BrokeMyHalo

Yes! See another surgeon now! Find the best in your area and find out if its too late to revise! I hate my band and can't wait to be sleeved.

Dr. Michaelson at Northwest Weight Loss Surgery. Best of the best.

I wish I could do it in one go! I'm sure it'll go great!! Do you know what bougie he's using?

Try chicken or veggie dogs

You'll get your band removed and heal for atleast 3 months... Then get sleeved. This made me feel a lot better about a revision! I currently am in the same boat as you... Finding the perfect doctor and trying to let go of the "size of the bougie" fear though.

You guys are awesome! Wine threads are a safe haven

Really? It seems like 34-38 do better than 40+ bougies. Just my observation. I'm a revision (ugh!) so I'm worried I may need tighter because I have a big appetite, I eat and can eat more 2 mins later and feel like I never ate. So it's not food choices it's volume for me. Just researching, I'm SO scared this wont work for me like my band. Sigh.

Start at curves, join the y or other gym when you're ready to kick it up a notch!!

I also assume white wine is easier on the stomach? Compared to red or hard liquor?

No matter what type of surgery there are ALWAYS people who disobey post op guidelines and rules. It drives surgeons crazy. On the bright side I can say that some people I assumed would do terrible end up doing fantastic... And sometimes the perfect patients end up breaking rules and regretting it. I truly believe aftercare is a MUST, including mental counseling. Intense counseling.

What size of sleeve are you? It's great you can handle one glass of wine, I often read people can't handle even half!

Fiddle man: who is your doc? I'm in Seattle as well!

Congrats! What size of sleeve are you?

Wow, I had no idea local surgeons went that small!!! No I am waiting to find the right surgeon for me.

Shawn: what size of sleeve??

Make sure you have 25k in a savings account to get the damn thing out and get sleeved. Band works for some, not most. And the some really struggle. It's sad.

Who is everyone's surgeon? Any idea what size bougie they used??

Love this! Thank you for sharing! I will subscribe, please update often!!

I say this in the nicest way possible, get some therapy! It'll help you! And more importantly your long term success with weight loss. Hang in there... The weight WILL come off but to keep it off get some mental help. I wish I had done that but now I'm starting all over again. Btw I admire your husband for his service!

I can't believe people still argue over religion. Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.

Once you tell, you can't untell. I would just leave it. I barely told anyone I had a Lapband- so glad I didn't. Now with getting sleeved I plan on keeping it to myself !

I have had my lapband since 2005. My starting weight was 230, my lowest weight was 174 (lasted about a month) and now I am at 265! My band is unfilled because I never felt full. I just felt pain when I ate (unless it was soft foods or liquids)...this was no way to live. I had a unfill and found out my port is tilted (most painful adjustment ever!!). I really want to lose weight and live a fuller life! I have been researching the sleeve and am hoping it will work for me! Any help with these questions is MUCH appreciated! -I read a lot of people saying sleeve doesnt work after having a lapband :/ is this true? I am SO scared of making a wrong choice -Is it possible to have a band and sleeve? -Why do more surgeons not offer the "net" around the stomach to help prevent stretching? -Weight loss aside; are you able to drink a small amount of alcohol (like a glass or two of wine)? -Do you feel like you get enough energy from what you eat? -Do you find yourself craving carbs or did the sleeve help kill that “I gotta have some bread and butter!!!”. Because even when I stuff myself with other foods, I still have that mental “but you didn’t have what you really wanted” feeling. -Since this is removing some of the stomach, do you feel like some surgeons are better than others? Like it’s an art? I am curious why some people fail and some succeed. Could it be the surgeons don’t remove enough stomach or do it wrong? I also ask this because I would consider going out of state (not out of country for a surgeon more experienced with lapband to sleeve. -Do you believe WLS is like breast implants, where you should prepare yourself that you may need to have “maintenance” done on it? Whether that be revision or additional surgery to correct complications? I explained to my boyfriend I always knew it was a possibility that I may need my band fixed or removed because I saw many patients with slips and port issues. -Can someone have the sleeve done 2x if they gain weight back? -My lapband surgeon is charging 22k for band removal to sleeve. Expensive! I already paid 19k out of pocket for my lapband, and it didn't work out. And I REALLY did try. This would be a 41k investment-- sigh. Many of my question stem from my fail with my lapband. Thank you for everyones replies... I have read this site over for days and finally wanted to post!