How much weight have you lost after revision to sleeve?

[SandrafromNJ 0]

I have read and heard that band to sleeve patients have had slow weight loss and that the sleeve doesn't work as well.... I am considering the sleeve and this news scares and worries me.... Please share your weight loss and any struggles you may have had... Thank you!

[Fixerupper 335]

I have had a completely wonderful revision. I'm down 35 pounds post op and I am eight weeks out. It really depends on why the band didn't work for you. Do you need dumping to force you to eat correctly? If not and you think you can make good choices most of the time you should do well with the sleeve.

[chinamama 104]

I am an extremely slow loser, but I am loosing. Down 20 pounds in 12 weeks. At least I'm not gaining.

The way I look at it I had my initial 6 months 6 years ago. With my band I always ate about a cup per meal, vs now a half cup, so I'm going to lose, but it's going to be slow. Does that drive me bonkers! OF COURSE! but a year from now I should be there.

I'm back to my lowest band weight of 211, 5 more lbs and I will FINALLY hit 100 lb lost!

I love my sleeve !!! 2 slight boughts of nausea, but no vomiting and I can eat anything just 1/3-1/2 cup of it.

Good luck!

[stefaniwg 172]

I am 8 weeks post op and I love the sleeve most if all because I'm not throwing up at every meal now like with the band. I have lost 21 lbs so far. I wish it was coming off faster but I'm am at my most steady weight with the band and only 7 pounds away from being the lowest I have weighed in about 12 years! I couldn't be happier with the sleeve, I only wish I had it first.

[Nursebarbie 392]

I am 8 weeks post op and I love the sleeve most if all because I'm not throwing up at every meal now like with the band. I have lost 21 lbs so far. I wish it was coming off faster but I'm am at my most steady weight with the band and only 7 pounds away from being the lowest I have weighed in about 12 years! I couldn't be happier with the sleeve' date=' I only wish I had it first.[/quote']

I absolutely agree! 3 weeks post op. Learning how to eat with the sleeve but so far its great not to productive burp up all my intake. Nothing has gotten stuck and I feel so full after an ounce of food. Never was like that with the band. Wish I had it first.

[marfar7 1,532]

I'm only 6 days post op and am down about 7 lbs. Was 174 the day before my surgery at the drs office and today I'm 167. only 37 more lbas! Yah!

[Nursebarbie 392]

Down 23 pounds and counting since june 28th

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

I am at goal; I was a band to sleeve revionista!

During the process, the NUT told me that I lost at a good rate/as expected even for a "virgin sleever". she told me that indeed many revision patients do lose slower.

The main theory is that the lapband teaches you how to eat sliders, and that you develop a tolerance for a "packed esophogus". Basically, to survive the lapband you learn things that can cause you to have less then stellar results.

my view though is that we can use our minds to overcome this "disadvantage" and there are advantages to previous experience - so it can be a forumula for amazing success!

[Hynita 113]

ive lost 25lbs in 23 days. im 167 id like to be 140/130 or so. I'm losing pretty quick i think. but everyone is different.

[sherrypep 91]

I am 10 weeks out and have lost 25 pounds. Almost at goal!

[Nursebarbie 392]

I have 6o plus pounds to go, 24 pounds down. 4 weeks out.

[Christina.v 23]

9 days out and 15 lbs down... It was a great transition, just need to get used to the new eating habits, of course.

[aunnyq@gmail.com 13]

I am considering the sleeve too, my band HAS to go!! But when speaking to the doc yesterday he said that I was a "very successful band patient" (regardless of whether my loss was healthy or not. ) I started at 240 with my band and my lowest weight was 165. So I was able to lose 75 pounds and maintain it as long as I stayed filled. My ideal body weight is 140-150. And I was never able to get there with the band even if I threw up everything all of the time! But my doc said that I should ONLY expect to maintain my current weight with the sleeve (~170). Still 20 away from the high end of normal for my bmi scale. I'm a hiker and exercise regularly, and am

Willing to use it as the tool it is but I hoped to at least hope for better results. Was anyone else told something similar?? I want to maintain my loss, but I'd like the hope of losing more....

[BabyGirl2730 3]

I'm a band to sleeve revision as well. For 3 years I couldn't keep any type of solid foods down. I'm only 11 days out from surgery but down 17 pounds! I'm also a low BMIer (BMI of 32). I'm sure I'll slow down but I know eventually it will come off. I have been lucky, as I have not had any pain or nausea but I have had issues with dehydration. I really think that what you put into your weightloss is what you get out of it. If you exercise and eat healthy foods it will come off, but if you eat the wrong things and sit around, you obviously won't lose but maybe even end up gaining. Good luck in what ever decision you make!

[finia22 3]

I am a revision patient had band placed 2010. I lost 120 pounds got pregnant gains 45 and was on a standstill for 6 months after my daughter was born. Went to an awesome Bariatric dr and was approved for the sleeve wth no problem. I am a year post op and down 105 pounds and still losing I in total lost 200 pounds since 2010 and weigh 189 baby whooohooo!! I am now working with my surgeon to have a Tummy Tuck done and arm skin removal due to extreme weightloss. This sleeve was the best choice I've ever made and weight loss to me isn't slow I want it to slow down now so I'm hoping I don't lose much more I am content wth my weight and am working on maintaining I wish you all the best of luck