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I had a revision and had no complications. Revision 1/31/13 by Dr Cabrera and Venezuela in MX

My name is Eddie. I'm 47 years old from Jacksonville, FL. I had unsucessful Lap-Band four years ago. A year ago I had three strokes due to a vertebral artery dissection. Since then, I have gained an additional 50 pounds above what my Band allowed me to regain. I now tip the scales at a whopping 307 pounds, my highest weight ever. My primary care physician, endocrinologist, neurologist and surgeon are all on board with a revision of my band to either RNY or VSG. The reason I joined this forum is because I am strongly leaning toward VSG (at the recommendation of my surgeon) and would like all the input I can get. After one failed surgery, I want to make sure I'm making the best choice this time. So please, hit me with all the facts and experiences you can!

Hello I had a gastric bypass revision on June 13 2016. I'm a bit concerned because I don't feel that "stop you're full" feeling like i did when I had my first surgery. Second week post op anyone else experiencing this? Sent from my SM-G928T using the BariatricPal App

I just read that you are a band to sleeve revision that might make things different? But I was told be careful fruits with small seeds, strawberries etc. perhaps try a banana in a homemade shake?

I too have a sleeve revised from the band. I just met with my surgeon and was sad I haven't lost a lot and he told me the research shows that people who have a sleeve after a band lose slower because they don't feel as much restriction and their body is used to the small portions. He said its slow loss for us but we will lose. Hope that helps. For dinner I measures out 1/2cup of chili with Beans with melted cheese on top. I ate 1/2(2oz) then two hours later ate the other half.

Hi Laura. I just went back and read through your thread about your TT adventure. It was very helpful and I'm sure I will be referring to it often. I am not at goal . . . I have another 15 lbs to go (I have revised my goal to 150 instead of 140 . . . I think I was being a bit unrealistic at first :thumbup:). Anyhoo, I figure I'll probably have about 5 pounds of skin removed as well, so that will put me about 10 lbs from goal. It probably would have been better to wait a bit longer, but this was the most convenient time schedule-wise. I'm so excited!!!! Less than two weeks now! BTW, I am not having the breast lift at this time. I am still really unsure about doing it at all, and have decided to wait.

Hey everyone..... 8th week band to sleeve revision.... 41 pounds gone...Nice! I wonder if I'm eating too much. It seems I eat and then I feel like crap! For instance tonight I ate broiled flounder about 5 ounces and about 2 ounces of spinach..... Feel like crap.. Had to lay down with discomfort. Not pain just uncomfortable and a little nausea. Tunafish gave me the same feeling too. What are you eating and how much? Please share..... Thanks!

I followed my liquid diet and never cheated. It was a real struggle but I wanted my liver in good shape. The day before surgery I had to have an endoscope because I was a band revision. After it was done my doctor ask if everything was ok or if I needed anything. I laughed and said yeah I need to eat. He shocked the heck outta me and said ok, you can eat today, but nothing after midnight!!!! It was a great day!

I had lap band surgery in 2014 with moderate success. It got me down from 265 to 220 in six months. My weight stayed stable for about 4 years until I had to have the fluid let out due to being unable to swallow anything. Since then my weight has been slowly creeping cack up again. My insurance does does not cover Bariatric surgery. I paid $10k for the band and will have to self pay to revise. I am trying to find someone who has had good experience with a reasonably priced doctor that performed a band to VSG revision. I am in the Midwest and would prefer to stay in the US but will travel. Thank you.

