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I'm only 6 weeks out but I'm hungry all the time and losing is harder than it ever was with the band. Has anyone out there been very successful with the band and not the sleeve ? I'm really worried about this.

I was happy with my band, honestly I had the revision to sleeve mostly because I was worried by all of the stories I read about it forming to the liver and erosion and also because I was sick of feeling stuck all the time and the inconsistency of eating from one day to the next. It gave me a great 6 years and Iv never regretted it, I'm hoping I can say the same for the sleeve six years from now but at 9 weeks out it's too early to tell.

I agree completely with Marfar, and I'm also amazed by how much I can eat, especially when I read of others eating so little. I'm 9 weeks out and 10 lbs from my goal weight. Honestly I feel much hungrier with the sleeve than I ever felt with the band and while I miss that I do not miss feeling stuck one bit.

I didn't have any problems, none of my incision sites were anywhere near the girls

" I never would have ever known you had been overweight before " my favorite compliment

Im 8 weeks out today. Sometimes after eating I get very very nauseous for about 20/30 mins. Am I eating too fast, too much or the wrong foods?

A hiatal hernia is when your stomach bulges up through your diaphragm, that is the cause of reflux and heartburn. They are common in most overweight people and usually most do not even know they have one. It is standard practice for my surgeon to fix it if you have one though this may not be the case with others so you may want to ask.

I was in about 4 41/2 hours I think, that was to remove the band, repair a hiatal hernia and do the sleeve.

I'm right there with you ! I too was 174 the week before surgery, I did a one week pre up and got to 169 day of surgery and today 7 1/2 weeks after surgery I'm bouncing between 156/158 for the last 3 weeks ! It feels unbelievably slow to me ! While I love not feeling stuck all the time, I was much less hungry and lost faster with the band. I'm a little worried but trying to hang in there. My goal weight is 145.

I seem to get hungry every couple of hours, anyone else ? How do you manage it ? I actually gained a pound this week, 5 1/2 weeks post op.

Well I thought I may avoid the 3 week stall but it was just a little late coming. I stalled at around 5 weeks and I'm 7 weeks out today with no loss the last 2. I'm wondering how long the stall lasted for everyone else ? I know mine may be a little longer because I'm only 12lbs from goal but I wanted to get some ideas. Thanks !

How close were you to goal weight before you had surgery ? I see a lot of after pics where the person seems to have an odd thick shape and I don't want that, is that because they still had access fat to lose and not just skin ? Has anyone ever used a teaching hospital where residents do the work under supervision ? My price quoted from them was half that of others but I would like to hear thoughts on this. Also if you had surgery (tummy tuck/breast lift w/augmentation) how long were you off work ? Thanks !

I picked up some today and will start in the morning

Is there and OTC one you can recommend ?

I will pick one up today ! I'm willing to try anything !! Thanks cowgirljane !!

I'm not taking anything except my vitamins. I haven't had any heartburn at all post surgery since my doc fixed my hiatal hernia. Would I have any problems besides the hunger feeling ? I'm not doing terrible and yes I am a low BMI patient but I just feel like its so much harder than it was with the band and that scares me long term. I never felt hungry with the band.

Yes that's a good way to describe it "boyish" Iv tried to determine from before pics but everyone is so different. Iv also talked to a couple different surgeons but as with anything there are no guarantees. I have a waist at this point with curves which I would like to keep, it's just a lot of money to put out not to he happy with the results.

6 weeks out yesterday, 174 week before surgery, 169 day of, 156 today 145 is my goal and I would love to be there by thanksgiving but it's going slow as you can see I think I'll set 150 as a goal by thanksgiving and 145 by Christmas to be safe.

I haven't seen too many pics on here so mostly the ones on the thousands of before and afters I have been researching over the last 6 years ..

Sorry, that should read 6 weeks today and would never know I had surgery.

I can't even imagine being off that long. I'm 7 weeks today and would I would never even know I had surgery if not for the change in food choices Iv made. Not only was I back to work in 4 days I felt like I could be and by one week out I was taking a long motorcycle ride with my hubby.

I was maybe 3 weeks out, other than high liquid calories my doc didn't have any restrictions on it. Yes, it does hit me much harder than before though !!

I had my band removed and sleeve in same day and also a hiatal hernia repair and had surgery on Friday and went back on Tuesday and had no lifting restrictions.

It's just so hard to adjust to this feeling, I was never hungry with my band and it scares me to feel this now. I'm trying to spread things out, I brought 4 meatballs, Greek yogurt, apple sauce and a cheese stick today. I only ate 2 meatballs but I try to spread all of that over my whole work day but by the time I get off at 4 I'm starving again

I have felt very hungry the last couple of days and feel like I can eat more all of the sudden .. I even gained a pound .. Should I be worried ?