dcmoore56

I had the band for 9 1/2 years before my revision last July. Had phantom port pain for the first 6 months. Now just every now and then.

Wow

Congrats

Wow you look great.

Wow you look great

Wow.

Congrats. Great job

Wow that is great

Thank you

I am having my surgery on Tuesday the 21st. Band out and sleeve in. Yeah. I want to start tracking both my weight loss and my food/water intake. I would love to hear what app works the best. It would be on my iPhone 6.

Will be sleeved on the 21st. I am doing protein shakes twice a day and a small low carbohydrate meal once a day. Clear liquids on Monday. Excited and scared at the same time.

Looks like a new life together. But it is together. It sounds wonderful

Hope you are feeling better. Hang in there you have come so far.

Congrats. I am just a little under you for starting weight. I am being sleeved on July 21st.

Thanks ReaderGal. I am also going from a broken band to the sleeve. This helps a lot.

Glad to hear you are up and about. Congrats on the surgery

I am sure all will go well. Please let us know how you are doing

I would sign up. I have had to replace the port and have the second port fixed. Now the tubing broke off the port. I am in huge pain and waiting to have the band removed. Then I am getting a sleeve. Hopefully all in one surgery. But band has been tough for me.

Ok no sleeve yet but I am scheduled for July 21st. Starting liquid diet tomorrow. CW - 260 GW- 240 at Labor Day

Me too

Hello I am scheduled for July 21st. Will be having my broken band removed - the tubing broke lose. And at the same time a sleeve. Excited and scared at the same time.

Thank you. This has been crazy. I hate being in pain. Paperwork is to to the insurance company Monday. Hope to know soon.

Hello I was banded in Feb 2006, my highest weight was 340lbs - I was able to get to 198lbs. I am 5'6". Well, I have had the port leak and was replaced - in 2007. I had the port come loose - 2007 and re-attached. And last year I started t feel no restriction, had an upper GI - they said the band was in place and all looked well. Well, I started gaining weight - I had no restriction I went to two different physicians for a fill - I still felt no restriction. I am gaining weight - I joined Weight Watchers. I stopped gaining - but was not losing. Then the pain started - it felt like I was being poked with a sharp object in my lower abdomen. To ER I go, turns out the tubing broke away from the port and a piece of the port is attached to loose tubing, per the CT scan.. This was 11 days ago. So, now I am looking into removing the band and replacing it with a Sleeve. I live in West Texas - Alpine and the surgeon who works with my insurance is in Laredo- Lonestar Surgery, Dr. Morris. So, I am sitting here in everything from cramp like discomfort to OMG - a poker punch of pain, waiting for all the paperwork to be submitted and trying to get the approval so I can have this in one surgery. That is what the surgeon is recommending. So, has anyone else gone through this?? Diane