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Jan. 23 Revision
SoCalDixieGal replied to vonnegutk's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Sounds like you're doing great! I can't wait for my revision - 2 weeks to go. -
REALISTICALLY, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO LOSE?
Jenn replied to TEXAS DIVA's topic in Gastric Plication Surgery Forum
I agree. My original goal was to be at 199 which at the time of my surgery seemed almost an impossibility. 6 months later I am 28 pounds away from that goal. So I have revised my goal to 185. I would eventually like to be around 175ish. My doctor's goal is closer to 150 but I would never want to weigh that. First I think I would be too thin and my husband wouldn't like me at that weight I'm hoping to reach my goal of 185 by my 1 year surgiversary. Please remember that when I was originally banded it took me 2 and a half years to lose 110 pounds so with the plication I m losing much faster. -
Nervous about erosion, and others
AlienBandit replied to SarahBara's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Well I might be a good person to talk to because I always seem to get the short stick in life. I too have PCOS and I have battled my weight for years. In Canada I spent mega bucks thousands of dollars on weight loss diets ( ie dr berstein diet) but the weight always came back. Before I was super overweight again, I decided to have the band surgery while I was living in Korea. Things went great at first. Though I had pcos I worked hard with my band and went to the gym etc and lost about 50lbs in 4 months. One night however I drank Water too fast and it gave me 12 hours of acid reflux. Then came a strange pain and I could feel my tubing from my band to my port, then I had a strange but light pain in my stomach ( my actual stomach not the port area). I went to the doctor for a check up already scheduled and mentioned my problems. He found my tubing was too close to the surface of my skin and I needed a revision. Just to be double safe he decided to give me a full check up including an endoscope check ( camera down my throat) and found erosion.... YES erosion 4 months after I was banded!! I was heart broken and confused why did it have to happen etc. I had 2 choices, to unfill the band for months until I healed or remove the band. After 2 weeks of being unfilled my erosion was almost healed, my doc wanted to stitch it, but i wanted the band out. It was removed Feb 2010 and I was without a band until July 2010 ( when the lapband ap series was k fda approved here) and then I got rebanded. I would NEVER consider getting the gastric bypass ( my bmi was not high enough to begin with and was about 27 when I lost my band) and the sleeve I might consider if something happens to this band. Over all with all the bad things that have happened ( I have also been through over fill hell etc) I still love my band and don't regret getting it. If I could I'd keep it forever. Lets hope nothing else bad happens. If you want to read more details about my erosion you can click on my blog and go back to Feb 2010 and March 2010 as I documented it there. Right now life is good. No erosion ( that I know of, I have a check up this weekend because I have been banded this time around for a whole year ) My BMI is 25, I am 10 lbs from goal ( might settle here) and my band and I get along most of the time. -
I have lived with PCOS for years,hirutism,weight issues,heavy periods,insulin resistance, dysplasia...had to have a partial hysterectomy and metastatic breast cancer ....I am revising from a band to bypass...hoping to get a grip on this...
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Hello all, It's been awhile since I have posted. Things have been very hectic for me since our move, but I thought it was really important that I take a few minutes to share my experience. As many of you remember, I was banded April of 2006 in Portugal. My husband is Portuguese and I lived there for 4 years. We recently moved back to the US in July of this year. During the year or so that I was banded in Portugal I was very discouraged because I had little to no weight loss. I thought I was doing things wrong. I had to have port revision surgery in October of '06 and had other set backs. I was very discouraged, and the 25 or so lbs I lost in the first months after my surgery I gained back. I had 3 fills of 3 cc's each and was supposed to have my VG band nearly full. Yet I still felt no restriction. As I said we recently moved back to the US and I went to a Fill Centers USA in St. Pete Florida. I discovered that my band only had 3 cc's in it. The fill specialist said that she doubted it was a leak since there was still 3 cc's in it. She thinks that my band doctor in Portugal missed my port twice and only actually managed 1 fill! So for all of this time, I hardly had a fill, and I had no restriction. The fill specialist was great, she gave me another cc and I noticed a difference right away. I have another appointment with her on the 30th of November for another adjustment. I am keeping my fingers crossed that with the proper restriction I will finally begin to see some weight loss, after almost 2 years of banded life with hardly any success, I hope that I will have something to report here soon.
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Hey everyone, I have the band, but due to a ton of complications, am looking into a revision to the sleeve. I'm just wondering how my life will change. Is what you are able to eat the same for the band as it is for the sleeve? Do you still throw up if you overdo it? How is the surgery recovery different? How many days in the hospital? Which recovery is harder? How is the post-op surgery for the sleeve different for the band? Is there anything else that really changes? Thanks!
