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@Tiffy - b/c we learned the hard way!!! Thanks for the response! Ditto @Becca!

Eek! I'm considering revising so that scares me that I might be starving after surgery!

So excited for you, becca!

2 LB friends that most if not all of you know, btw!

Great to see such positive responses; thank you all! After 2 LB friends have successfully revised to a sleeve, I am more and more interested in revising! Hate my band! Do sleevers PB like banders do? Man that's horrible!

Hi everyone. I heard from Diva just now. She says, "All done! Everything went well. super sleepy." She asks that I let everyone know. Yea, she's finished!!!

XOXOXOXOX, Diva! You're going to do great!!!

I named mine Rob after a co-worker that gets on my last nerve!!!

Girl, don't you even play!!! You were the first person that knew I was on here!

Georgie -if you really think Overweight is a phony, report him to Alex.

ThinOneDay - I too am thinking about revising from a LB. Would you please expand on why there are days you wouldn't have gotten the sleeve surgery? I would really appreciate it! -G

Wow - lots of names I recognize from LBT! I'm SickNTired for Wasa and Mac. MommaMac - I didn't realize that you had lost 115 pounds; that's awesome!!! Wasa - are you at goal and hanging tough!?! :-) and yeah re: DS - I'll pass but thanks anyway!

While I am a LB'r that is considering revision surgery, I do think that contemplating a revision so early is a bit premature. However, that is only my opinion. If you got banded in Mexico, who does your fills in the US?

Diva - 3 weeks is so soon!!! Woot!!! You KNOW I'm following you!

I've just signed up on VST because I'm thinking about getting a revision from a band to VSG. I find this thread so cute b/c you guys all found each other! That's so exciting that you get to meet each other and then will be able to talk about your experiences on VST! Good luck to you all!!! Very exciting!

that's great, latoya...congrats!!!

Brit - My band doctor doesn't even do sleeve surgery "b/c there isn't enough data on it yet." How about there's a lot of not so great data on the band, toots? Just sayin'!!! Tif - when you mentioned bread, I almost gagged just reading the word! For some reason, I always get stuck around my parents (who live in a neighboring state). I get the "oh no, are you ok" face and I hate that they worry. I also hate knowing that 15 or so people know I had the stupid band put in and know also that I've maybe lost 30 pounds. Now every pound lost is great, don't get me wrong but still!!! My band surgeon's staff is great and they were on the ball with paperwork to the insurance. The notion of going through all that again is just daunting. A friend from LBT (lapbandtalk) is going to begin the process of looking at revision. PBing is just the grossest, unsettling, and somewhat painful thing. Ugh!

Sumthing - beyond uncool re: both posts. Yes there are plenty of obese people in this country to operate on; however, a doctor can have a successful practice or just an OK practice. I like Mi-Mi's idea about writing a letter. I did the exact same thing to my band surgeon regarding his surgical assistant. She was very rude and, at my age, I'm tired of putting up with people's crap. I don't care how many degrees one has; speaking down to people like SB was today is just disgusting and uncalled for. I have NEVER have anyone speak to me the way SB's surgeon did to her....not even some schmuck walking down the street. Every service provider is replaceable. SB, if you have the time and the patience for it, I am with those that voted for a new surgeon. I'm sure that the DFW are is big enough to have more than one. Good luck to you!!!!!

wow, I wish someone would post! I have a band and am looking into the possibility of getting sleeved with UHC. i don't have erosion like you do, however.

Thanks for the information, Tiffykins! I was banded in Oct 08 and hate it. (That is MY opinion of MY experience. I know a lot of people that have had great success with their bands. Thought I'd put that in before I get jumped!) I was reminded again of VST and am here to look around and learn. I probably couldn't do it this year but am very seriously researching to get a revision to a sleeve. Again, thanks! Oh, one question, do you PB with a sleeve?

Um Plain....no, no they don't!!! :sneaky: Tippity Tappity!!!! How you've been missed! Signed, 43 and no grays!

"The tumor on my thyroid was the size of a softball..." Good grief - how did your GP not see that before it got to that size? My goiter probably wasn't the size of a gumball. Are you going to have to go to chemo/radiation? I hope you are doing OK esp mentally. Keep up the positive thoughts! Take care, SNT

Hey, if I'm voting, I say "one bullet" and I'm the liberal around here! Plain - it's probably B-listers that think they might get a job from him? I gots NO idear, bud. There's turning the other cheek (hush) and then there's plain ignorance. I'm guessing they're ignernt!

To she who does not receive PM's and had chosen to be ugly and ignore my previous PM, I shall now post in a thread. I had thought that we were friends outside of LBT. From you, I would've at least expected a "heads up" courtesy email at my unfriending on FB. While I had been surprised and disappointed at first to have been UF'd, I am now just resigned to the unfortunate notion that people feel like they have to choose a side after last week's mess. I personally feel like this is BS but so be it. I had originally typed, "I will miss seeing your status updates and your farms" but now that I realize how unfeeling you are, I'm good now. SNT Oh and PS...while I am not friends with some you feel that are are on "your" side, we are still square tho we are not friends on FB.

Even if the victim (who is now in her mid-40's, I think) wants everyone to let it go? I'm merely bringing up her point of view. I personally think he's scum.