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Thanks misty for the information!!! Its great to know!!! I will find those books and check them out! As for long timers I work with a lady that has had the bypass for like 5+ years and I talk to her all the time about it so she helps!!!! thanks again

Thanks DL I am excited to get to it!!

Hi misty, thanks for the advice, my reason for bypass isn't for the diabetes my reason is more for gurd. I have it horribly and I spoke to my doctor about it and he said that with the sleeve its still possible that the gurd will still be there but with the bypass its more likely to go away and plus the weight loss percentages with the bypass too.

Thanks DL as I have been doing a ton ofresearch also I found that bypass is the route for me!!! I have spoke to 2 other doctors and both say its really up to me as my surgeon has also said it was totally my decision but they say that the sleeve is just less invasive and it works? My surgeon is a bariatric surgeon and works with a hospital that does these very often!! Im not sure about his averages but I know he does a ton of them and he is a great doctor!!! I am happy with him I just want to know the difference between the two???

Hi lifeliver, I am sorry to hear about the gain and being able to eat anything wow that is crazy, what did you do go from the band to the sleeve? I had the band removed 3 years ago and at the time I was so frustrated with everything that had happen while I had the band that I didn't do anything after it and it's been 3 years and of course now I am at the same weight as when I got the band and I have decided to do the bypass and I was just wondering why did you decide to pick the sleeve and how it's going since you saw the doctor and had some time to heal? Well hope all is well with you, Good Luck!!!

I had my band out 3 years ago but at the time that I had it out he was going to do the sleeve at the same time? I had too many complications with my band and that was why they took it out. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do a sleeve at that time cause I didn't know much about it, but now I do and I have decided now that I am going back to actually have bypass I don't want the sleeve. My surgeon pushed the sleeve when I went to visit him and told me I could get the sleeve and if I am not having success with it then I could always get the bypass later, but what's the point of doing 2 surgeries, when if I just do the first one as the bypass I can get down to business and get me healthy in one shot deal!!!

DL, I saw your results after your first post, and I think that is amazing!!! Great job!!! I really appreciate your help in this, I do feel like I am leaning towards the bypass as I have many of the same issues you just discussed and I have since I was 16 and I just want to be at a healthy weight and point in my life. I like the idea of the bypass and I have a few people in my life that have had the bypass and say nothing but great things about it. My Surgeon just kept pushing the sleeve cause it's non evasive and because if you feel like the sleeve isn't working for you, you could always go and have the bypass still, but I don't want to keep having surgeries???? You know what I mean?

Wow Don, in 7 months you have lost 184 lbs. with the sleeve? That is awesome!!! Congrats on that!!! See I have been doing a lot of research on this and the pros and cons of each compared to each other, and the dumping doesn't necessarily happen to everyone, and as for the malabsorbtion issues, I can handle taking a few more supplements, but the rerouting of the intestines is what helps with not taking in so many calories? When I went to see my surgeon today he did push on the sleeve, but ultimately it's up to me and I am a little scared about the actual surgery of the bypass than the sleeve but still not sure??? I would love to know how people feel about the bypass too?? I am still up in the air I guess!!!

have a question for you all. I had the lapband back in 2010 and had to have it removed in 2011 and so I just recently decided to have gastric bypass, but when I went to my doctor he gave me the option of having the gastric sleeve, I am not sure which is the better option for me. I want to see if anyone out there has had one of the other and can tell me what they are happy about and why they had one or the other?

I have a question for you, I just recently decided to have gastric bypass, but when I went to my doctor he gave me the option of having the gastric sleeve, I am not sure which is the better option for me. I want to see if anyone out there has had one of the other and tell me what they are happy about and why they had one or the other?

your stomach still needs to heal from having been banded!!! That is why your doc hasn't banded you yet. I didn't get my band for like 6 mos after being banded and that was cause I could eat a whole 6 inch grinder from subway? Now when you do get banded make sure you go slow, don't go too much at once, cause you don't want to go too tight. I went from being able to eat the 6 inch grinder to not being able to eat anything and now I am still having problems and it is no fun. Seems since that fill I have been having problems, and Im not saying this to scare you, but I was to a point that I wanted to tell them to take it out. This is something that I didn't realize takes alot to get used to, and so don't push it, take it slow!!! That is my suggestion!!!

Hey Sue, sorry to hear your frusterated, when did you get your band? Are you eatting every 2 - 3 hours small amounts? No one ice cream is definatly not going to kill you and make you not loose weight, just as long as your not eatting them all the time. How is your restriction with your band? You say that you can eat cold chicken? I still have a hard time with chicken??? Well it also could be that your body is going into shock, cause of this new foreign object inside you and it's just going to take a little while to get used to having this thing and then your going to start loosing big. Don't worry unless your eatting way too much, your body will catch up!!! Good luck!!!

What do you do for work? Maybe if you sit at a desk at all you can do some desk exercises, how is your restriction on the band? Well good luck!!!! I know plateau's need just to be pushed through!!!

Call your Doctor!!! I would definatly call and let them know that your having a hard time drinking. When you got your fill, didn't they check to make sure you could drink fluids before you left after your fill??? Thats what they did for me, and I had my fill a week ago, and trust me I have 5cc's in mine now, and I can barely touch solid foods, I am mostly drinking, and doing yogurt and small amounts of cottage cheese. I vomit everytime I eat solids right now!!! Well good luck!!!

