Help!

[mysecondchance 9]

I had my band out Nov 4th. Trying to decide between the sleeve and bypass. Dr said I may only lose another 10 lbs with sleeve and 20 with bypass because I already lost 30% of my weight with the band. Have any of you band to sleeve revisioners experienced low weight loss? Very confused on what to do.

[Kimbaru 10]

That is ridiculous! I had a doc tell me that and I waited a 14 months before I saw another surgeon. I am 5 1/2 months out from my band to sleeve revision and I've lost 81 lb. Yup- 81! Find another doc!

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

That's an odd thing for a Bariatric surgeon to say. If you're committed to losing weight you will lose 100% of what you need to lose.. just like many here have done.

[luvzpitbullz 41]

Wow your doc really likes to err on the side of caution. How much do you need to lose? If it's only 30 lbs or so, I can see why he'd say that. But judging by you saying you already lost 30%, im guessing it's more.

At any rate, I had my crap band out 7 weeks ago and I was sleeved 2 weeks ago today. I've already lost 14 lbs so my experience is that your doc is wrong.

However, my doc has said that he has seen better results in people that do the band removal and bypass or sleeve as 2 separate surgeries. Initially I was set up to do the band removal and bypass all at once. When I woke up from surgery, he said that my intestines were rotated and he didn't feel a bypass was safe. I was bummed at first but so far I am really happy with my sleeve. And at my post op appointment, he said that waiting the 2 months between surgeries got my old bandster tummy to be as much like a "virgin" sleever as possible. Meaning no excess pouch or stomach prolapse that he had to work around. I'm fully confident that I can lose the 75 lbs that I need to and be thin and healthy again like I was when my band was good. I'd say this pound per day weight loss is pretty darn good, even though I anticipate it will slow down as I get further out.

I have no opinion on which is "better" , the bypass or sleeve. You can be just as successful with each. But the point is, you can blow your drs 10-20 lb figures right out of the Water with very little effort.