this point I do not feel successful at all because I'm pretty much damned if I do and damned if I don't. I cannot find any place that I can lose weight unless I can't eat at all. So, I don't know what the difference would be if I got the sleeve, and could eat basically just like I do now, because I can't lose weight now. So what would be the difference if I went with the sleeve? Has anyone had this experience? Or am I just screwed? Thank you for your advice.
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