Candimk2

I had the band in 2008 and had one issue after another. In about 2010 we opened it up all the way and I still had an issue now and then. Mostly with reflux and with swallowing. I had pneumonia back in April and had to have a chest x-ray. My pcp told me that I needed to follow up with my surgeon or go to a gastroenterologist because the radiologist reported something showing up around the band. I went to my original surgeon and he said it was just an air pocket or something but he wanted to do a swallow test. I told him I was interested in doing the sleeve and he changed the test to a different swallow test. It showed that there were motility issues. I had been feeling nauseated for six months or so constantly just not super bad. We then went on the trek of getting Insurance approval and all the preop stuff.
I had surgery on June 2nd. It was a success. There was swelling around my band so my surgeon put in a drain. I go back for my first post op visit on Monday. I'm not really hungry. The only issue is being really weak and tired.
For me, the nausea in the hospital was pretty bad. But they kept me really drugged up so it was manageable. Once I got home and the drugs were out of my system the nausea has gone away and I feel pretty darn good.
I hope you have great luck!

I was banded at about 270 in 2001; lost down to about 200 in a year and never got any further -. i started having issues with reflux etc... well, to be honest I had those issues pretty early on but i reached the point where it was intolerable.
I had Fluid removed in 2002 and eventually regained up to 332.
I finally had the band removed in 2011 and was sleeved when my REAL success began. not sure if that helps - but the band really never did work well for me. If you were successful with the band, you can surely be successful with the sleeve.