Hi Everyone, I'm just about 4 years out with my lapband. It's been a long journey but, one I don't regret no matter what I've gone through with it. Mya....I too lost 75 pounds. I lost it in about a year then I started to run into reflux issues. It wasn't diet because I tried all kinds of things to pin point it and the solution from my lapband doc was to unfill my band. The lack of sleep from the reflux made me too tired to exercise and also too tired to make the right choices. As my nutritionist said it takes three factors to loose weight...Eat right, Exercise and Sleep if just one of those is off it causes the reaction for the rest. I was exhausted! The unfill eleviated my reflux but, then the hungry horrors started and the cycle begain. I fought with reflux, fills and unfills for another year. I kept thinking shouldn't we be checking to see if this band is sitting right but, my doc kept saying unfill. FINALLY a "fellow" or intern was there who read my chart while I was going to try, yet again, for a fill the day before Thanksgiving. He said "you haven't had a swallow test yet with all this going on?" No was my answer...that confirmed my thoughts and when my doc came in to do the fill I got the guts up to say to him "If this fill causes me issues again, you're going to order a swallow study right!?" he agreed. Sure enough, Thanksgiving day I could barely swallow my own salava. Back to the office on Friday they took the fill out and swallow test on the Monday. My band had slipped and my stomach was a bit prolasped. WHY didn't I demand the testing sooner? Revision surgery for me Dec 2008. It's now been a year and I've been going through the whole fill, unfill thing again and regained 30-35 pounds. When the band is unfilled it's as if you don't have the dang thing. I learned the good eating habits but, was constantly hungery so ate more than my body was used to. BUT....Mya...even with our 30-35 pound gain you know we're still better off than where we were. I've beat myself up plenty over it but, when I stop and really think about it if I didn't have my band (even with my issues) I'd be heavier than when I started. So cut yourself some slack and make small changes to correct your eating. You've started already by making that appointment. Be open and honest with your doc and nutritionist they are there to help you. I wish you the best. Me.....I had a fill on the 16th of Dec, two days later I was struggling to drink Water but, Christmas and all I struggled through it. I lost 8 pounds in 8 days, then another 9 in 3 days...yea I was in trouble and scared. We went to see family in NY even though I had started to throw up what little I got down but, my doctor insisted I shouldn't have had trouble with the 3.5 in my band....by the time I got to the ER I was dehydrated and ready to rip this band out. So tired of throwing up the liquid I could get down. So on the 27th to my frustration yet another total unfill!!! Not just the 3.5 in my band but, another 2 from the tubing etc. 5.2 was drawn out. A week of rest and then a call to my bariatric center for help. What I'm trying to say here is sometimes we know more about how our body feels than our doc does and we have to be more demanding about our care. I'm in that process now. My body cannot take an aggressive fill. I need to go a little at a time and my doc tends to be aggressive with it. I ended up speaking to the director/administrator of the surgical unit/bariatric center and explaining that I haven't been heard. It's such a long long story but, in the end it was her, my surgeon and me discussing my fills...my surgeon finally taking the time to read through all my charts, gathering the info on my fills in one place and realizing I'm not like everyone else...although I have the VG 10cc band my body won't take 5.5cc's like others may.....so another fill this past week to bring my band to 2.5 and the next fill when I'm ready won't be more than .5 tops. I told my surgeon I'd rather come in every week if I have to and only do small fills than to do an aggressive fill and not see him for 6 months. Basically folks.........be a part of your care. Don't let the doc rush in and out and not hear you like I did I've lost a year or two of losing weight because of it. I'm happy now that I finally did stick up for myself...basically saying I'd switch providers if something doesn't give. He listened this time and the administrator helped me realize this provider really does care I just need to say to him "Hey, stop and listen to me" if I feel I'm not being heard. WE all laughed because I told my doc I'd say "Hey, so-n-so, said listen to me" because I felt funny otherwise. So I'll use the admins name so he won't forget that I'll bring it there again if need be. I don't think I'll have to though....I'll be able to demand the attention because I know my own body and twice I was right...I won't allow a 3rd time for something to go wrong. I've wasted too much time playing around and letting someone else decide what's best for me. Sooooo with all this is it hard to get back to the "band way" of eating...sure it is...but, I'm trying :devil: One day at a time. I hope this helped you folks a bit. Congrats on your band journeys and please feel free to ask me questions about my journey etc. if you'd like. I know it's been helpful for me to have some help from my lap-band friends. :eek: Sherry

For almost five years. I actually had two of them. I had an erosion with the first and it had to be removed less than a year after it was put in and then the second one I had to have a port revision after 2 years and then it slipped and it had to be removed. So, I opted to get the sleeve when they removed the band. I'd have to say I did not have very good luck with lapband. While it was working it was good, but I guess that wan't meant to be for me in the long run.

I am getting a bad over my sleeve. I have gained weight back since my sleeve back in 2011. I was told the band revision would be the best solution. Have anyone else know of anyone who have done this? I have heard of gastric bypass to band.

Thank you, but noooooo, you don't want to imitate me! Due to esophagus issues, I was on soft foods for 8 months! Then because of reflux I had a revision from sleeve to bypass on Halloween. It's been a long year. Hope you have a smoother journey 😁 Do you still have a lap band?

you are not alone, I am reading more and more about regain after the sleeve! I too gained 10, and have lost it, and gained it again! I am currently 6 pounds from my lowest. I am 3 years out this summer. I have found the intermittent fasting (8 hour diet) the best. My restriction is fair, I eat 1500-2000 cals a day usually, sometimes more. If you still have a significant amount to loose, and you continue to struggle there is always revising to a DS or a Gastric Bypass.

I'm 2 days out of surgery and still in hospital w fever and low blood count. I had 2 units in a blood transfusion and I hope to go home tomorrow. Overall I had more gas pain which was absolutely horrible, but less incision pain Bc no port. I can get about 1tablespoon of fluid down. I am not hungry and I have no appetite whatsoever. I'm bloated w iv fluid and ready to go home. All in all seems like a normal sleeve revision experience except for the blood loss and fever.

