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Wow, that's insane. Hope the sleeve is doing a better job for you!

I am too. I had mine in Birmingham, you?

I am a non-meat eating dairy free coeliac - so no exactly the same as vegan, but close. I used vegan Protein Shakes and bars for my pre-surgery diet, and still use them for post-surgery easy meals now that I am on solids. I used the shakes three-four times a day, sometimes with fruit or with powdered Peanut Butter to boost the Protein. Soy yogurt watered down isn't as bad as it sounds when you are hungry! Good luck.

On 11/19/2018 at 6:34 PM, Happy Sleever said:

I had it 2 years before issues started. I loved my band and wish it didn’t move. I had removal and sleeve on Nov 14. If I was t so active in lifting it probably wouldn’t of moved. Shame great tool.

Weight lifting caused it to move? Wow... I like body weight training, but haven't weight training since I was on the swim team twenty years ago. I'll keep it in mind.

Pretty good today, it's been two weeks so I am on to puree and soft food and it is so nice to chew again! The bloat is finally coming down too so that's a nice change. For the first time ever, I'm excited about losing weight, weird right?

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Hi! I had a band put in the week after you, so definitely a buddy. How are you doing?

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I had my removed when I had this surgery done last week. I did amazing on the band lost 100 pounds kept 40 of it off, but the band moved and was vomiting etc so they let out all the fills and I started gaining slowly. It did help me a lot with Portion Control that is for sure. I had the choice fix band or sleeve so I chose sleeve as I do vigorous lifting and it would just move again don’t want constant surgeries

Have PMd you

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I've also just been banded and am in the UK. Would love to hear from others.

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I've disappeared too. I've limited myself on this website because I have experienced too many instances of people who elected other procedures critiquing me or other Banders for the procedure that we selected. It's incredibly discouraging when you are on your journey and you have all these people who are telling you that you are going to fail within a few years. I had to spend a lot of time telling myself that other people's experiences are unique to them and that mine is unique to me. If it didn't work for others, that does not mean that it won't work for me. The band was the only option available to me. I have Celiac Disorder, which means that I cannot undergo a malabsorptive procedure. My doctor is still a big believer in the band. He still has his own without problems. It has been 16 months since I was banded. I have lost a decent amount of weight and I am playing the sports that I love.I have no regrets and at most, I have experienced minor inconveniences from time to time.