5 Days In The Hospital And Im Finally Home !

[coltonwade 27]

I had my revision surgery on 11-14-2012 after surgery they told me the band removal went fine and they were able to repair a hiatal hernia , that was a surprise to them ( and me ) and sleeve me in one procedure. I was SO relieved to have had it done in once procedure. The day after surgery I started throwing up Water and unable to keep it down . After a couple more tried they ordered an EGD for me . They told me if the scope went through easily then and showed no obstructions I should be fine and not need another surgery , but if it did not I could have excess scar tissue from the band and I could need another surgery . WHAT !! Yikes . So they did it and it showed no obstruction some swelling around the band area ( where the band was ) they told me to take liquids slow . For several days I was still throwing up just water, in fact it freaked me out because it looked like I was throwing up some blood as well. Finally around day 3 or so the water was staying down . So finally I was able to go home today . NOT an easy process that's for sure , but I am glad its over. The doc told me to progress my liquids slowly , as long as I was keeping liquids down I was fine , the minute i started if i did throwing up liquids I needed to come back . But to just take it slow . So here goes ! Cross your fingers everything stays down now .

[jaxlaceylace 33]

Good Luck! Praying for you! Stay Strong

[FeeIsMe2 508]

Good Luck!

[Dark Ranger 12]

Good luck! I'm having a revision from band to sleeve in December. May I ask why you had your lapband removed and revised to the sleeve?

[coltonwade 27]

Thanks y'all. Dark, I had my band in 2006 , I Lost 125 pounds got down to 125 pounds ... the year mark i slipped my band , then slipped it again , The doc told me around year 3 or so if i had it filled again it would close off the opening to my stomach there was so much scar tissue build up. Slowly over the last few years it got worse and worse and the last several months solid foods cause me severe pain to eat. I lived on liquids for hte most part for the last 6 months.

Here is a post from my blog that explains it in more detail

http://tryingtostays...affects-me.html

good luck on your revision

[Dark Ranger 12]

Thanks y'all. Dark, I had my band in 2006 , I Lost 125 pounds got down to 125 pounds ... the year mark i slipped my band , then slipped it again , The doc told me around year 3 or so if i had it filled again it would close off the opening to my stomach there was so much scar tissue build up. Slowly over the last few years it got worse and worse and the last several months solid foods cause me severe pain to eat. I lived on liquids for hte most part for the last 6 months.

Here is a post from my blog that explains it in more detail

http://tryingtostays...affects-me.html

good luck on your revision

Thank you.

I had lots of problems with my band too. First band I had eroded. The second was working great and then the port flipped and the tube starting pushing out on my skin. I had a port revision to fix that and then shortly after that it slipped. So, now I'm going with the sleeve. I wish the sleeve would have been available when my first band failed.

[coltonwade 27]

the sleeve was " just coming out " as WLS when i had my band, I went with the " least invasive " HAHAH what a joke tha turned out to be . I had a lot of swelling from where the band came from which is why im still not able to eat right . They assure me it will get better. I was hoping to at least try mashed potatoes tomorrow but after throwing up a Protein Shake last night , im back to Clear Liquids, its a 1 step forward 2 steps back thing for me right now.

Good luck with the surgery , Im sure you will do great.

On the plus sidei have lost 10 lbs in 7 days !

[Dark Ranger 12]

10 lbs in 7 days is nice but not really healthy, unfortunately. And not a comfortable way to do it either.

The sleeve was made available less than a year after I had my second band installed. But I didn't know it at the time or I might have waited. Oh well, no turning back time. I'm just going to go forward with the sleeve and hope for the best!

[coltonwade 27]

Im good with the weight loss, i know it wont stay that way , after being in the hospital for 5 days post op and only being able to still be on Clear Liquids I know it wont last ..

Good luck with the surgery you will do great.