Failed!!!!

MistyD · July 20, 2008

Hi,

I am a very satisfied patient of Dr. Maese and have been for over a year. Thanks to him and having restriction, I have lost 90 lbs that wont' be coming back to stay.

That being said, if I had the choice to do it over again, I would without a doubt have gotten the sleeve. No way on the bypass. The sleeve is so easy, its not even funny. My husband got the sleeve 10 months ago. He lost 100 lbs in 3 months. He eats 4-5 ounces of food at a meal. His stomach cannot stretch because Dr. Alvarez took out the fundus which is the stretchy part of the stomach when he did the surgery. There is no dumping or malabsorption, no weight gain because you can only eat 4-5 ounces of food forever. The rates of weight loss are similar to the bypass without the complications and mortality rate. It will become the "GOLD STANDARD OF WEIGHT LOSS" and surpass the bypass in this country within 3 years. We are the only country that toots bypass as the way for weight loss surgery. Europe and Australia use the band and sleeve.

I have major acid reflux with the band, things get stuck and no matter what or when I eat, I have to get up and walk around to get things to start moving. Its very frustrating. There are some things I can and can't eat. I have restriction one day and none the next. And no, I am not too tight and no, I did not have any problems with reflux before getting the band.

Just know that there is another alternative. Don't get another band and deal with this b.s. all over again. And please, don't get the bypass. Research the sleeve.

Misty

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anillacookie · July 20, 2008

Yeah go with the sleeve thing.:teeth_smile: That will be my next move. My band is not working anymore.:thumbup: I did really well the first year :tongue: then hit a brick wall. :blink:It doesn't matter what I eat or don't eat I'm still stuck at the same number. Then in sept I got in a car wreck and I've gained 30lbs

on three bite a meal. I swear I'm straving. I will be the only fat person to ever starve to death and still be fat. :lol: LOL!!!! Yapp the sleeve is for me.