Lap Band gone sleeve done today!

[potterjg@comcast.net 10]

Just wanted to share that today was my big day! It took 3 hours to cut through all the scar tissue. I'm pretty sore and resting!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

So glad to hear you are recovering. Take care and be gentle with yourself. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

[Micaela1988 2]

congrats and good luck! Keep us posted

[Fatty McFatster 888]

Awesome news and congrats!!! I will be having my band to sleeve revision next Friday.

[NoMoBand 278]

Good for you! You will learn to appreciate the sleeve very quickly. It's so different from the band.

Advice for you:

For the next 4 - 6 weeks, concentrate on keeping hydrated and healing. Follow the progressive diet to a T as recommended by your doctor. Once you have healed enough and begin eating your Proteins required you will get the full effect of the sleeve. Healing is of most importance right now and concentrating on weight loss comes after. I would stay off the scale for a few weeks. You won't regret this decision. My weight loss has been slow with the sleeve, but, this way of life is worth every minute of the slowness. Good luck to both of you. jake

[The Candidate 3,215]

Congrats on a successful revision!

[potterjg@comcast.net 10]

Feeling pretty good so far. I'm not getting enough liquids but I will!! The odd thing my surgeon found was that the band was broken on one side. That must have been what was causing the pain I was experiencing.. So glad to have the band out and be starting this new journey!!

[jhutch 46]

I also will be having the band removed on 11/16 and going to the sleeve. Hoping all goes well with recovery!!!

[jhutch 46]

Home and ready to recover trying to get all my liquids in was rough getting band out but done very well hope all of you are doing well

[amyg80 45]

How's it going so far? Do you have an update?

[MimieF63 1]

I'm so relieved the band is out of me too. 13 days out I'm still little tired but happy with decision and looking forward to 2016.

[jhutch 46]

So far pretty good seems my scales have stalled and only eating about 500-600 calories a day mostly Protein not getting the 60oz of Fluid I should but getting 40-50 everyday. 7 weeks postop and down 33lbs.

[Fatty McFatster 888]

I'm so relieved the band is out of me too. 13 days out I'm still little tired but happy with decision and looking forward to 2016.

How are you doing? I had my lap-band out on 11/20/2015 and am so much happier with the sleeve.

[jhutch 46]

My revision was done on 11/16 and today 2/1/16 I am down 45lbs and doing great. Started at 233 goal is 140 half way there!!