Hi all, I have had a lot of success with my bypass (revision from lap band). I successfully lost 30kg (66lbs) in the first 6 months post op, and I am proud to say I have maintained my loss for the last two years. I am looking to lose the last 10-15kg (22-33lbs) and I am struggling. To be perfectly honest, I feel like I've learned how to 'cheat' the bypass and what foods I can eat to not feel like I'm on a diet, but also not gain weight. I've been doing it for so long now, that any sort of restriction in calories or intake feels like a diet (which I haven't done in so long!) that I'm struggling to stay on track. Is there any advice for someone like me? I don't have a whole lot to lose compared to what I've done already so I want to go slow and steady. Thanks in advance! Amy

Ok cause I'm seeing a new doctor ..I have diffrent insurance n I havnt been to a doctor in like 2 yea rs (lack of insurance) but now I have insurance but iv had issues for years.. throw up Dailey get stuck all day my port Jams in my rib cage ..hard to make healthy choices cause I always get stuck ..stopped losing weight and always hungry.. so we I see this new doctor I wonna ask him about the revision to sleeve just wasn't sure if it was a battle or doctors are getting on board because the band is failing alot of people

Well it is hard to say but I switched doctor too and really my sleeve surgeon used to do a lot of bands and now does more revisions than bands.

Well I went to my Dr after my band locked up on me. They had me talk to the surgeon on his team, but he did nothing. Then I was referred to another doctor who was "all about getting people right with the band." I was so done. I felt like I was just being used for them to get my copay. 6 months later I began looking for another doctor, but I ended up relocating. My new Dr was more than willing to give me the revision, but the problem was my still then (out of state) insurance said I had to be over 300 pounds. I was not willing to gain 20 pounds just for the surgery. Because I felt that if I did they would still have something to say. So 2 years later, finally got insurance to cover the surgery. Friday is my day. This is all a move of God. They told me the middle of last month, and I was able to pick my day. I knew that was God. I still have other things that I am worried about. Like this clear liquids day tomorrow, but I know all will be okay in the end. Just gotta get threw tomorrow.

I will spare you on the details but man what a night I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy! I am 4 weeks PO today from VSG revision. From about 11:30pm until about 4:30am, I was up every 5 to 10 minutes....I KID YOU NOT pissing out of my @ss. I am waiting for word from my surgeon's office in the mean time but I feel like I got hit by a truck. I suspect it's gastroenteritis because my husband is home sick passed out on the couch right now with similar symtoms. He had it all day yesterday. I know I need my nutrients to get back everything I lost but I can't even try to look at the blandest of the bland broth right now (baiatric pal protein chicken broth and beef broth). I have tolerated my vitamins and water but that's the limit. So I sit and and wait but I have a unrelated dr. appt in 45 mins I have to be at. Just gonna sip as much water as I can in the meantime! Perhaps pedialyte juice? Any suggestions?

Hi - I would be interested in keeping in contact with you both as my history is similar to yours. I’m seeing my surgeon in January and want to revise from the sleeve to bypass. how are you going after your procedures?

Well, I now have 9.75cc in my band. This number is known by adding up all of the fills minus one unfill. I know of course, that the 10cc band will hold more then 10cc. They say somewhere around 11cc. But, what really, concerns me is that my fills haven't seemed to last me more then about 3 weeks? The first week I'm usually a little tight, then second just right and by week 3 too loose. I'm beginning to worry about a leak? I'm at the end of my one year of free fills, so monday will be my last fill. I figure full is full, or the band has a leak, and if that is the case I will revise instead of repairing the band. I don't know what to think. I'm almost exactly one year out and 10lbs to goal.

Hi Friends! I'm back and feeling pretty darn good! All things went well during my revision surgery and I am back from Mexico - safe, sound and sleeved! Woohoo! That first hour after surgery was a little rough - throwing up blood, feeling generally icky and wondering what the hell I'd done to myself. But that all cleared up pretty quickly. Already down 6 lbs just 5 days after surgery, so that made me feel good :-) Thank you all for the continued kind words of support. We are SLEEVER SISTERS now! Wooohooody-hoooo!

I'm hoping to find someone that was able to get Federal BCBS to cover a revision surgery to VSG. Bonus points if you had a BMI under 35. I figure it's going to be a long, long, LONG shot to do it, but I'm hoping.

I am currently starting the process of , hopefully, getting a revision from sleeve to bypass. I had my sleeve in 2012. At my heaviest i was 365#. I was down to 248# and my life turned upside down. My husband and i separated and I moved out of state. No excuses....i failed my sleeve. Self esteem took a heck of a shot, i stopped exercising, and also was eating carbs because it was one thing i could keep down. I am back at 300#. Like you....I would try to eat a variety of Proteins....and end up in the bathroom with my head in a bucket. I STILL have that issue at least 4 or 5 times a week. And now my GERD is getting worse....even with the prescription meds I take for it. The insurance i had wouldnt cover a bariatric Dr in my area....they wanted me to return to the state where i had the surgery.....but my divorce was final in may and I got new insurance that will allow me to see a bariatric Dr here. One thing I am planning on doing differently is getting some therapy and having more support structure. I never addressed my food addiction....and being a chef, I obsess about food constantly. Im new to this site....so I am also interested in seeing replies to your post....and hope YOU will post throughout your journey as well. I wish you nothing but the best and look forward to hear more. ~Shell