Gendy

Has anyone been told to quit the caffeine prior to surgery? My Dr has and I'm really having a hard time switching to caffeine free coffee. I need something to wake me up in the morning.

Nowornever14 - I am having my revision done in IL. It's with the same doctor that originally did my band. I really like him and know he'll do a good job. I just hope I can get the band removed and the sleeve done in the same operation. I have real bad heartburn and hope that goes away with the sleeve. I've heard good things about that. Good luck to you on your journey.

I hope to have my surgery in October as well. I have to see the dietician one more time at the end of September and then the paperwork can be submitted to the insurance company. Hopefully that won't take too long. Looking forward to my journey.

Thanks for the great response. I too have had problems with the band, filling and loosening and filling again. I now have heart burn and food keeps getting stuck. I don't understand why as this started within the last 2 months. I'm ready for a change. I hope I don't have problems with removing the band. The port was just put in 2 years ago when my band started leaking so I'm thinking there shouldn't be a problem.

Hello everyone, I am new to this but want to get more involved as I take my journey to Gastric Sleeve. I am 49 years old and had the band put in in January of 2009. I lost 80 pounds, but gained back 30 pounds. I've had the band revised as it was leaking the saline solution in 2013. I now am ready to get rid of the band and all it's issues and move on to the Gastric Sleeve. In reading the forum, it sounds as if most of the people are pretty happy with the Sleeve. I just have to go to the dietician one more time and then can get my paper work submitted to the insurance company. I'm nervous that they won't approve me. I look forward to talking with everyone.