This is my first post .I originally had my first and in october 2008, it was amazing. I lost 100lbs. I went from 250 to 150 and felt great until I started to get severe acid reflux. especially at night to the point of vomitting in my sleep, and occasionally aspirating. I had my first band removed in november of 2010. there was some scar tissue so my do decided to give it a rest before replacing it. In that 2 month gap of no band i gained 30lbs just looking at food. I had my lap band #2 put in January of 2011 of which I never had any luck with. Any time I had restriction i also had reflux, therefore with no restricyion i continued to gain weight another 10lbs. Finally had a barium swallow done yesterday, and found out today that it was not positioned correctly and it needs to be removed.... so either 3rd times a charm or I will be looking into gastric sleeving.

The sleeve is amazing. I also converted and I can tell you that you will never have to worry about a slippage again. It's basically no maintenance.

Does the sleeve make sense if you only have 50 lbs to lose?

May i recommend to the OP perhaps considering a revision to the sleeve in Mexico? You can get it done with a good doc Iike Dr. Aceves or Alvarez) and not have to go through your THIRD band surgery AND get it for an affordable price. Of course, if you don't have any extra money--I can understand how getting another band is better than no band at all. Maybe you will get lucky and this one will work. Just thought I'd throw that out there. I wish you the best no matter what happens.

first of all I would like to congratulate you on your 100 pound weight loss this is fantastic. I too worry about the long term life of my band. Maybe some other stomach surgery would have been better. Best of luck to you with number 3!! Just think you will be doing liquid/mushy/soft so hope for a great weight loss!!

I don't have money to self pay, otherwise that might be a consideration. And my insurance will only cover one bariatric procedure per life time. So yes 3rd band is better than no band. So let's see how this time goes. Thanks for the support.

Same issue here lost about 110 since jan of 2011. Since then a 40 lb. gain im at full restiction with my band. I cannot even take medication without out feeling it dissolve. I can offically say I eat two to three bites of food and I will explode. I work out heavy 4 to 5 times a week durring that time I generally try to burns 500 calories or more. But since april of 2011 my weight hasnt moved my doctor has considered gastric sleeve due to the diabetes preventing from losing...on a side note when losing the major early weight it fell off instantly -but my waist area was not changing as rapidly as my arms breast legs ( I had no butt to begin with) I got tiny in the middle section between my boobs and love handles ... But the love handles front tummy /pouch never changed size thats when I saw all the red flags that maybe due to my medical history I may have chosen the wrong surgery.

I unfortunately was not able to be approved for gastric sleeving. So August 10th I went in for lapband revision. They did find a hernia. So I'm crossing my fingers that was my biggest problem, and now it's solved!!!!

I unfortunately was not able to be approved for gastric sleeving. So August 10th I went in for lapband revision. They did find a hernia. So I'm crossing my fingers that was my biggest problem' date=' and now it's solved!!!![/quote']

I feel tons better since getting my hernia repaired. So far so good. Hope it resolves your issues'