Stacey99

I had my lap band removed 6 weeks ago after having it 13 years. My plan for months has been to have the sleeve but now I'm starting to wonder if the bypass is better. I just want to get healthy and STAY healthy this time.

I was so excited to go under the knife 2 weeks ago for my band to sleeve revision. My surgeon told me there would be a 15% chance that he would only take out the band, if there was too much scar tissue he wouldn't be able to do the sleeve in the same surgery. Unfortunately, I was in the 15%. I woke up and was utterly disappointed. Now I have to wait 3 months to let my stomach heal from all the inflammation that was where my band was. The surgeon said he "feels pretty confident" he can still do the sleeve. Has anyone gone through this? I'm just so down about all of this, and of course all I want to do is overeat. :-(

I like Premier Protein. They are at Sam's Club & Walmart. I like the chocolate pre-mixed ones. At Sam's, they are $1.36 each (at least in Texas)

I'm in Dallas on 12/28. Texas General in Grand Prairie. Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

Tenseintexas- who was your surgeon? I'm shopping in Texas. Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

Has anyone else had the sleeve surgery and gone home the same day? I have been seeing a surgeon that has an excellent cash price and finally got my surgery scheduled. But now I find out that I'm expected to go home the same day. I have never heard of this. This surgeon comes highly recommended and I've seen several on this app that use him. Will I be ok to go home after just having sleeve surgery?

It may seem odd, but I don't want to weigh after my surgery (hopefully in the next month). I just have issues with the number and when I'm dieting , I could lose 3-4 pounds in a week but I'm never satisfied with the loss. I always think it should be more and then I just give up. At most, I'd like to weigh once a month but is there a need to document the weight loss more frequently? I'd like to just follow the doctors orders and judge my success on how my clothes fit but is that realistic? Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

Thank you! You're first paragraph is exactly me, to a T. Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

Why do you have to have a sleep study? Does your insurance require it or just the doctor? I guess I don't understand why you'd need to find out if you have sleep apnea right before surgery because losing the weight would remedy the sleep apnea (most likely). Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

How long has this process taken for you to get scheduled? Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App

@Dknal2..what do you think of Frenzel? I have my consultation with him this week. How quickly after consultation were you able to schedule surgery? Did you have a lot of visits to Plano for pre-op requirements? Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App