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[ready2bskinny 31]

Getting the sleeve..anybody else having a change of plans?

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

I was in your shoes. The band was the first surgery I considered. I got sleeved 3 months ago yesterday. If I can be of any assistance feel free to ask.

[ready2bskinny 31]

Wow really? Glad I'm not alone;) how have you done so far? Great I'm sure lol I'd appreciate any comments or advice I'm curious to know what made you change your mind;)

I'm strongly considering Dr Garcia in tj, Mexico

[mdgarcia31665 0]

I'm working on a revision too. I also want the sleeve. Why'd you change your mind? How long have you had your band? I'm not having much success with the band, and some other issue, so my doctor isn't very happy with the band for me. It was his suggestion (much to my surprise!) but I'm ok with it...

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Wow really? Glad I'm not alone;) how have you done so far? Great I'm sure lol I'd appreciate any comments or advice I'm curious to know what made you change your mind;)

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IMO, I'm doing incredibly well, I am currently 3 months post op & down 73lbs, I have another 64lbs till I reach my initial goal of 155lbs (BMI 25). There several reasons I went the direction I did. The first obstacle I ran into was fills. Where I live the only place to get filled was going to cost 350 a visit. Plus I'm a truck driver so just getting to a place to get filled was going to be tough. Then as I was doing more investigating I saw a lot of surgeons advertising band to sleeve revisions, which kinda scared me. My thought was if they're advertising it, it's happening too much for me to risk. So since it seemed most revisions were going to te sleeve I looked into doing that. The more I investigated it the more I liked it. I looked into the band, the sleeve, & sleeve plication. Then I decided the sleeve was for me. RNY was never an option for me as the only 2 people I know that had it done had miserable recoveries.

Now I float around all 4 WLS boards trying to learn as much as I can.

Btw, Dr Garcia is a good choice if you decide to go this route. He wasn't my surgeon, but there are many of his patients on Vertical Sleeve Talk that sing his praises quite often.

[ready2bskinny 31]

That's awesome best wishes to you!! Glad you're doing so good..what is rny?

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

That's awesome best wishes to you!! Glad you're doing so good..what is rny?

Roux en Y (RNY) is the gastric bypass procedure.

[ready2bskinny 31]

Oh ok thank you