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julissa0228    0

julissa0228
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Hi,

My name is Judith and I lived in NJ, I started the process for revision from Lapband to VSG, I am very nervous and scare about the whole thing, this time I do not want to tell anyone because I know I will get all kinds of comments as I barely lose any weight with the Lapband my band slipped and it needs to come out and if I decide to have another surgery it need to be one procedure.

I am afraid it will not work like the band, but at the same time I see so many successful stories here that it gives me courage to go thru with it.

I just hope I am making the right decision.

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LilMissDiva Irene    3,282

LilMissDiva Irene
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Hi,

My name is Judith and I lived in NJ, I started the process for revision from Lapband to VSG, I am very nervous and scare about the whole thing, this time I do not want to tell anyone because I know I will get all kinds of comments as I barely lose any weight with the Lapband my band slipped and it needs to come out and if I decide to have another surgery it need to be one procedure.

I am afraid it will not work like the band, but at the same time I see so many successful stories here that it gives me courage to go thru with it.

I just hope I am making the right decision.

Julissa, you ARE making the right decision!! I am a revision from band to sleeve... and I just can't say enough wonderful things about the sleeve. The differences are like day and night.

Check out our Revision from Band to Sleeve subforum. You will find some VERY uplifting and inspiring stories there. Life is not over after the band, promise!! In fact it has only just begun. :)

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Billy363627    15

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well judith you are at the right sight for the answers you need. I had just the sleeve alone but i can tell you lthat I would do it 100 times over with no regrets. The band from the things I have heard has so many failures. Slips and after 3 to 5 years the complications increase rapidly.. I wont tell you that this surgery is right for you but I for one am very happy with it so far..The only true thing I can tell you is to educate yourself and make a decision based on your finding.

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Margaret    4

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Oh, Judith! I'm getting ready to have the sleeve procedure and cannot wait. I attend a wonderful sleeve support here (TN) and one night a woman who had had her band reversed to sleeve said she thought she surely MUST be doing something wrong it had been so easy. She said the surgery was a breeze, she was eating, she was losing weight, she felt like a million dollars without a problem in the world. She was hilarious! I know it's the way to go if one wants to make a big positive difference in his/her health. This website answers all kinds of questions. If your are has a support group, go! Ours meets once/month for 45 minutes. Last month we brought clothes for a big clothing swap. Best of luck to you. If I had a band, I'd get rid of it with the sleeve without a qualm in the world!

Julissa, you ARE making the right decision!! I am a revision from band to sleeve... and I just can't say enough wonderful things about the sleeve. The differences are like day and night.

Check out our Revision from Band to Sleeve subforum. You will find some VERY uplifting and inspiring stories there. Life is not over after the band, promise!! In fact it has only just begun. :)

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MRSKOUBiK    27

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You came to the right place. There are a LOT of band to sleeve people here.

I suggest you talking to Irene and Tiffany. They're great assets! Becca too!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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