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Eating too much after surgery ..no dumping scared!
fluffybless posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Revision from sleeve to bypass 5/20..i feel like i could eat alot more and .I do not dump ..please help ..Am I the only one with this issue Sent from my SM-G935P using BariatricPal mobile app -
Problem with UHC insurance covering revision?
luv.is.patient1 posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I'm thinking of having the lap to sleeve revision and I'm wondering has anyone had trouble with UHC approving the revision? I'm going to talk with my surgeon on Friday and get her thoughts on it! Thanks in advance! -
Acid Reflux Concerns - Oct. Sleeve Surgery
MarinaGirl replied to JustKeepSwimming's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My surgeon refused to do a VSG on me due to pre-existing GERD. I’m glad that I had gastric bypass as reflux is a serious issue. For most people, RNY resolves or lessens GERD. Note that a lot of insurance plans only pay for 1 WLS per lifetime so if you get VSG and need to revise to another surgery due to GERD or insufficient weight loss, you may end up having to pay out-of-pocket. -
I just spoke to someone at Aetna . They denied my request for revision to gastric bypass due to the fact that I didn't follow up for the full 2 years after my surgery. Yes we did appeal. Anyone in the same boat. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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Revision from sleeve many questions
ren0318 posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Forums Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forum Post Reply Revision from Sleeve to By-Pass lrm1986 on 1/21/19 10:19 am Hey there, I’ve not posted for a very long time. I had sleeve in 2014 like many I have horrible GERD, my doctor recommended revision about a year ago and I chickened out. I love my sleeve and I really don’t want to have surgery but I’m diabetic and my Endocrinologist says the antacids have a high potential to cause kidney damage over the long haul (which diabetics are already prone too)..so he wants me off of them! I’m at my goal weight, so I’m not worried about losing anymore but my sleeve never put my diabetes in full remission, it did get better but I’m still in two meds, I’m wondering if any sleevers had this happen with their diabetes and did a revision then put it in remission? Also how long were you off work with revision? Any other tips or information would be great! Thanks -
Revision from sleeve to DS
Peggy D replied to tabby3's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Yes, mine certainly has been slow. I had a revision of the sleeve & conversion to a single-anastomosis duodenal switch on December 29, 2015. I had gained about 15 pounds from my low weight after the sleeve & did lose 11 pounds before the revision surgery. I am down about 13-14 pounds since day of surgery, most of that in the first two weeks or so. Since then my weight has fluctuated a couple of pounds. At one point I had gained about 4 pounds but that has now come off by doing just protein shakes for 3 days. -
It wasn't that big of deal! http://tinkrisegrind.blogspot.com/2013/08/12-days-post-revision-and-feeling-good.html?showComment=1377658646290#c3004322866497770283 So happy to feel full again!
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Revision?
SnowDaisy replied to livelaughlove@40's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I had a sleeve that was revised to gastric bypass. Xx -
Question for Post-Op patients of Dr. Aceves in MX
LilMissDiva Irene posted a topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Question for Post-Op patients of Dr. Aceves in MX Hello! I?ve been scoping these threads for the last few weeks. Originally my intent was to stay here in the US and picked top surgeon Dr. Cirangle in San Francisco, CA. His price is a bit high and I am self pay for a revision surgery from Lap-Band to VSG ? and the sooner the better. I have grown some interest in Dr. Aceves as I?ve only heard such wonderful things about him and his staff. Not to mention his cost would be about half what I would be charged with Dr. C. Granted I can pay for the surgery but it will leave me near penniless, and I don?t like that too much. So if you are a past patient of Dr. Aceves, and especially if you are a revision Band2Sleeve, please play along and answer my few questions. Thank you! 1) When was your surgery with Dr. Aceves? 2) How much weight have you lost? 3) Tell me (briefly) about your stay in his facilities? (i.e., cleanliness, friendliness of staff, attentiveness of his nurses) 4) Did you have any complications, even if they were very minor? 5) If your child wanted to use this surgeon in the future, how would you feel? 6) How did you get to/from the facilities? 7) How difficult was it to schedule your surgery? 8) What kind of pre-operative requirements does his staff have? 9) What do you regret about using Dr. Aceves? 10) On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate your overall experience using Dr. Aceves? -
I had the band for 9 1/2 years before my revision last July. Had phantom port pain for the first 6 months. Now just every now and then.
