Hi all,

I am scheduled to have my lap-band removed in one week (2/21) and then be sleeved one week later on 2/28. I have had several problems with my lap-band including 2 port revisions and now again I have another leak and need a port revision and haven't lost any weight in 2 years. I was initially very successful with the band and lost about 100 lbs. Slowly I have re-gained the weight and have put on about 50.

I hope the sleeve will give me restriction again and get me to my goal weight and to be where i deserve- to feel like a normal perosn!

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I'm sure it will help you. The sleeve procedure is so great! I love it that I can only eat half of a small appetizer or kid's meal at restaurants. I leave the waiters baffled at how a fat girl can eat so little. LOL Hopefully I won't be this way for long with all the weight loss. I've shedded 50 lbs since my 1 week post surgery liquid diet! I was only sleeved December 6th!

Congrats Newbie, I am happy you got your band removed. I just found out that I have to get my band removed. However, I have Kaiser, so before I can get anything else, I have to take 3 months of classes. I wanted to know if you feel a difference from the band to the sleeve? I am interested to know your journey...Please keep posting...

Ok, I am 2 days post-op of getting sleeved! The pain-- ouch!

I had my lap-band removed 10 days ago and that was a cinch surgery. Right now I am on Clear Liquids then full liquids until 3 weeks post-op. I will keep y'all posted on how things go. Best place to follow is my blog where i will post regularly.

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