Removed LapBand and had Gastric Sleeve

[karenmsu1 1]

Hi all. I am new to this forum and am looking for help and support. I had the LapBand in 2010 and had some pretty good success with it...after about 4 years, food started getting stuck more often and as it turns out, my stomach had turned and was causing issues...a fact that we didn't know until I had it removed and had the gastric sleeve back in December. I was doing great the first month - I lost 25 pounds pretty quickly. Then I stopped losing for a few weeks, which was very frustrating, and then resumed to lose another 8 pounds. Over the past 3 weeks or so, I have stopped losing and actually have gained a half pound 3 days in a row. I am not eating a lot of calories or super high sugar foods so I am way beyond frustrated. I know that I was told that people who have had the lapband surgery prior to the sleeve surgery don't have as much success but I am really having a hard time dealing with this fact. Does anyone have any words of wisdom?

[Amelie2016 116]

I had VSG on Feb 1st. No words of wisdom, but I sympathize with you on the revision.

Here is my theory. I was a revision as well. Only I was banded in 2008, stomach prolapsed above the band, how long it was prolapsed is anyone's guess. I was working between the 3 jewelry stores we owned and never had time off.

I had it removed in 2011 before my wedding. Yes, odd. During the recent VSG we discovered I had a lot of scarring from the band that had built up, my surgeon removed the scarring from the band placement site as well as where the port was inserted.

ANYWAY. I think the shock of going from very low carb, to creamy (starchy) Soups & puddings, shocks the body. I think once people get back to strict low carb, and more experienced people than myself will know, that people will lose at a better pace. I'm not even going to worry about this yet, I'm just going to follow the instructions. I refuse to jump on my scale until my next visit. =)

Edited February 23, 2016 by Amelie2016

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

How many calories? how many carbs? how much Protein. Are you food tracking?

People can offer you better advice if you provide specific numbers.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

The "facts" are that you are very much in control of your own success. You didn't mention your BMI or how close to goal you are, but starting out smaller is one of many reasons revisionistas tend to "lose slow". I lost 150# post revision and have been maintaining quite awhile. I don't even remember how much weight I had lost 2 months post op.... follow the rules, don't stress over the small things and you will find success. I strongly recommend measuring and tracking intake though because my sensors were all messed up and I had to relearn to eat healthy and appropriately for weight management.