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I'm having my revision done on June 21st. Just wondering how I'd others doing with the revision. I just hope I'm making right decision Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

August 22, 2006..I remember that day like it was yesterday. I arrived at the hospital so happy so excited so full of joy and ready to prove my doctor WRONG. You see my pre-op weight was 416lbs and the surgeon wanted me to undergo a gastric bypass or a duodenal switch (which I don't think they do anymore) because my BMI was so high. But at that time I was only 20 years old no serious medical issues and my mother didn't want me to have either of those surgeries so lapband it was. Moreover, my bariatric doctor made it very clear that I wasn't going to lose any weight and in two years I'd be back for a gastric bypass. Fast forward a few years and I was making tremendous progress. I'll never forget when I walked into Dr. Prachand's office in August 2008 for my two year post-op appt and I was down 138 lbs. And he looked at me with a smile and said "well Liqui you proved me wrong" that was the best feeling I ever felt. I was on a mission..I had a point to prove. Needless to say a few years went by and the weight slowly stop coming off...I was getting discouraged...I was losing my motivation and I had to switch doctors (I started a job and my health insurance changed). In 2011, I started seeing a new bariatric doctor (who I'm stilling seeing today) and it was like starting all over again at the time I had gained some weight back and I was about 310. At my first appointment with Dr. Mihil he told me to tell him my journey to this point...although he had my huge file in front of him. I told him my story anyway and he said "so let's start campaign prove Dr. Prachand wrong again." I laughed through my tears of disappointment and agreed. He proceed to say "I don't know Prachand personally but I want you to succeed because he wrote everywhere in your file. Placed band despite better judgement." When I tell you that doctor was AGAINST the band he was AGAINST the band and if I'm not mistaken he doesn't place them anymore at all. Moreover, my motivation started to come back I was checking in regular with the new doctor, losing weight, then BAM in 2013 I found out I was pregnant with TWINS. I was sooooo happy and excited yet sad because I knew I was going to gain weight. Well needless to say I gained more weight than I and the doctor expected. During my pregnancy I gained 73lbs I was mortified. I delivered my twins 4weeks early so I can't imagine how much more weight I would've gained if I carried them full term lol. My babies were born completely healthy but I was left with almost 60lbs of weight to loss. I avoided the bariatric doctor for two years...I kept saying "I wanna loss the weight before I go see him." I hadn't seen him since I was 4 months pregnant and he removed all my Fluid from my band. Then one day a few months ago I realized that I wasn't going to lose the weight on my own (which is why I needed weight loss surgery in the first place). And I finally made in appointment to go see him. I felt like a dead man walking.. I weighed in at 359. Which I was okay with considering I was 374lbs post babies. So I had lost weight but I still wasn't where I started. I was sitting in the room so nervous I thought the doctor was going to chew me out for waiting two years to see him and gaining so much weigh. He came in the room, gave me a hug and asked to see the babies. I just started to cry. I felt like I let him down. But he reminded me that "you're doing this for YOU and now those babies not me." That visit was such a breath of fresh air until he tried to give me a fill and to our surprise my port has flipped around. We played around with it for a while but no luck he couldn't get the fluid in. Another doctor came in and tried to give me a fill as well... No luck So I left that day with no fill but gained my sense of hope back. I have an appointment in the 26th of this month. And we're going to try it again or discuss possibly going in for a revision surgery which I really don't want. But I know something has to be done because right now I have no fluid in my band and feel no restrictions. I know everyone feels differently about the band and although weight wise I'm not were I want to be I'm still pretty happy with it because I haven't had as many complications like I hear about from the other WLS. And when I have fluid in my band it works of course with exercise and eating right. Moreover, I just really hope at my next appointment they can find the top of my port and give me a fill. Has anyone had a lap band revision surgery? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My surgery was Thursday, Apri 7. I was released yesterday. I'm a sleeve to bypass revision due to a few medical issues. The pain is nothing compared to what I had when they did the sleeve. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Getting up and walking keeps the gas pains at bay.

