1. Having to hang out in the handicapped stall at work pacing and praying that whatever I have just eaten will just go down or come up already.

2. #1 plus going back to my desk after ridding myself of whatever got stuck and then having to run back 3 minutes later because I apparently was on a roll

3. Eating steak one day, throwing up a Protein shake the next....

Anyone care to add?

Sounds like me with the sleeve.

Sounds like me with the sleeve.

Seriously?? I thought the sleeve was supposed to be all the band promised to be. You have the same issues WITH the sleeve????

The sleeve IS everything the band was supposed to be and then some!

The only time I have puked (and it has gotten better as I have gotten further along with my sleeve) is when I MAKE THE CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO TAKE THAT ONE LAST BITE THAT I KNOW DAMN GOOD AND WELL THAT I SHOULDNT! My husband can even tell when i am full now! LOL We dont have to sit next to bathrooms anymore when we go out to eat either!

I love my sleevie! The band should be banned from being a WLS if you ask me!

Keep Rockin' that sleeve!!!

SkinnyCow...that's what I'm hoping for!! But when I see things like PreciousCargo's post it makes me concerned. When I got the band in 2008 it was supposed to be the "go-to" WLS....most of the posts I saw were glowing recommendations. And we know how that turned out. So it makes me worry that the sleeve is just another fad.

To be honest I have done alot more research on the Sleeve than I did on the Band (I took things as face value) and I see way less people with complications and problems. Maybe the complications were there with the band but I was too excited about the posibility to see them...

Anyway...thanks for the input!

But, back to the subject...things I don't miss about the band. The uncertainty...one day I could eat "normally" and the next I couldn't. Never seemed to be any rhyme or reason to it..the band had a mind of it's own!

The stuck feeling

Seriously?? I thought the sleeve was supposed to be all the band promised to be. You have the same issues WITH the sleeve????

We are all different.. I can eat eggs for Breakfast one day and the next day have the same exact thing and throw it up. I never have the same meal twice in one week. I can't tolerate Water or Protein drinks. I get most of my protein and water intake from skim milk 6-9 glasses a day. I don't vomit as much but it happens, sometimes from having that one extra bite, eating to fast or simply the stress of my job. It has been a huge adjustment, however I don't regret it. I will live with the occassionally vomiting versuses the limitations I had with my weight. I feel so alive now.

Acid reflux. Ive had such a hard time with acid reflux.

Getting the slimies when you're stuck. Getting stuck. Pain when I eat....I could go on and on.

The stuck feeling. The vomiting. The eating but still being hungry. The uncertainty. I think I could keep going. Can't wait for my revision

With the sleeve you HAVE to measure out your food until you can get used to eyeballing out your portions. You also have to listen to your stomach signals and STOP before you start to feel stuffed or you will throw up or have chest pain and pressure. I've gotten used to when my stop signal alerts me and I haven't had even one single episode of nausea or vomitting because of it. I'm almost 3 weeks out.

Fills. Unfills. Ugh! First year was great, then downhill. So yeah. Buh Bye bandy!

I should add - no more port pain when my cat steps on it - which being a cat means he is able to do every time he steps on me with laserlike accuracy.

I will not miss the slimming, and the band tightening up during and after airplane rides....

I won't miss having my band mysteriously tightening right before my TOM. I won't miss not being able to eat breakfast before10 or 11 a.m.

All of the above. Plus....

1. Taking one sip of Water after eating and going from fine to throwing up.

2. Not being able to find a doctor that would even fill a band anymore.

3. After eating, feeling full in my chest and not in my stomach. The worst!

4. Over-filled band.