And good riddance to my band tomorrow! After over five years it's time to say goodbye and hello to a WLS that works. Although call me crazy . . . .I'm going to ask to keep my band (not in me!) I want to finally see exactly what I've wasted so much time, money, energy and frustration.

Prayers for a Safe and fast healing surgery.

I couldn't agree more. I'd like to see my band too, lol. Good luck with everything and I hope that you heal quickly. Are you having the sleeve the same day?

Yep, all in same surgery. Just had the x-ray barium of band and it's in good shape. So that will make things easier. But they won't let me keep it. Has to be disposed of, which medically I guess makes sense. Just sitting in my room waiting in my turn.

Hope everything is going well for you! Update us when you can.

Good luck!

Best of luck !! I asked to keep my band to they won't give it to me either getting sleeved tomorrow give us an update love to hear how u are doing

Had my band out yesterday!!! My doc makes you wait 12 weeks before moving to sleeve. Good luck!

I had a revision 2 weeks ago at MI Doctor, they gave me my band back.

Jana, sleeved 1/31/13

I to will say goodbye to my long friend the band and maybe the closer i get to the date I can say goodbye but for now me and the band has some more time together I got a date tho march 19th

Yay! You are on your way. I have had mine out for two weeks now. Should have my sleeve surgery in may. Good luck!

I had a revision 2 weeks ago at MI Doctor, they gave me my band back.

Jana, sleeved 1/31/13

Jana... Did they seriously let you keep it?!?! I wanna keep mine!! lol That evil little nugget needs to be pinned to my dart board or something!! hahaha Who was your doctor at MiDoctor? I am going to beg and plead!! hahaha

Jana... Did they seriously let you keep it?!?! I wanna keep mine!! lol That evil little nugget needs to be pinned to my dart board or something!! hahaha Who was your doctor at MiDoctor? I am going to beg and plead!! hahaha

They gave it to me, I hadn't requested it. My 9 year old was fascinated seeing it. I used Dr.Cabrera and Venezuala. They actually showed me the video of them removing it. I had a great experience!!

You just won coolest surgery story I've heard! lol I'm using Dr. F Garcia, so I'm going to ask. I think it would be so cool to keep it. I think I'm as fascinated by it as your 9 year old! I have battled that band since 2006. I had my first one placed in 2003, but I actually got along really well with that one... well, right up until they day it slipped severely! The one they replaced it with in 2006 has been minimal weight loss and tons of problems. I'd love to meet it face to face! I do have the video of that one being implanted. That was pretty neat.

You just won coolest surgery story I've heard! lol I'm using Dr. F Garcia' date=' so I'm going to ask. I think it would be so cool to keep it. I think I'm as fascinated by it as your 9 year old! I have battled that band since 2006. I had my first one placed in 2003, but I actually got along really well with that one... well, right up until they day it slipped severely! The one they replaced it with in 2006 has been minimal weight loss and tons of problems. I'd love to meet it face to face! I do have the video of that one being implanted. That was pretty neat.[/quote']

Lol, thanks. I had the band 21 months no physical problems just no weight loss, I found out about the sleeve 1month after getting back from MX getting the band. No matter what I did the weight would not move. I've lost 20lbs since surgery and have been in a 2 week stall, I'm dropping inches like crazy but the stupid scale. I know this will work as long as I'm doing "The plan" Good luck to you, when are you going?

Well, and if I have learned anything with my yo yo weight over the years I have learned that inches mean more than the scale sometimes. I would find myself stalling, but still dropping sizes sometimes. Especially with the high Protein intake, we can build muscle as we are dropping fat, so we can be dropping inches even though the scale stays the same! The scale will catch up

That sounds a lot like my band. I did start having problems with it last year, but like I said, it's been in since 2006. I initially lost maybe 40 with it in the first 6 months or so, but never was able to really keep it off and try as I might I couldn't get it back off. Last year it started dilating where my stomach was pulling up through my band creating an expanded pouch. To fix it they release all the Fluid, let it heal then slowly refill, but it happened twice. Each time it was unfilled for 3 months to heal and I would just gain again. Just so very frustrating. And I had to have a kind of sudden hysterectomy this year, which while unrelated, meant that I was for sure not having any more kids (part of my decision to get the band in the first place since I was only 18), so I decided to make the change. I have a 3 year old and 1 year old and they deserve a healthy mom!

My date is all set for May 11th. Since I wasn't really prepared to do all this just yet, I didn't have my passport in my married name lol so we have to stall a little to get that all in order before we head out. The waiting *might* just kill me, but it's worth it!