Lap band conversation to gastric bi pass

[sevenb7 7]

Any one convert from band to bi pass? How was it? Advice please. Im worried / concerned.

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[Amburmist 55]

Any one convert from band to bi pass? How was it? Advice please. Im worried / concerned.
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Yes, just did (9/13) and am bummed i waited so long to do it! The band was causing me issues, obviously since i decided to convert, but little did I or my surgeon know exactly all the damage it was doing to my body...until they were in there doing the conversion. Its unbelievable how these bands have just wrecked havoc in so many people. No question, i would do it again in a heartbeat! Make sure u trust ur surgeon 1000% tho because, like for mine, they may end up performing several fixes within ur body during the band-to-xyz convert. Dont be nervous. Just get that darn band out of u!

[James Marusek 5,244]

One of the individuals in my bariatric surgery support group went from a band to bypass. He had the band for several years but it began to wear into his stomach and had to be removed because it was about to result in a rupture, a life threatening condition. When they did the bypass, there was a lot of scar tissue and as a result they made his pouch a little smaller than most. Therefore the volume of food he could consume in one meal was smaller than most bypass patients. But he just switched to more meals per day and was happy with this. He said he would do it over again in a heartbeat.