I'm now 6 days post op and every day I wake I feel better and soooooo happy I did this! Definitely needed my tool back. Minimal pain, I'm off all pain meds. I take Carafate acid reducer and reflux meds and nausea meds on occasion. I haven't gone # 2 and have taken colace so today gonna bring out the big guns (dulcolax) and hopefully poop. ((Sorry tmi))) ???????? backed up my belly is still beyond swollen, but can feel I'm losing weight. I'm sipping water and protein shake by day. At night I sit with the family and have my broth and a 1/4c tea before bed. So complaints here and so happy this is behind me!!! Happy Sleeve day to others and my revision sisters!!! ????????????????????

So I had my mirena put in 6 months pre op and put on a significant amount of weight. I'm 4 months post op and just don't feel like I'm where I need to be and feel like my mirena might be contributing to the issue. On top of weight gain I have dealt with crazy moody swings, terrible acne breakouts, and bad cramping. Has anybody else had this issue? I have an appointment to have it removed Monday. Really hoping removing it will help. I had the band to bypass revision in December and felt so much better about having one piece of foreign crap removed from my body, hoping this will be the same way

Are you a revision? I hope and don't see why you wouldn't have just as good of an outcome this time also! I sure hope so! Yes first time for me! RNY. I wanted sleeve but too much acid damage. I'll be getting a hiatal hernia fixed along with my esophagus fixed a liver biopsy and an endoscope done. I'm hoping all goes perfect. I'm extremely nervous!

Hi I can't see how revision would be any different from the first time. I am considering revision after gaining two thirds back after losing 30kg with the band. Am unsure re sleeve or bypass. I can make the band work but am scared of erosion so want it out. Unsure of nutritional complications with bypass.

I am having revision in 5 weeks, I have about 130 to lose but I am concerned about it as well because I keep reading that people don't lose much after revision and way slower. I have asked my surgeon and psychiatrist this and they said that their revision patients still lose great amount of weight just like other patients. Guess the key is to follow the rules, put in the work and keep the follow up appointments to be accountable. I believe we both can do this!

My surgeon told me that it makes no difference, on weight loss, if it's a revision or first time surgery. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Hi Green, Sorry to hear that you dont feel well but you still are not giving enough information for someone to give you advise. Im in New York too i had my lapband put in 10 years ago just got it removed last Tuesday for a revision to sleeve but couldnt do the sleeve because when doc went in it had slipped so he just removed the band and i am scheduled for the sleeve in 6 weeks. What insurance do you have why do you want it out. why is the doctor saying you cant take it out. who is your doctor. do you want something else (revision) or is it just to soon .. ?????

I currently weigh 405 lbs. I was banded in 2008 and lost 90 lbs the first year, but anytime I would get a fill my reflux would land me in the hospital with aspiration pneumonia due to reflux in my sleep. So I have been unfilled since 2009 after I decided I was done being hospitalized from band fills. All the weight came back and I am back to where I started at 405. I am currently working towards a revision to gastric bypass. I have so much to lose. I see all kinds of stories of people losing over 200 lbs with the bypass, but I have yet to run across a story of someone losing that much that was a revision from lapband. I have googled and googled but can't find a story of anyone losing several hundred as a revision. So please, if you or anyone you know has been a lapband revision that lost 200+ lbs, I would greatly appreciate the encouragement. I just need to hear that it can be done.

Yes I have he did my lap band 4 years ago. He is very good and I am revising to sleeve next week.

It's also worth considering that there's a sleeve-to-bypass revision board on this forum. There are no revisions from bypass short of the very, very rare reversal. I had originally wanted the sleeve, but was advised against it because of my acid reflux, and this is one of the things that made me comfortable with the bypass. Do most people with the sleeve love it and have success with only minor/no complications? Certainly! It's an amazing surgery. But I did find something reassuring in the fact that I was having the 'end line' surgery, so to speak, and there wouldn't be any chance for revisions in my future. I want this to be one and done.

