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and congrats!!!!! i hope to have my resleeve soon. maybe you could ask dr kelly if he has had to do any sleeves a second time for any patients? i am considering him for mine.

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SexySlim, I live in Landover, MD too!!! So exciting to find a neighbor on these site :) I will be sleeved on April 11 by Dr. Garcia in Tijuana, Mexico. I would like to stay in contact with you. It would be nice to share our experiences and perhaps even do a workout together one day. Hope your recovery is going well.

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Hi everyone. I took today off because I thought I was going to need it. I didn't I feel great! I uploaded my pics from my trip and here's the pic of my stomach. Enjoy!

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oh my god I LOVE this!!! How funny!!! I want him to take a pic of my stomach too HEHE!!!

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Wow, that is cool. I want a picture of my removed stomach too. Glad to hear your recovery is proceeding smoothly.

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Hi everyone. I took today off because I thought I was going to need it. I didn't I feel great! I uploaded my pics from my trip and here's the pic of my stomach. Enjoy!

I definitely want a pic of my stomach. :)

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I thought that's how the stomach is supposed to look after the surgery

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O my,yours looks completely different than mine.I am so sad I didnt take a picture of mine when they showed it to me.It was wider,shorter and rounder.

xxo

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Shaundra, I've never heard of a re-sleeve? What's that? Can you explain?

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O my,yours looks completely different than mine.I am so sad I didnt take a picture of mine when they showed it to me.It was wider,shorter and rounder.

xxo

Well I'm almost 6 feet tall, I think that's why mine is so long. And it would take A LOT of food to pack it LOL!

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Well basically it is having the sleeve done all over again. I have been talking with a doctor in mexico about having it done and he suggested i might want to consider gastric bypass. I have never even thought about having the bypass done, not even at my heaviest weight. I have a low bmi since i lost a lot of weight with the lapband so im scared to do it but im slowly gaining back the weight. Have any of you known anyone with a low bmi get the gastric bypass????

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Well basically it is having the sleeve done all over again. I have been talking with a doctor in mexico about having it done and he suggested i might want to consider gastric bypass. I have never even thought about having the bypass done, not even at my heaviest weight. I have a low bmi since i lost a lot of weight with the lapband so im scared to do it but im slowly gaining back the weight. Have any of you known anyone with a low bmi get the gastric bypass????

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I wouldn't do gastric bypass I have heard there is a lot of problems with it

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i have never considered bypass but after 3 surgeries i have to keep my mind and options open. i have mailed cd's with my recent upper GI to several doctors. now im just waiting to see what my options are.

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i have never considered bypass but after 3 surgeries i have to keep my mind and options open. i have mailed cd's with my recent upper GI to several doctors. now im just waiting to see what my options are.

Shaundra, if you have a sleeve that didn't work for you, have you considered the duodenal switch? It's usually the last resort if the sleeve doesn't work. I know you are already lower BMI but if you are going to have a surgery again, just be smart about it. The DS has a higher success of keeping the weight off long term over the gastric bypass. Please just discuss this with the surgeon as an option. The re-sleeve might work, I have no idea. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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