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I to had this problem and had the lap band done and please everone dont blast my decision but I had so many problems with the band even been hospitalize having my band totally empited and starting over I just got tired and then I kept getting pouches at first my doctor thought I was over eating I assured him I was not my body just rejected the band and to time consume always running back and forth for fills unfills then people do say there is not alot of research on the sleeve but thats not true the sleeve use to be part of the gastric bypass it was call the duedo switch please forgive my spelling and what happen was they did this to get the morbid obese patients down so they could have the bi bypass but what they found out was alot of patients did good with it and didnt need gastri so they allowed the sleeve to stand on its on now on to malabsorpion that is not totally true either r stomach is still intack so we absorb are food and vitamins I was sleeve 3/19/13 and I am enjoying ever minute of it and hate I wasted so much time and money on the band

I am a former bandster and I did lose ok I would say my starting weight was 272 or 262 and my lowest weight was 189 with the the band I was sleeved on 3/19/13 and according to my doctor scale not mine i was back up to 218 and once I think I even saw 219 I finally decided after all the complications with the band being hospitalize I had enough So after begging the doctor to sleeve me he finally gave in on the date or wls I was 211 and yesterday i was 194 and today im backup to 195.6 now im feeling discourage will anything work for me when will this weight start moving and acting like its goning to leave and stay gone I know weight goes up and down and I know not to get on the scale everday I only got on because I have a doctors appt today and i didnt want any surprise when i got there but I feel he will feel like I feel its not working again what next gastric bypass really I have had some complications but to me there minor compared to what I will get or should get in the end I hope today he release me to full excerise I have not been able to due to my incision fluid back up them reopening my incision but again all part of what I have to go through to get my bottom line result hopefully anyone else been here? Then I read yesterday on one forum that depending on the size of your stomach heck I thought U only get one size so did he leave me a large one and I will just be fat all my life ? Now I have to ask him what the heck did he do? I know I need to just keep working my tool which is the sleeve once I get released but I am the kind of person who wants to know what I am up against. So rdight now I am losing faith again I even had so much faith I gave away all my to big clothes I do mean all of them never did that before not even with the band thats how much faith I had in this sleeve now I dont know and wonder should I ask for my clothes back after all some of them clothes was new! PLEASE HELP

Yes I would gladly b a buddy it's hard for me I work n a doctor office and the drug reps brings all sorts of things and if its not them it's my coworker feeding me I am afraid I was just sleeved on the 19th n a husband who says I am forcing him to gain weight cause I'm not eating imagine that

me to mine has been slow but people keep giving me a reality check pre pre op diet i was 217 day of surg 211 and today 195 and i was sleeved on 3/19/13 so i dont know well as they say rome was not built in a day but this time i am determine to enjoy the weight loss as i go and enjoy cleaning out my closet and saying goodbye to clothes i never did even with the band even when they were to big i feel like this is the real things this time so just enjoy the ride and embraced each lb each ounce lost and when the scale stop enjoy inches gone forever

yes sometimes we have to be our own advocate I know i did I new before they did that i was approved

well congrads and all will go well i had my band removed 3/19/13 and all is well here and will be hoping the same for u

congrads

I also went from band to sleeve on march 19th and u will be fine the first day and a half was hard I will not lie to u but it is true each day u will start to feel better I have not been cleared to excerise yet but I keep feeling im ready. Best wishes and see you on the otherside soon on the loser bench

I was sleeved on the 19th today im feeling light headed and pudding shakes is not on my lisit until tomorrow but with the way im feeling there on the list today

Should I be getting nervous excited? The 19th is my day

congrads you look great

I too will be sleeved Tuesday but I have not decided when should I be nervous or when should I get excited maybe when I wake up from surg and they say everthing went well I want to here the band came right out and no problems and we was able to successfully do your sleeve I dont know but I am ready to start this journey I am ready to sit on the loser bench with everone else I wish u the best and will add u to my friends list and look forward to hearing about your great success

yes I am having a problem with it two and i called the doctor and asked him what was on his mind so he allowed me on can of tomato soup a day and that makes me feel better and the people at work think im sane again lol

congrads to u and i wish u the best

I also am keeping this under my hat my mom of course my husband and some sibling other than that mums the word here