hi everyone ,i am a bander since july 9th,i have lost 20lbs i wish it was more! its been very slow ! i had a question ,my husband has been thinking about the gastric sleeve what he is worried about and i think is keeping him from deciding is the down time after surgery !i hope he goes throu with it, i am very worried about his health he has a bmi of (44) yes he is a tall man 6'2 but still he has high chlolestrol ,highblood pressure see he works in the oilfield doing what is called fracturing it is a very physical job and heavy lifting working up to 16hrs aday 15 days straight and 6 dys off anyone know about the sleeve down time please let us know !! i love my husband very much and want him around for a long time!!

thanks tonyann

Go onto the VSG forum and read some of the stories there. Generally the downtime with the sleeve is longer than with the band. If you end up being one of those who has a complication such as a leak then the downtime can be months.

I work as an rn ob a surgical unit, we soecialuze in wls. For the sleeve its the same as gastric bypass. Average time dor pt is off for 6 weeks.

thxs guys will do thats

Check this chart comparing band sleeve and bypass

Weight loss surgery site for info

http://www.trueresul...-loss-surgeries