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I've done so much obsessive research, I'm literally making myself crazy over this! I originally wanted to be resleeved and thought that Dr. Wilhmey was the perfect surgeon for the job, then through my research I decided a revison to MGB would be best and Dr. Rodriguez would be the man for the job (Dr. Wilhmey doesn't do revisions to MGB) then last night I find a post where someone went to him in February and had a bowel punctured (I know things happen) but still in all honestly I'm amazed by the following and support of both Dr. Ramos Kelly and Dr. Illan on FB which makes me think if SOOO many had such great expereinces with them, maybe one of them would be the better choice....I would love to have this done in April and that's getting close, I'm seriously starting to lose sleep over this, it's such a hard decision and I want to make sure I make the best one, especially with this being my 3rd and final attempt to get it right!!

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I definitely think it's worth taking the time to do the research and make an educated decision. If you just decided on MGB within the last few days, slow down and really find out what you are getting yourself into. Why are you revising from sleeve in the first place? When were you sleeved?

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I've been researching the MGB for about a month I would say, I just finally decided it was the right choice. I was banded in 2007 and did amazing, I was sleeved in 2013 and have struggled ever since, my "sleeve" is large and distorted from the band and I never felt restriction or reduced hunger or really anything from having it done.

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Well, I hope you have success with MGB. It sounds like you've had a pretty rough go of it and it must really suck to have to undergo so many operations. Wishing you the best of luck on whichever surgeon you choose!

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Thank you ! It's frustrating more than anything but I've worked very hard over the years and through all the ups and downs I've only gained back 40 of the 120lbs I've lost. I just wish I had done a lot more research before revising from band to sleeve and i would have skipped that all together...live and learn ;)

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Even if you had done more research, you might have reached the same conclusion. I see a lot of people on these forums that have had a lot of success going from band to sleeve. Every outcome is different and it's tough to predict what YOUR outcome will be. Plus, if you opted for band in the first place, I would assume it's because you were trying to be very conservative in your decision. Bypass is, arguably, the most extreme option (along with duodenal switch), so lap-band to sleeve is a more conservative choice. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. But it sounds like you are moving forward and working to solve the problem, so hopefully you will end up where you need to be.

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I talked with Dr. Kelly today, he is very nice, easy to talk with and answered all my questions ! I see why he has quite the following....just makes my decision even harder now !

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Did you decide on a surgery and surgeon? I'm curious as to why you didn't choose a revision to DS if you've already got the sleeve? Do you have GERD?

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Why are you considering going out of "The States" for surgery?

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Did you decide on a surgery and surgeon? I'm curious as to why you didn't choose a revision to DS if you've already got the sleeve? Do you have GERD?

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I had a revision to mgb April 23 last year. Everything is great, I'm about 7lbs from my goal and very happy with my decision !

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