Comparing this to post-op Lap Band

[The.new.g 48]

I am 4 days post op band-to-sleeve revision today. I went back and looked at my wls blog from 2007 when I was banded. I am noticing that I am hungry this time, but not as much as last time. I'm about the same level of soreness (not really pain unless I do something wrong). I do spend less time feeling hungry and worrying about how I'm going to deal with hunger than with the band.

One big difference: at this point with the band I had lost 8 lbs, and held at about 12 lbs until my first fill. With the sleeve, I'm down 16 lbs so far.

The biggest difference is psychological. I've been through something similar before, so I know the discomfort and inconvenience is all temporary. I didn't really have any "food funerals" because I know I will get to enjoy the things I love again in the future, just more like a normal person hopefully.

So I guess overall, there are a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. Anyone else notice any of this? I am especially surprised that the weight loss is already faster even though I am on essentially the same diet.

[PEvette 297]

My experience after revision was much much better than when I had lapband....but that could be because I was so happy to have the damn band out of my body!