Oh my goodness Poma, have you gone to see your doctor? I am so sorry to hear all that your going through, and trust me I have been there, except I have 2 kids to add to that kind of mix. I don't know if you had to see a psycologist before you went to have your surgury, but I think it would be best if you go and talk to someone!!! Stress can really be a hurtful thing to you in many different ways. You look to be very young, and you need to start doing something to release that stress in a good way, maybe write out what your stressed about and then just let it go!!! Life is what it is, and unless it's something you can change then you just have to say ok, well it is what it is, and its not going hurt me!!! I think your first step is to be thankful, you have a good brother that will let you come live with him, and then just realize that the rest will get better, just give it time!!! Well Good luck, and if you ever just need to talk, you can send me a message!!!

Honey you do your Thang, and don't let no man tell you what to do!!! Good Girl!!! You don't need their permission to do something that is going to help you be healthy!!! You need to do for you and forget them, they don't stick by you through this then when it comes to the other end, they don't get to be with you!!! I wish you good luck, and just know you can do it!!!

Hey Chachis, I am having the same problem with the drinking thing, I feel like I have to do it, or I am going to choak, or something??? I catch myself, and so what I have been doing lately is I just don't bring a drink with me when I eat. I will deliberatly take out a drink and put it on the counter or whatever and leave it there and then walk away with my food, and go to another room and then when I am done, I will be like oh I need a drink now, and what I do is I will take a sip and wash my mouth and thats all!!! Its hard to remember just don't grab anything to drink while you eat, get it after!!! Good luck, and remember a pound lost is one less pound to your goal!!!

hi snatylove, first let me say congrats on getting your band!!! It is horrible at first, but trust me fully worth the pain!!! Couple little suggestions, drink as much water and good liquids so you don't get dehydrated, and the pain it is gas, its because they filled you up with air, and it just sits. Cough and move around as much as possible to get those gas pockets to move and break up and you will feel much better soon. Why can't you take a shower for 3 days? I could take one that very next day??? I had these waterproof white things on my belly and they didn't fall off??? Well I guess each surgen is different. Well good luck!!!

Hey Stefani, I don't know much about the whole pregnancy after lapband, but I don't see how it could cause birth defects or anything like that, the lapband just makes your stomach smaller, and you still get the nutrition that you need from eatting, your just eatting in smaller portitions. I don't know fully though, but I did read the part where you said your doctor told you the infertility could be caused from you being over weight, well I have been over weight my whole life, and I have 2 children, and the two times I got pregnant was when I decided to go on a diet, and was loosing weight, so that sounds like it could be. I suggest talking to your doctor, surgen, ob about your concerns, and seeing what they have to say. Well Good Luck!!!

Yeah I think your doing good so far, and giving up soda, omg that was one of the toughest things I did!!! I loved Diet Coke, and that was my biggest down fall, and I sometimes miss it, and every once in a while I will grab a 20 oz still and just have a few sips, but it doesn't taste the same as it did before??? I am all set with having it all the time like I did before, but I will tell you that I wish I had done some of the training that your giving yourself, cause I sometimes feel like I am still very hungary and I will inhale my food, and then I am paying for it cause I am sitting there in pain!!! Trust me it's not a good thing!!! So now I sit and I try to keep it in my head that it's going to hurt and be very uncomfortable if I don't eat slowely and chew my food to mush!!! LOL You will do great, and thanks, I am really putting forth the most effort I possibly can, cause this isn't something that you can take laying around so to speak!!! I got the surgury for a reason, and I am not going to let it go to waste!!!

hi anglov, I know what you mean about eatting and drinking, but you haven't been banded yet? Ohhh boy, I hope for your sake that you do master that before hand, I wish I had, it's horrible if you eat and drink at the same time!!! I feel horrible, but it sounds like your on the right track!!! I got my band on 2-10-10, and I am so far doing very well, I am up to 35 down since, and I am very happy about my progress!!! I look forward to meeting my goal, but know that it's not going to come without pain and determination, and it's not going to come overnight or easy!!! It's gonna take alot of work!!! Well good luck, and I hope for the best, Keep up the good work!!!

I don't know about the Jillian Micheals shakes, but I do the whey protien low sugar low carb one and I have strawberry, vanilla, chocolate & Cookie's and Cream, and I love them all, although I am a month post banded, I am still using those, I got some really yucky ones too for before the surgury from the doctors office, and it was nasty, gross, don't worry it will go by fast, and you know what you might have a hard couple of days at first but once you get into it and just do it, your not even going to think about food anymore!!! I didn't, I will tell you that I had a girls night out in the second week of my 2 week diet before my surgury, and I got a steak and mashed potatoes as my last supper kinda thing, and UGH, I could barely eat any of it!!! LOL So good luck and ask questions as much as possible if you have any, cause it will help!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!!

hey jdog, good luck, wow so your having your surgury on friday, that is awesome, I am sure you will do great!!! I am starting my liquid diet tomorrow, and am a little nerveous about that, the no food thing is a little weird, but I have stocked up on Gum and all the stuff I will need. So keep positive thoughs, and know that you are a strong person and you will do wonderful!!! This is a great site too to come to talk to people who are in your same situation, use it to your full benefit!!! Good Luck!!!

Hi Weezie, my name is Tina and I am starting my liquid diet next wednesday, I am pretty excited, but nerveous about the whole liquid diet thing. I am a single mom of 2 kids, and worried that when I am cooking them dinner or something it's going to smell so good that I am just going to want to eat it all up!!! lol, any suggestions???