hdbjohnson

Hi...I had the Lap Band removed & got the gastric sleeve on 9/6...I still have a lot of gas moving around...how do I know when I'm full?

Hello everyone... I was jus surfing the web & I am SO GLAD I came across this discussion! I was "banded" on December 17, 2008...as of January of this year...I had lost a total of 125 pounds! Well needless to say I started having issues & as of next week on the 6th of September..I am having the band removed & getting the gastric sleeve all at the same time! I too was upset & disturbed when my doctor first said he was going to have to adjust my band & take all the Fluid out...I was already not feeling any restriction so I knew I REALLY wasn't going to once he did this & I would start to gain even more weight than what I had already started doing. I understand that my "overall" health is what comes first as far as getting the complications taken care of...but I let it be known to my doctor that BY NO MEANS was I going to gain all that weight back...not even close to it. So I told him I was giving him 30 to 45 days to fix what was wrong...then I wanted the band fixed & refilled or the sleeve...which it took me some time to get use to the idea of the sleeve. Well I've done my research...had my classes & had my pre op testing done today & I am SO READY to move on to the next step! I've gained 40 pounds since March & that is soooooooooooo unacceptable! I will say the band really worked for me until it didn't!! I will always be grateful for that & have learned & received life long lessons from it.