Hello everyone I love this site my surgery is 4/28 I start my preop Thursday the 14th compared to others mine seems easy I get at least one small meal which is cool in going from a sleeve to bypass revision one? I love premier shakes i don't wanna get bored i can have skim fast too and Protein bars any suggestion on the shakes n bars Sent from my SM-G935P using the BariatricPal App

I've never blogged before but I'm going to give it a try. This is basically me trying to work out whether to have another weight loss surgery (got a band in 2008) and, if yes, which one. It will probably be extra long and all over the place. To be honest, I've pretty much decided to have another surgery. I hate it and it terrifies me but after 40 plus years of fighting and losing, its becoming pretty obvious that diet and exercise aren't going to work. And I'm just so tired of fighting every day and never winning. And I'm not just mentally tired. I'm physically tired, also. I can barely get myself up for work in the mornings. I'm sucking air like a fish out of water just walking from the car to the office. My knees and hips hurt. Somehow, I've managed to aggravate/pinch my sciatic nerve while sleeping (yes - sleeping!) twice just this year. I know I've been very lucky up until now with being this heavy and not having too many medical problems. But I think that is changing. Forty four years is just too long to put this much weight on my poor joints and bones and heart. I can only hope I haven't done so much damage that I can't come back from it. As I said, its felt inevitable for some time but I just got back from vacation with family I hardly ever get to see. There are so many things this weight keeps me from being able to do. I'm constantly stressed over where I can sit/fit and can I walk that far and that fast. I hated slowing everyone down. I even had to take a rest while walking to a restaurant. Granted, it was hilly and three blocks but no one else had issues. Just me. Everything I do is impacted by my weight. In fact, everything about me has been shaped by my weight. I haven't told too many people yet but once I get the insurance approval and the appointments start, I will tell everyone close to me. When I got the band, I kept it a secret from my co-workers and cringed whenever family would try to discuss it. In fact, I still don't really tell anyone. I'm really very ashamed at my failure with the band. I think I don't tell people about the band because I don't want people to know I'm fat. As if they can't see me trying to bust out of my size 26/28 clothes. Also, I think it was sort of a fail safe for me - if I don't tell people, they won't see if/when I fail. This time, I'm going to be open about it and take away my ability to deny everything after the fact. I'm also going to start seeing a therapist to help with my food issues and binging. I am hopeful that the surgeons office will have someone to refer me to. I think this will be very important for me. If I could do this alone I'd have done so by now. I'm also thinking maybe some medication to help with mood swings and cravings. When I first decided to consider another WLS, I was not really aware of what the sleeve was. I thought it was just another new type of gastric bypass. So now I'm trying to decide which WLS would be best for me. The gastric bypass truly scares me. Re-routing intestines just seems like playing with fire. If we didn't need them just like they were we wouldn't have them in the first place. I like the idea of the sleeve. Cut out most of the stomach and hunger hormone. No hunger and a tiny stomach. My cousin got the sleeve and has lost 200 lbs in 3 years. She says she often forgets to eat cause she's just not hungry. Wow - what is that like? Just the idea of not being hungry makes me hungry (yeah, I'm broken). But the sleeve is restriction only and I already have a restriction only device inside me. I was hungry immediately following my band surgery and it never made me feel full, just sick but still hungry. For my own decision making purposes, below are some questions I think I need to address in order to make a decision: 1. Do I want to be normal sized or just not so fat? Weird question, I know, but a friend of mine had the gastric bypass a few years back and lost so much weight the docs wanted her to gain 20 lbs, She is a couple of years younger than me but she looked so old. Nearly twice her age. BUT, she had a lot of bad complications and is/was very malnourished. Maybe a sleeve would allow me to lose enough weight to get healthier but not too much. Yes, I'm very vain. I'm not sure, though, that going through surgery to maybe lose a little weight is a good idea. If I'm going to have surgery, why not go big and try to lose the majority of my excess weight? 2. Can I give up food? This should be number 1. A tiny little voice in my head is telling me this is the real source of my fear. Food is my ultimate frenemy. Seriously, I only just gave food the title of frenemy yesterday. I smoked for over 20 years and quit 10 years ago. To date, that is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. But to give up food - the thought terrifies me and nearly brings me to tears. When I think of it, I think of an episode of My 600 lbs Life about Lupe. She is 39 years old and immobile. She's nearly died a few times. She hides food and binges. Food is her comfort. Because of her heart issues, she gets a sleeve instead of gastric bypass. At one point, she asks out loud if she can give up food because its been her comfort for so long. I think about her asking that a lot. For her, it wasn't just maybe food was killing her. It had already tried a couple of times. Food has such a hold on her that despite the knowledge, she was still asking if she could give it up. I realized watching that episode that I would have to give up food if I have surgery. I don't believe I can have both because food (my frenemy) wants me to be sick and tired and die young. I will definitely need the therapist for this one. 3. What will I do without food? Breakfast. lunch and dinner are currently the highlights of my day. What will I do without them? I'll need something to look forward to and concentrate on. This is probably where the therapist will come in handy. 4. Can I handle the post surgery diet? I'm going low carb on Monday to sort of get ready for eating high protein after surgery. Not the same, I know, but close. Sort of. I diet well for a limited amount of time and then I start to slip, eventually binging on all the forbidden foods. I've never been able to maintain the momentum of a diet, though. I lose interest. Get tired of it. Confuse myself by reading about a different kind of diet and then fall off and into a binge. 5. If I choose gastric bypass, will the fear of dumping be enough to keep me away from my fave foods - cake and cookies? This probably goes with #2. I'm scheduled to attend a WLS seminar on 16 April. I can't wait. The surgeons office said its about two weeks after the seminar before you get an appointment with the surgeon. I feel like he would recommend the gastric bypass due to my BMI of 59 and because it would be a revision from the lap band. My health insurance currently offers a free weight loss coaching program that I am participating in (not successfully). It uses the DASH diet. I'm wondering if they would consider that to be medically supervised. Also, my primary care docs office has a weight loss program I'm doing. Maybe that would also count. Not that either have really helped me much. They've actually been kind of non-starters for me. The one through my insurance allowed me to get weight loss drugs at a lower cost but they didn't really do what they were supposed to do so I didn't continue. Definitely my insurance has records of my weight issues, though.

