PaulStephens1975 62 Posted June 10, 2016 After 9 long months of jumping through hoops to get approved by insurance, I finally got through surgery! For my lap band I just went home after surgery. With my sleeve I stayed in the hospital for two nights. While having its share of annoyances, I thought staying in the hospital had several advantages such as always having someone there to take care of you and being able to catch any medical problems that might arise. When I had my lap band I wasn't able to pee for days and when I finally called my doc's office they instructed me that I should go to the ER to get a catheter put in. I had not idea how dangerous it was not to urinate after surgery. However, when this same thing happened to me in the hospital they caught it early and worked with my right away to take care of the problem. Some other general thoughts on both surgeries: While both surgeries left my abdomen very sore, the revision to sleeve left me with less internal pain from swallowing, burping etc. When I had my band I felt like I needed to burp for days and it was super uncomfortable. Also, with the band, I could tell when I needed to slow down drinking because I would immediately be in pain or feel like it was coming back up and I don't have that so far with the sleeve. I take a sip and let it go down and I don't really have any signal that lets me know my stomach is ready for the next sip. This may mean that I could drink faster than I am but I'm not willing to test that theory out at the moment. That's about it for now. So far I'm doing well and I'm looking forward to getting the weight back off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VDLT 244 Posted June 10, 2016 Congrats on your revision. I am also a revision and although I have less restriction than I wish I had with the sleeve, I am glad to have the band gone. After all the complications and problems I had with it I feel so much better with it gone! I didn't realize how crappy I really felt until I didn't anymore. Best of luck with your sleeve! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulStephens1975 62 Posted June 11, 2016 I'm interested to see what kind of restriction I have with the sleeve. I seem to do really well with restriction and listen to my body when it tells me I'm full. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nina1562 35 Posted June 14, 2016 Congrats and hope you have a fast recovery! I'm also having my lap band removed and having the sleeve so wish me luck! May I ask what kind of Vitamins are you or anyone here taking because the ones I bought are huge even though they are chewable and I can put them in my Protein shake I can still taste them alot! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christinamo7 4,042 Posted June 14, 2016 welcome to the club! I look forward to seeing your progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
