Lap Band to Gastric Sleeve Revision Surgery 6/24/2015

[Seattle51 0]

Greetings Gastric Sleevers!

My name is Jay. I am 45 years old and I have been Morbidly Obese my entire Life. Here is my story.

I had a Work Physical in December 2006. When I stepped on the scale I weighed 326lbs. That was the most Obese I had ever been, and enough was enough. I had had it. I needed to do something drastic to stop the weight gain. I decided to have a Lab Band. At the time I didnt want to have any physical changes to my body, and people were having very good weight loss success on the Band. In February of 2007, I had my surgery. From February 2007 to September 2007 the band worked great!!! I weighed in at 207lbs. I was extremely happy!!! But sometime in September the tubing to the band developed a kink and then the tubing cracked and the band was worthless.

March of 2008 I underwent my second surgery, this time it was a port and tubing replacement. Everything seemed fine until I went in for my first fill. When they tried to fill the band they werent able to. The tubing was kinked again!!! Are you F'ing kidding me? I had enough and was just going to do my best on what the surgeon had put in the band ( I think it was 9cc's). It wasnt enough, I started to gradually put on weight.

In 2012 I had enough again. I went in to have the band filled under X-Ray Fluroscopy. For whatever reason the band took in 15 cc's The band I had was only supposed to hold 12. Needless to say the band was closed off, and I couldnt eat or drink anything. Two days later I had emergency surgery to release the band. The surgery went well, but the Surgeon didnt replace the band. When I went in for a fill they put in the Max CC's of 12. Guess what? No restriction. Yup in was stretched out so much it was ineffective again! I had had enough with the Lap Band, it was nothing but a big giant headache for me.

I decided to have a Gastric Sleeve in 2015. I had my surgery on June 24th 2015. The day of the surgery I weighed in at 275lbs. Today is September 11th and I am down to 240lbs.

I am very happy with my Sleeve, but the adjustment to the new diet was very hard for me. I am doing 3 Protein shakes a day and I added 1 Keto OS drink a day to my diet. It has made a huge difference. My energy levels are through the roof and I feel absolutely Fantastic!!! The weight is coming off twice as fast for me ( from 2 pounds a week to 4) I took the time to research this product and it is the best decision I have made in a long time.

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[kimby1029 119]

Great for you. My sleeve has been a great decision for me too.

Congratulations on your decision and best of luck to you.

[liannatx 897]

I am a revision also. My band also went horribly bad, slipping and causing massive amounts of scar tissue.

I am glad that you are feeling so good and that they were able to do a revision for you. The first month or two are the hardest for sure. I find that at 6 months I can pretty much eat normal healthy meals, just in smaller portions. I do still start my day with a Protein drink.

I hope you continue to do so well, I know it has been a good decision for me too!

[Seattle51 0]

Wow!!! What a Great Combination. Having a Gastric Sleeve and taking Keto OS supplements. Like I mentioned, my sleeve surgery was June 24th 2015, yesterday I weighed myself and I was 231lbs. That's 44 lbs in just a few short months. If you arnt happy with how fast your weight is coming off, Check Keto OS out, you won't regret that you did!!!!