That's the best option acid reflux is the reason for my revision... Sent from my LG-D850 using the BariatricPal App

I revised from band to sleeve in 2011. Best decision EVER. I have been maintaining a 150# loss! However, I am concerned about long term statistics regarding GERD. Just because I have won the bariatric lottery (no reflux, great results, no complications) - as an objective person, I think the bypass should be seriously considered. I don't really understand the risks of the bypass, but I do know as a procedure it is being improved all the time. Listen to surgeon and do your research. Not just reading forums, but actual scientific studies of outcomes. When I was sleeved the data was all very short term....I would be looking for studies at the 5 year plus mark. I don't bother looking - I am fully committed to my sleeve and have no regrets! Sent from my KFJWI using the BariatricPal App

I did some reading up on this. I couldn't find much in terms of results or issues since it is new but it's geared to people who are BMI 30-35 and have never had stomach surgery...darrn it - not for band revisions who have a low BMI. I hope it turns out to be a good procedure that works because I personally feel that bariatric surgery is drastic and really should be for higher BMI/serious co morbidities. In my case, my BMI was 52 and is now about 24-25 (I am a muscular/big build woman, wear single digit clothing now even with 25BMI). For me, the risks of a sleeve (which I have), bypass or DS were worth it, but I don't think it would be if I was 30-50#overweight. It's good to know that new options are becoming available - keeping fingers crossed it doesn't have some negative long term consequences. I was quite disappointed to find out how much my supposedly"reversible" lapband damaged my stomach and put me at higher risks when I was sleeved. (Luckily I had no complications but it was terrifying to know my risks of leaks and excess bleeding was about twice that of a virgin sleever) Sent from my KFJWI using the BariatricPal App

