Band-to-Sleeve...my story..

[Mile High Bound 0]

Hello All,

I was banded in Feb 2006 and thought my life would change forever. Boy oh boy did my life change....i had terrible reflux and could not keep anything down, my port was not secure and ended up stuck "jammed into my stomach" as my doc put it, constant sinus infections due to reflux, and so on and so forth. Not to mention, the weight lose (and gain) was not managed by my band, but rather by me and was a struggle.

March of this year, I was in an auto accident. This jammed my band out of place and the decision to remove it was made; however, I struggled with the idea of another wls for fear I would be disappointed and have the numerous health issues.

On 10/12, the band was out, and the sleeve was created. I am very happy with my decision and despite the pain from the surgery, I love the feeling of no more reflux, no pain in my side from the port and the doc cleaned up my scar tissue.

Now I'm on my new journey to continue my weight lose, eating healthy, and getting fit~

:welcome:

[*susan* 1,709]

Welcome, and thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I was a band to sleeve revision as well, and have no regrets about switching. The sleeve is easy and almost effortless compared to the band. I am confident you will love it and life so much more now.

[Malaika 50]

ASBrown -welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your story - I'm sorry you had to go through all of that - I was not a revision, so can't even imagine the hassle with the band, and then to be in an auto accident on top of it, had to really suck. Glad you're on the road to recovery!