StephanieB1963

Thanks for the encouragement!

I had the band placed in 2012. I developed a hernia on my esophagus and needed surgery a year later. During that surgery, they replaced my band. I had 5 years of throwing up, sliming, and finally my stomach prolapsed. I was miserable. A year and half ago, I had a revision and a sleeve. I have never felt better. No more heartburn, throwing up, sliming. I feel normal again. My current struggle is to get back to my good eating habits. I am on a plateau and have been eating junk. I am thinking of going back to my pre-op diet to get back on track.

I just had a band removal/sleeve revision on 12/20. My band was placed in 2012, then a huge hernia formed, revised in 2013, stomach prolapsed in 2016. The band was stuck to my liver. The band never did anything for weight loss unless I was throwing up what I ate. I am looking forward to having a somewhat normal eating pattern. I think my family is also glad as I was no fun to go out to dinner with!