PamK

I had my sleeve done on Feb 2013. It's been 4 years. I didn't loose all my weight - started at 273 & made it down to 211. I am currently 223, but I did gain a bunch (was up to 248) I lost 24 pounds by eating 2 fruits a day, 3 servings of proteins & 2 low calorie veggies a day - OH & most importantly, 1/2 my weight in ounces of water (200 pounds drinks 100 ounces of water). I believe when I had it done, my doctor said it was still very new & I wouldn't be able to loose more than 70 pounds. So I didn't (I guess I'm very influenced! lol) Now he said it was a most popular method of the gastric surgeries & everyone is having BIG success! I need to have my gall bladder out. So I found out my gastric sleeve surgeon also takes care of this surgery & is part of my insurance. His opinion is, while he is taking it out, He should either tighten OR redo my sleeve - depending on what needs to be done after doing some tests. And as long as my gall bladder doesn't flare with pain & I can wait a bit, (for insurance approval?) he can do them at the same time. I would only have to recover once. It's tempting - but do I want to start over? Am I not able to do this with my existing sleeve? Would I be sorry if I didn't get a "tune up?" I'm only 5'1" so yes, 223 is still morbidly obese! Would you start over?