Lapband to Sleeve

[RAAinNH 113]

I am interested to know if anyone here has had their lapband removed and opted for the gastric sleeve. Did you have both surgeries the same day or did the surgeon remove the lapband and have you wait a month or so for the sleeve surgery? Thanks for your help...

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

It depends on the condition of your stomach and if its been compromised due to the band. A lot of banders go directly from band to sleeve But some have to wait months or some times over a year before the stomach is healed and able to be sleeved

[popsicle_20721 27]

Well I'll try this post again...all of a sudden internet stopped working. Let me say it quickly LOL. There are a number of post on this topic, may want to do a search. I went from band to sleeve and had only 1 surgery. I've had some problems e.g. stricture (scarring) and my Doc is going to wait another month before deciding to do another endocsopy procedure again to address this problem. Although I don't have anything to compare it to, I often wonder whether it would have been better to have 2 surgeries versus one e.g. removal of band and then sleeve. Guess I'll never know at this point.