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Something else to consider is that you have a new stomach now and things are a little different so you feeling full before surgery could be a completely different feeling after. So try not to look for that old feeling of fullness to gauge it but rather monitor your current body to see how you feel before and after and give it a little time to adjust to the new feelings of fullness. You may just not know how the new full feels if that makes sense

That's awesome! You should definitely plan on returning to the pool as a preventative. Sometimes forcing yourself to relax like that is enough to loosen those tight muscles.

So I figured I would just jump right in with everyone and tell my story . (I’ll try to put it all in a nutshell!) I have struggled with my weight most of my life. I hit my highest weight after having my daughter in 2007. I weighed in at 318 pounds. In 2008 I was able to get down to about 250 pounds and could not get any more weight off and opted for the LapBand surgery. I got down to 220 pounds in April of 2010 and wasn’t able to get any more off when I got pregnant with my son. I had my son in December of 2010 and was up to nearly 280. I am currently at 260 now and after talking to my doctor, I have decided to go with a revision and have my LapBand removed and have RNY surgery. I am also dealing with some gall stones as well so I will be having my gall bladder removed. After talking it over with my doctor, he is going to try and do it all in one surgery. So I will be having my LapBand removed, have my gall bladder taken out and if all goes well with those, he will perform the RNY right then. I am set to have surgery at the end of June. An exact date is not set in stone but I wanted to wait until my daughter is out of school so I had no worries about finding her a way to and from school. So sometime around June 21st-25th I will be having my surgery. After talking it over with my hubby and my doctor, we feel this is the best route to take and after talking to my doc I am really surprised how much of the wrong information I was told about RNY, so I am happy to have a great doc who sat with me through all of my questions. So I am excited and scared about having the revision. Excited, because of obvious reasons that we all share, and scared for probably some of the same reasons. I am considered a failed lap band patient and that is something that is hard to take. The doctor did a good job of explaining to me that it wasn’t entirely my fault on why the lap band did not work out for me, that it just isn’t the right fit for some people. So, yeah, that is where I am at now. Very excited about the RNY in June and very scared at the same time. Would love to talk to others who have had the revision from band to RNY to see how recovery was. I am an American living in Kuwait right now and unfortunately there aren’t really any support groups out here so I am hoping to find a nice home here and find the support that I need .

Congrats! Happy to hear you are feeling good.. keep us updated!

Happy to hear everything went well and you are recovering nicely! Keep us posted on your progress. I go in the morning for my band to RNY revision so I'll be thinking about your positive experience when I wake up in recovery.. lol

So.. tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 7am I go in for my band to RNY revision. I'm excited/scared/nervous/overall overwhelmed by it. I don't know why. I guess I am worried that I'll have difficulties like I did with the band. I'm trying to think of all the positives though. My hubby is a huge supporter and is 100% on board with helping me... and he is losing weight himself so there wont be any good food/bad food struggles in the house or anything. I guess I'm just afraid of the future. How can someone be happy and afraid at the same time? lol

So.. I'm getting nervous (understandable) and excited to finally have a date. I'm having my Revision from Band to RNY next Thursday June 28th. Wondering what the difference will feel like after the RNY versus when I had the band done. Have felt discouraged for a while now that the lapband did not work out for me but I'm optimistic about the RNY. I'm really looking forward to finally getting the rest of this weight off and looking forward to having baby #3 after hitting my goal. Would love to hear the experience from those who have already had a revision.

My date is June 28th! it's a band to RNY revision. How did your revision go Juniper?

Those of you who have already had your revision from Band to RNY.. what do you think is the biggest difference you have noticed so far with how you are handling life after the RNY versus the Band? (does that make sense? lol)

It's hard to truely understand what we go through unless you have ever walked a mile in our shoes (or not been able to for that matter!). All you can really do is hope those people will come around one day and try to see things outside of their own perspective and educate themselves and overall be supportive of their loved ones.

Well.. only a month away! Mine is going to be right around that time too. I'm waiting for my daughter to get out of school and her last day is the 20th of June.. but I don't want the surgery on the 21st because it's a Thursday and Friday/Saturday is the weekend here in Kuwait so I don't really want to have the surgery on a Thursday if my doc is going to be gone the next day.. ya know? So my surgery is either June 21st or June 24th.. depending on if the doc is off that Friday or not. (Most people have off on Fridays here)

Just 1 week away.. how exciting! Keep us updated on how you are doing

I've had them in before and while I'm sure its a little different for a guy.. for me, it didn't hurt. I've had one put in while I was awake even and it was just uncomfortable.. not painful. When they took it out, it was the same.. no pain.. and it was over pretty fast. I've had to walk around with one before to walk to the CT scan machine, that was a little awkward but wasn't painful. I think you will honestly have your mind elsewhere and having one in will be the last thing on your mind. I would definitely not cancel surgery over it. Especially if they end up taking it out before you wake up. It really sounds much worse than it really is

Good luck! Update us with how easy your hospital visit ends up being

Have you tried ground chicken? I use ground chicken in place of ground beef in my house for nearly everything (chili, tacos, etc). I've had problems with regular chicken breast with my lapband but been ok with ground. Hope I don't have issues after my revision to RNY. I don't always trust the ground chicken in the store so I usually pick out nice chicken breasts, take it to the butcher and have them grind it down so I know what I'm getting. Being in Kuwait, I don't always trust the stickers that say boneless/skinless. Labels out here are terribly inaccurate.

Yeah, definitely check to see if your previous appointments count. Aside from that.. congrats on being approved

Happy to hear everything went well! Hope your recovery goes by fast

Awesome . And what great motivation to have a little family time!

Yeah, a doctor call is always best when you get worried. I hope you start feeling better soon!

Oh no, is there an appeal process? You will find a way to make this happen, just don't give up *hug*

That is so awesome! What a wonderful feeling to have, not only to have lost the weight (and continue to lose) but to have validation in your heath by being off your meds. Congrats to you, I cannot wait to hear more about your journey as time passes. Cheers to your health

I love my Keurig. We have the attachement for it so you can buy ground coffee and put it in there instead of having to buy the KCups.. so we buy starbucks coffee and put it in the Keurig. Yum