I told my surgeon that bypass was what I wanted and that's it.They like to do the sleeve because it's easier.I have a lot of weight to lose and the band was the "IT" procedure at the time and it was a failure and messed up my stomach and other organs.I developed Gerd and Esophagus torture.I had the revision to the "Gold Standard" RNY on December 28,2015.I have not dumped once and my acid reflux is gone.I feel great.I take my vitamins and although I am a slow loser because of my PCOS and sluggish thyroid issues I have lost 40 pounds so far....and feel great.I made the right decision .Once the cut out 80% of your stomach.Thats it....By the way my friend had the sleeve and she has complications...vomiting and bad indigestion.Do what you know works.You don't want to have regrets later down the road.

Hi everybody! I am due to have the sleeve in 2 weeks, i had the band for 6 years, removed 1 year ago.. gained most back. I am curious to hear from people who have had band to sleeve revision. If you were to compare... what would you say are the differences... in relation to eating, hair loss, skin etc. Reason i ask... i was successful with the band... minimal hair loss and no loose skin, im curious to know if ill have the same result this time around. I hope that made sense. .. sorry my brain is fried today... 1st day of optihell lol

I am a VBG to bypass revision. Sent from my SM-G900P using the BariatricPal App

Who is happy with there sleeve? Can you please give me details and encouragement? I am revising from lap band to sleeve in 7 days and I need to know what to expect?

Ok good news and bad news. I went to see my surgeon today and he told me my surgery got declined be used I wasn't "fat" enough to have the revision. I have to have a bmi of 40 therefore I need to gain 35 pounds. Well to me that is stupid and since my whole lap band problem I have already gained 35 pounds. I used to weight 335 then got down to 165. Then the issues started and now I am over 200. This has been very depressing for me. I cried at the office cause I have been trying so hard to lose this damn weight and then I am told I have to gain weight to get the surgery. Just ridiculous. That just puts me a higher risk for anesthesia and other problems. I left without making any decisions and crying. I called back and requested for my nurse to ask the dr if he would do a peer to peer review on my case. The whole thing is just a joke to me. So good news I can have the revision but bad news I have to play their damn game and maybe have to gain weight which is depressing to me. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Jesusgirl0909 I truly feel your pain. My first WLS was in 2000. I never reached my goal but maintained for about 2 years then started to regain. I remember when I had regained about 40 or so pounds I decided to go to GlamourShots to do photos before I regained all of it! So instead of stopping total regain, I just watched it happen. I am glad you have not given up. I suggest you literally go back to the post op diet. Liquids only for several weeks. Then soft foods, then solids. This will give you a good jump start and get you back in the mindset and habit of making better choices. Call your surgeon and ask for help. Go to Weight Watchers. Do something. Find your motivation. Why did you have surgery? I ended up regaining the 120 pounds I had lost. By 2013 I weighed 350 and was diabetic, had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I wore size 4x and 5x. I was revised to the sleeve in 2013. Now I have lost 155 pounds and weigh 195. I have not been this size since 1985! I wear size 14 depending where I shop.....and if it has a little spandex! Lol. I am off all meds except thyroid. Well, not entirely true. I am working on losing another 30 pounds. I had a long stall so I reached out to my doctor so he gave me diet meds to help. I hated to get back on diet pills.... I mean, why did I have surgery? These are temporary. I will probably be off of them in a couple of months. They helped me get below 200 and it resolved some hunger issues I was having. We know that surgery is just a tool. I am using every tool in the toolbox. I exercise 4 -5 days a week and I see a psychologist. My motto is "Whatever it takes". Please don't give up. Remember the little engine that could? I think I can, I think I can!!! Just keep trying.

Dr. Miller is doing my band to sleeve revision. Hopefully late July! Sweet you how far are you in the process? My Mingo how are you feeling? Is it like you thought it would be? How much weight have you lost. How was MCWest? Sent from my SM-T350 using the BariatricPal App