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Band to Sleeve Revision; Dr. Kim
dbrar88 posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
After having my band for 3 years, I have finally decided after much research to visit with a physician about revising to the sleeve. My band was great the first year and a half, helping me lose 100 pounds. But, I have basically been at a standstill since. And, I wanted so much to be at a much lighter place at this point out. So, I give thanks to my band getting me to this point, but now time to move on! After reviewing physicians from San Antonio and the DFW area, I have chosen to meet with Dr. Kim. I know a few of you on here have used him. What can I expect? Are there specific questions that I need to ask that help you on your revision journey?? How long after meeting with him were you able to schedule surgery? Did you have to stay overnight in the hospital or was the procedure performed as outpatient? i was self pay with my band, and will more than likely be the same with the sleeve. I am excited to move with my life and with less weight! I thoroughly believe that if the sleeve had been much more widely used 3 years ago, I definitely would have chosen that route instead of the band. I have visitied with my band physician about the "stall" in weight loss and have been told everyone hits a plateau. Yes, I do believe that, but not for 1 1/2 years. I can get a fill now and it provides "good" restriction for about a week, and then it's back to a minimal restriction. I was concerned about pouch dilation or slippage, but they assure me that all is find and my pouch is perfect!! Thanks in advance for all your advice! I am so glad that I have found this board and people who are going through the same band issues as I have had!!! Thanks a million!!!! Deb -
Thanks for the encouragement. I had the sleeve done in 2013 and lost 130 lbs and had my revision on Oct 26 and only lost 11 lbs but I did lose 6 lbs of Water weight after the surgery. Not gonna give up still have another 100 lbs to lose. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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I originally posted this in the wrong section but I am reposting it here because I really want to know. I have noticed that there are quite a few people who have had bands removed, replaced, port revisions, stomach erosion, etc... and I am really wondering what causes all of this? I especially would like to know how to PREVENT any of these from happening! <!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message -->
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I have lost a total of 36 lbs since being banded...2 weeks ago I had a port revision surgery because my port flipped. I just got my forth fill makes 7 cc now. I can really tell a big difference. I was so discouraged, thanking the weight was going to magically fall off it really takes discipline. I have to admit I wanted to lose more than 7 or 8 pounds a month. I am happy though at least I'm on the right track if I can ever recover from the surgeries and get started back on my exercise routine, I know that will help! anybody else around the same time is me? how is it going how are you coping? let me hear from you I need a buddy...
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I’m contemplating revision surgery from vsg to rny. After 6yrs I’ve regained all but 15lbs of my original weight loss from vsg due to bad eating habits over the past 2.5yrs. What if any has your weight loss experience been for revision to rny please? Thanks
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Surgery Date Moved Up To July 17
shangefan replied to Jeniluv1978's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I am revising from band to sleeve on July 9 (in 6 days). I definitely understand your concerns. I, too, am disappointed that I did not do as well as I anticipated with the band. It feels like a waste of a lot of money and time. But this is different. You will succeed. And so will I. -
Why did you revise to sleeve? Were you having issues?
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Hello & beginning my revision journey
Star Dust posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Hi everyone, I thought I'd introduce myself. My lapand was placed in 2006 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. I had my lapband removed in June of 2016 at Kaiser in South Sacramento, California. After then gaining about 40 lbs along with some severe back issues, I have reached back out to Kaiser's Bariatric department about revision surgery. In particular RNY. My timeline so far is interesting. I emailed my doctor on 9/20/2017 about referring me to the Bariatric dept for revision surgery. She emailed back and said I didn't need a referral. On 9/21 I called Bariatrics. They pull up my file and leave a message for the nurse to call me to decide if I need to start at step 1 or somewhere else along the process. On 9/22 I get a call from the nurse and she reviews a few points and says she will be calling over to my surgeon to see where he wants me to start in this process. On 9/22 in the late afternoon I get a call to inform me I have a phone appt. with my surgeon on 10/5!! So... Who knows how long this process will take for me, however I am not wasting any time. I'm already making changes to my diet and routine while absorbing as much information as possible. I lost my gallbladder after loosing 100 pounds with exercise and diet alone. It was a rough experience and I'll be asking my doctor how the modification to my small intestine will be effected from the bile the drips into it because of organ removal. Thanks so much for reading this far [emoji4] I am looking forward to learning from everyone elses experience. Sent from my SM-G920T1 using BariatricPal mobile app -
Hi, who is your surgeon in Mexico? I went to Dr Illan and it was the best experience of my life! I had the sleeve with him two years ago and am going back for a MGB revision in three weeks. I was treated better in Mexico then I ever was in America and it was more like a vacation then surgery! They treat you like a queen there!
