Hello everyone,

My name is Kirstyn and I am finally introducing myself after lurking here for a little while.

I am just starting the process of having a revision from the lap-band to the sleeve through Kaiser Fontana.

I self-paid to be banded back on Nov. 6, 2002, 9.5 years ago, and did very well with it for about 7 years. I lost 112 pounds, got pregnant, gained 30 pounds, lost 18 of those pounds within a month and a half of having my baby and then maintained for about a year. Then everything went haywire and I have now gained back 82 of the 112 pounds that I lost.

I have requested that Kaiser do the revision and am scheduled to have any Upper GI on Thursday, May 31 and also to start my Options classes that night.

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone out there that had had a revision through Kaiser Fontana. I have had contact with others who had revisions through different Kaisers in SoCal but never Fontana.

I am also interested in learning more about living with a sleeve and look forward to getting to know some of you here!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Welcome!

My experience is that the sleeve is much better then the band. I don't have any of the problems I had with the lapband.