KartMan

We have a closed Facebook group for September Sleevers. Search on: SEPTEMBER SLEEVERS for 2017!! Or click: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1398061670313998

Very good actually. Today is day 5. I started feeling a lot better yesterday. Gas pains are gone. Incisions are fine. Fluids are going down well. No real complaints.

I had surgery Thursday (9/7/17). Band removed, hiatal hernia repaired, sleeve in place - all at once. There was a lot of scar tissue around my band. Dr said they almost decided to stop at band removal and make me come back in 6 months. Luckily for me, he pushed thru and did it all at once. I was on the table almost 3 hours. Everybody else in my group (sleeve only) was in the OR for only abut an hour.

I was 282 when I got my LapBand (I'm 5'11"). I dropped as low as 170, but felt fantastic even at 190 (which was a 92lb loss).

Me too September 7

There is a closed Facebook group for September 2017 Just do a search on SEPTEMBER SLEEVERS for 2017!!

Look up "hydrostatic body fat testing" in your area. It is the one where they put you in a pool and dunk you to weigh you under water. By doing this, the only weight that registers on the scale is fat weight, you subtract that from total weight so that you can see the amount of fat and lean mass in your body. You can also get this tested by personal trainers with calipers and some scales do it with electrical current, but neither of those methods are very accurate. The dunk test is really the gold standard to check body fat, but its a little more expensive. It was very helpful to me early on in my lapband journey because I found out I was in fact losing weight rapidly, but it wasn't a good loss. It turns out I was losing muscle mass rather than fat mass. I made a slight modification in the gym (more weights, less cardio) and boom, -muscle mass started increasing and fat mass started decreasing. The problem is that without knowing this body fat %, you might be fooled into thinking you aren't losing weight properly because muscle weighs more than fat.

That's fantastic! Remember muscle mass weighs more than fat mass so you could very well be getting healthier while not actually losing weight. I had this happen to me when I was first banded. Best way to find out is to get a real body fat analysis done.

I'm also September 7th in Mexico, however I'm with Dr Ariel Ortiz. Best of luck to both of us!

Haha, Dr Ortiz at OCC is actually where I'm going I had my LapBand placed in San Diego. But I know Dr Ortiz via my sister as he placed her band. I was so impressed with him personally and his facility that I started getting my fills there. I knew when it was time for revision, that he would be my number one choice.

Hang in there.

I had my band placed In 2009 and did very well until this year. I'm shooting for a single surgery for revision on Sep 9, 2017. One of the reasons I chose Mexico was because I thought they would be more likely to do it in one shot. The other reason for Mexico is I have a relatively low BMI (32) and no comorbidities. I never thought the single versus dial stage option was for a better weight loss outcome. It's my understanding that some doctors think the 2 procedures is a little safer. I think otherwise, I prefer the idea of getting cut open and anesthetized only once.

September roster looks to be filling up (I'm September 7th). Best of luck to us all.

My surgery process might be a little quicker because I'm doing self pay in Mexico. Because of that, there are no insurance hurdles to slow things down. Yes, I had a preop delay. I had hepatitis 30 years ago and they wanted to be certain my liver was healthy enough for surgery. That particular blood test takes 10 days. Tests all came back good (I knew it would) and I got a new date of 9/7/2017. Unfortunately, it also means I get to do the two week liquid diet all over again I'm really curious on the different feeling of full with the sleeve versus band. I never have been able to effectively explain to non banded people how our full feeling feels. I certainly won't miss that feeling of an elephant on my chest and I hope I never PB again the rest of my life.

I watched your videos. So what happened post op? How about doing some follow up videos?