Lapband to Gastric Sleeve

[Fleamar 2]

Looking to chat with anyone who had revision surgery from lapband to gastric sleeve surgery? I had my band removed two years ago. June 14 is sleeve surgery.

Wondering about the difference. With the band I was always getting stuck, couldn’t eat bread or anything doughy. My stomach gurgled on occasion. How will it be with the sleeve?

What is the difference?

[jenpa 34]

Looking to chat with anyone who had revision surgery from lapband to gastric sleeve surgery? I had my band removed two years ago. June 14 is sleeve surgery.
Wondering about the difference. With the band I was always getting stuck, couldn’t eat bread or anything doughy. My stomach gurgled on occasion. How will it be with the sleeve?
What is the difference?

Hello ... my GS has is 6/5. I had band removed 3.5 years ago .... will let you know how it goes! Hopefully someone else with experience will post !!!

[jenpa 34]

Meant to say my gastric sleeve surgery is June 5

[StephWill78 2]

I had my band removed and sleeve surgery done on the same day but I'm only 12 days post op, waiting to see the differences, very nervous.

[jenpa 34]

Hello & congratulations:) How are things going so far... what is making you nervous?

[StephWill78 2]

I just had the band for so long I knew what to expect and how to handle it and it worked for years until it didn't anymore. This is new and I just hope I do well and learn what to expect from this surgery without always comparing the two.

[S@ssen@ch 745]

I had the band in 2005. It was good in the first couple of months, but after my gallbladder decided to go bad, my banded life was never the same. I suffered with chronic reflux and could not tolerate a fill. The reflux was directly related to laying flat, so I slept sitting up for almost 5 years. When I had my band out, my bariatric surgeon offered to convert me to the sleeve at that time. But I didn't know enough about it and wasn't comfortable permanently changing my anatomy.

8 years later, after I gained all of my weight back, I started seriously looking into being sleeved. Was finally sleeved on 4/10/18.

Here's the differences I've experienced: Because I couldn't tolerate any fills in my band, I had very little food restriction. I had limitations in the AMOUNT of food I could consume, but I had no food intolerance with the band. The only thing that kept me on track was faithfully following the banded rules. I'm now almost 6 weeks out from being sleeved. I have more restriction than I ever did with the band. My stomach gurgled a lot at the beginning, but not so much now. I have very little appetite. In terms of food intolerance, I have noticed that I don't do well with bread. That's bread that's gone through the rising process. I don't vomit or anything, it just doesn't feel good or comfortable whenever I eat bread (even if it's toasted). I'm good with tortillas and crackers, but not bread. I've had Pasta and rice with no issue, although I must admit that I can't eat very much of it and I certainly wouldn't make a meal of it. At most I can eat a half cup. If I try even 1 more bite after I've hit my limit, I suffer for at least a half hour. It feels like I have to burp but nothing comes out other than slimy bubbles. (sorry if that's TMI, but it's the truth). Also, with most of my meals I am forced to eat very slowly. If I eat too quickly I get an uncomfortable feeling, not quite pain, but my sleeve reminds me very fast that I am eating too quickly. EX: it takes me about 20 minutes to eat a single serving of Greek yogurt.

Hope this helps.

[Fleamar 2]

Thanks for the feedback. With the band I always got stuck and it made life pretty miserable. I never felt full as I always seemed to be in a state of being stuck. I don't mind getting full on a 1/2 cup of food as long as I'm able to eat it and have the full stomach experience.

Another thing I won't miss about the band, is the "deer in headlight" look when something went down wrong and I needed to excuse myself to throw up. With the band, I never wanted to eat fruits and vegetables because they would get stuck no matter how small the bite.

Jan

[TxAlpha06 114]

I went from band removal to sleeve...I'm two weeks post op. Not a lot of experience thus far to tell you about, but I'm happy...and feel better without the band in me. Ate a few bites of sauteed cabbage today and felt full and not "deer in the headlights"....So I think you'll be happy...