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Like Luckysmomma, I too, have major regrets. I won't get into it because I get slammed and I know I'm in the minority. I just know that given the option, I would go back 7 weeks and cancel my surgery.

Nope. I put my life at risk and now my marriage is at risk. Not worth it.

Sleeves 2/21 and down almost 40lbs - 1.6lbs to go and I'll be there.

Sure. I will share. I went in on 2/21 to have band to sleeve revision. The surgery should have been 4 hours but because I had so much scar tissue, it was 5 1/2. I started drinking fluids and eating ice chips that night. On Friday morning before I could go home, I needed to have a CT scan and a swallow study to check for any leaks. It turns out I had a leak in the staple line. They took me straight to a catheter lab where I had a central line put in. That same afternoon, I went back into surgery to have the leak repaired. I was in surgery for 5 hours. On Sunday, I had another CT scan and everything looked ok. I was put on antibiotics and pain meds. On Monday at 6pm, I went home. About 830 that night, I started to have a lot of pain in my left flank. I waited until 2:00 am on Tuesday to call the on call doctor (hoping tbe pain would subside). She told me to go to the ER for another CT scan. That CT scan showed I had Fluid around my spleen. They told me it should go away in a few days and prescribed me some more pain meds and told me to walk a lot. By Thursday, 2/28, I was miserable. I went to my surgeons office in tears and they told me to go back to the ER for another CT scan. We drove 40 minutes back to the hospital. This CT scan showed I had an abscess under my spleen that needed to be drained. I was given 2 options - stay the night and they'll drain it now or come back in the morning. I opted to stay the night. That procedure was about 2 hours followed by 2 hours in ICU so I could be monitored. I stayed the night in the hospital and went home Friday morning. The following week, my surgeon ordered another CT scan to make double check everything before I had the central line removed (they removed tve drain in the office). I went to the radiology clinic and waited 2 hours for them to tell me they didn't feel comfortable doing the scan when they didn't know what my surgeon wanted. My husband and I went back to the ER where I had my 5th CT scan. The results came back normal as did my white blood cell count (which I failed to mention was anywhere between 17-20 during this). They removed my central line and sent me on my way. I am now 5 weeks post op and beginning to feel somewhat normal. I'm still not getting in all my fluids or Protein and I can't stomach my supplements. I'm doing the best I can and I know once I can eat more solid foods, I'll be even better. Right now I 100% regret my decision. I put my life at risk for the sake of losing a few pounds (not to mention the horrible quality of life). My marriage is on the rocks and I lost 4 weeks of time with my 10 month old. I highly recommend anyone doing this to research every possibly thing that could go wrong and be prepared for the worst. Yes, I am alive. But there were days I wish I would have died and if it weren't for my son, I probably would have.

I had my revision surgery 2 weeks ago and I'm still dealing with complications. I'm going back to the hospital today for my fifth CT scan. I am really ready to be over this. It's frustrating and upsetting.

I'm going through Dr Myur Srikanth. He operates at St Francis in Federal Way and Evergreen in Kirkland. He has never done it in 2 procedures and he's done over 3000 of them. How long have you had your band for? What's your pre op testing been like?

You too!!

Me! 12 hours to go!

I was at NWWLS for my band but I'm not impressed with their doctors. Srikanth will do the whole thing in one day ( I'm having band to sleeve revision). I wish my band surgeon was still doing bariatric surgery....he was the best.

I'm in Bellevue. My surgeon is Dr Myur Srikanth and I'm having surgery at Evergreen Hospital on Thursday, 2/21.

I can't wait to do more than just missionary in bed. I want to be in control damnit!

We just got our third dog, a goldendoodle, almost 2 weeks ago. I love dogs so I will never tell anyone not to get one. But they are a lifelong commitment, so you have to be willing to be with him or her for the next 10-15 years.