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After my revision surgery, Dr. Elmo (assistant to Dr. Rod, my mexican band doctor and revision doctor) spoke to me about the bad habits acquired with the lap band. I am still on mushies at this point (3 weeks) and I really haven't had a strong desire to go back to the bad habits. I have tried some ice cream (last night) from Sonic as I was dying for something sweet. Well, I had just a little bit of a sundae and that was it. I could not tolerate anymore. It was enough to satisfy a craving but it seems that body does not really want too much of a rich thing. I'm happy to report that as of today, my weightloss has been about 17.5 lbs. since my surgery 3 weeks ago today. I went this past week without losing anything and after reading a post on here about the 3 week stall, I relaxed a bit, and today .5 was gone! I may need to add a Protein shake every day or something as I really don't think I'm eating enough but I'm not that hungry. I'm satsified with very little. This a.m. had some cottage cheese and a bit of protein Jello mixed with it. Been trying to walk daily and be more active. I think we are all different and must look at the sleeve as a new start. I am so happy that I will not have trouble with chicken or vegetables anymore like Amazon 13 posted. I got frustrated with my band (even empty I had restriction depending on weather, tom, time of year, stress) and was tired of throwing up. So, I would eat a lot of ice cream, shakes and just plain JUNK. I had to really do some soul searching as in a few months I had gained 25 lbs. due to eating out of depression, etc. I am seeking out a good counselor and ready to get to my goal in the next year. The band failed me, but I also failed the band in some ways, too. I paid out of pocket, traveled back to Mexico to have the band out and do the sleeve. Failure is NOT an option. But, it will be my choices that lead to success!

I am only in my 3rd week out, but my doctor put me on a type of prilosec (It's in spanish since I had my sleeve done in Mexico) and told me to take 1 in the morning and 1 at night for 60 days. Wondering if you had done the same in the beginning? I imagine that acid problems could crop up down the road as well. Could you call the dr. and see what he recommends? You could also just try a 14 day round of prilosec or something like that and see if it calms things down. I had the lap band prior to the sleeve and certain times of year, etc. would cause me to have some acid reflux and I would do a round of prilosec and usually that took care of it. Previous to my surgery I was having a lot of acid reflux and the doctor told me to do the 1 in the morning and 1 at night to prepare for the revision. After a couple weeks my stomach settled down.

It's funny that I just read this as I'm in week 3 and my weightloss has seemed to stop. So, I found an article on here about stalled weightloss and then I saw the comments here about week 3, also. So, I will continue to plug on eat my Protein rich meals with low carbs and drink a lot of water! I also think it would be best to weigh 1x a week now. In the first two weeks, I was dropping weight every day and have lost a total of 17 lbs. This is going to be a long journey for me to get to about an 80-90 lb. weightloss, so continuing to eat right, and adding exercise (besides walking) is my goal. I'm sure there are failures at this as someone already wrote about eating high carb, sugar and junk several times a day and not eating the protein, low carb meals that one should be. If one thinks that the addiction to food is too much, then I would suggest seeing a counselor or getting into some sort of support group. At this point, I am not really very hungry. I have to make myself eat, as I know my body needs fuel. Hang in there and know that you are definitely not alone with all the support on this site!!!

Hi all! I am in the Little Elm/Frisco area and just had my surgery in Mexico (self pay) on Saturday. Would love to get together for a support group. I'm on clear liquids now but next week full liquids. Keep me in loop. I will work on profile, so y'all can see my smiling face! I actually had revision surgery. Had the lap band and now have sleeve. Anyone else?