davidpelletier

My story and associated questions: In February of 2013, I was around 295 pounds and I began my process at that time for a Band surgery. I dropped about twenty pounds over the pre-authorization items and meetings, and then actually had my surgery in August. Over the next year or two, I dropped about 80 pounds in total....but here's the catch. I also had a growth in my family in the way of identical twin boys (children 2 and 3). Three kids are fairly demanding and I wound up getting stuck at meal times more often than not. It was highly unpleasant, fairly painful, and ended up not being helpful to my wife when it knocked me out of commission. When we then found out we were going to have a fourth child, we talked it through and I went through the removal of the band in mid 2016. Fast forward three plus years, and I'm right back to 295. I'm 100% certain we're done growing our family, and I'd like to be done growing my waistline too. I'm contemplating going for a sleeve and wondering if anyone around has had both, or can point me to resources that compare the two. I'm just starting to take this step, so I've done little to no research on this yet, but remember this being a very helpful community back when I was pursuing the band. I look forward to any advice that is available or resources that my be helpful. Additionally, if this topic belongs elsewhere, let me know and I'll move it there. Thanks in advance. ~David.