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I am going to do revision if all goes as planned from band to sleeve however I'd like to lose approx 19lbs. Is that even possible with the sleeve? When I go in on the 21st again I will talk with my Dr. She did my band and seems to think sleeve would be a good option. I do not want rny but is that the only way to lose that much?! :/

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Prior to your surgery u will loose a few lbs. I'm pretty sure u know the drill being u had the lap band . However I have not done the sleeve yet my day is 2/20(yay) and I know someone who was in ur same position who the band was unsuccessful and they did the sleeve she is 140 now in one year and a half and was pre op was 296! I think that this all depends on how much effort u put in to post op. if u do everything right u will have great results. Alot of questions you have about the surgery u can just scroll and see in this form. Believe me as much as I was told by doctors after doctor there is nothing better then hearing from people who have already an are preparing for this drastic change. Look thru all the sections that there are so many questions you can get answers by just reading here! Hope ur journey starts off great :)

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I hope it's possible, otherwise I'm screwed :P My goal puts me losing about 200 pounds when all is said and done. I'm about halfway there right now, and I was losing about 4 pounds a week. I was deathly sick for a couple weeks this month, though, so this month's weight loss is wonky as all get out.

When comparing the long term results between a sleeve and RNY, the results are very similar. RNY has a slightly higher overall weight loss, but honestly, all the increased complications and icky side effects, not to mention a life without chocolate... it just wasn't for me.

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Prior to your surgery u will loose a few lbs. I'm pretty sure u know the drill being u had the lap band . However I have not done the sleeve yet my day is 2/20(yay) and I know someone who was in ur same position who the band was unsuccessful and they did the sleeve she is 140 now in one year and a half and was pre op was 296! I think that this all depends on how much effort u put in to post op. if u do everything right u will have great results. Alot of questions you have about the surgery u can just scroll and see in this form. Believe me as much as I was told by doctors after doctor there is nothing better then hearing from people who have already an are preparing for this drastic change. Look thru all the sections that there are so many questions you can get answers by just reading here! Hope ur journey starts off great :)

So true. Just worries me ya know?! I don't want to fail! Again!

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I hope it's possible' date=' otherwise I'm screwed :P My goal puts me losing about 200 pounds when all is said and done. I'm about halfway there right now, and I was losing about 4 pounds a week. I was deathly sick for a couple weeks this month, though, so this month's weight loss is wonky as all get out.

When comparing the long term results between a sleeve and RNY, the results are very similar. RNY has a slightly higher overall weight loss, but honestly, all the increased complications and icky side effects, not to mention a life without chocolate... it just wasn't for me.[/quote']

So you've lost about 100?! In how long? Can I ask you starting stats? And now?

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So you've lost about 100?! In how long? Can I ask you starting stats? And now?

I've lost that amount since late October. I was sleeved on 10/22. I'm 5'10" and my start weight was 383. Right now I'm about 286 and I've been losing and gaining the same 2 pounds this week, which I try to take in stride. My stomach's still a little sensitive from being sick, so my diet's been a bit more carb heavy than usual.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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