I was so excited getting the band and my family knew how happy I was to get the band....well the first 2 months I lost 30 lbs I was so happy and so were the ones closest to me. Eventually I started getting the urge to eat wrong foods such as pizza pasta fried food etc...I would get stuck but once the feeling went away I would continue to eat even if i threw up. My appetite was crazy. I got pregnant 5 months after being banded but kept my 6 cc in my band. I only gained 20 lbs whole pregnancy. I started gaining weight after pregnancy I can now eat a whole sub like I did post op. I had the band since feb 11. I weighed 229 day of surgery I am now 222. I felt like such a failure to my family and friends to have been so excited and to now be the same size as I was pre band. I talked to my surgeon and he agreed to do my sleeve...I have fed bcbs of Pennsylvania and I got approved in 5 days! Now I have to get my ECD done on step 19th then I will get my surgery date yay! I hate my band and how uncomfortable I am when I eat. BTW I'm 5.1 and 24 yrs old

awe thats a bomber sweetie well i wish u good luck n health wit sleeve ill be getting mines soon i was gonna dovband before but after research and seminars i decided sleeve was better choice keep us posted

The sleeve is going to be a similar experience as the band at first. Very small amounts (2-3 bites at first) of food and you will get sick if you eat the wrong things or too much.

You will still need to make decisions on the types of foods you consume once you are released back on the regular diet and even with the soft foods stage. You can still eat crappy foods and not lose weight with the sleeve or even stretch it out in a few years. The major difference between the sleeve and the lap band is there is less maintenance with the sleeve and it is irreversible.

If you have trouble eating the junk foods (which I am a living testament of that)....you will definitely need to work out the urges and thought processes before you get the sleeve done because otherwise you may see a repeat of the same experience you had with the lapband.

I am still struggling with making the right choices but I am making it.

Thanks guys!