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Starting Over At Step One...

By Vicki0618

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Well, after going to an orientation and meeting with 2 surgeons. It appears that to get my sleeve after my lap band I have to start over....

 

Long story short, I had a lap band placed in 2008 and lost 50 lbs. I kept it off until December 2010 when the band slipped and had to be removed. Fast forward 15 months to now, and I have regained every pound I lost and am basically miserable with my health. (NOT my life because alot of great things have happened in the past 15 months...new house, new husband!!) There are alot of reasons for the weight regain but what it comes down to is that I overate to a scary extent (according to the surgeon I had to eat an additional 180,000 calories!!!). So as of right now I am not a good risk for a band (past band failure, as well as weight regain).

 

In order to prove that I am a good risk, and serious about this I have to lose 25 lbs....Yikes!!! That's like 1/2 of what I lost WITH the help of the lap band. I do understand the reasoning behind it, from the surgeons perspective. However, let's be honest, THIS SUCKS!!! Looks like I'll be white-knuckling it for awhile!!

 

I'm trying to see the up side of this...better recovery, more success and let's face it weight loss. So...ready or not, let's do this thing!!!

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    LilMissDiva Irene

    Gastric Bypass Patients

    Hi Vicki, it sounds like you and I had a lot in common. I too was banded, I too lost about 50 Lbs and I too gained it all back. However... I was revised to sleeve on 9/15/10 and now I'm at goal!! I couldn't be happier with my sleeve. It's like a world of difference and I often say it's everything that was promised to me of my band, yet only wished it to be.

    There IS hope!! White knuckling it will be so worth it, when you get your sleeve and you show everyone that you can do it.

    Blessings!! :)

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    Vicki0618

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Thanks so much! I knew from reading your posts that you had the band. And I can see you have had great success with the sleeve!! You are an inspiration for me! And I think we're neighbors...your in the Sac area as well right?

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    Ruth71

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Greetings from Australia ...i too had lap band lost 50kg and then gained weight again so had it removed was down to 79kg now back up to 111kg (sorry dont know how to convert to pounds lol) so 9 weeks ago had band removed and now 5 days away from Sleeve surgery cant weight and Lilmissdiva thanks for your comments to gives me hope take care lovely people xx

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    SpaceDust

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    @Ruth71, if you're curious, a kilogram is approximately 2.2 US pounds :) So, 79 kg is just under 174 lb and 111 kg is just over 244 lb.

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