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Sleeved Twice - My Story

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Canadasleever    33

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Good luck Aviator, hope all goes well for you.

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vicki s    146

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That is aweful. Now I'm paranoid. I know a few people who went through them. Who was your facilitator???

I too am being resleeved on 7/4...*hugs* to you and good luck on your weight loss journey...

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Canadasleever    33

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Hi Vicki,

Good luck with your resleeve. I have done very well since my second surgery. Hope you have the same! Let us know how you get on.

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vicki s    146

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Hi Vicki' date='

Good luck with your resleeve. I have done very well since my second surgery. Hope you have the same! Let us know how you get on.[/quote']

Thank you canada...I wish you well on your weight loss journey as well..please keep me updated, I'm really interested in our new stats! We are the minority now so it will be interesting!

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feedyoureye    3,087

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Hi Vicki,

Good luck with your resleeve. I have done very well since my second surgery. Hope you have the same! Let us know how you get on.

Canada, wondering how you are doing?

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Ballermom    803

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Wow, thanks for sharing so glad you got it taking care of.

Congratulations on having this redone. Sorry about your first surgery didn't work!

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Ballermom    803

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I too am being resleeved on 7/4...*hugs* to you and good luck on your weight loss journey...

Share your story if possible.

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Mid West    99

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I am so 'happy' to come across this post. I know that's the wrong word but it's just so nice not to feel like a freak of nature and that there are other people out there with the same issues. I'm so glad you had a revision and that it's been sucessful. Like you, I'm self pay and paying for yet another surgery is just not possible.

I had a band to bypass conversion on 10th October and from week two, I suspected that I had little or no restriction. For a few weeks I was told 'you'll be fine' and then I had my first visit with the dietician who nearly fell off his chair when I told him I could eat a whole sandwich for lunch!

I felt someone was finally listening and they sent me for x-rays and the x-guy said all looked fine ... so that confused me. How can all be fine when I can eat a whole baguette?

I have an appointment to see one of the surgeons next week but can't help but think I might be fobbed off. Despite my asking, I'm not seeing my own surgeon (who, by the way has now performed surgery on me twice. Once with the band and this time with the conversion to bypass).

I'm seeing his collegue which seems weird and I'm hoping that it's just because my guy is on holiday. Anyway, we'll see what they have to say but as I'm in the UK, I don't have many places I could go and seek a second opinion. If they tell me to go away and nothing's wrong, I'm kinda left out in the cold with nowhere to go :-(

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Georgia    2,908

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I will do, thank you :-)

Yes, I'm following your story also and would love to hear what they tell you. Hope all is well!

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Marykatherine    38

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Sorry you had such a hard time. And I'm glad you are on the healthy right road now. Congrats!

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deana03    9

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Hello, I was sleeved by Dr. Alvarez Jan 07th, 2006 and am paying to get resleeved. I am sorry about your situation. Glad you got it fixed!! Gotta love friends.

I am looking for people who have been sleeved 2ce. My situation: I got pregnant 3 months post sleeve and had to stuff myself, throw up and do it all over again several times a day. I went from 205-145 and maintained with moderate exercise until 2011 when I had a c-spine collapse and pretty much stayed in bed for over a year. I have been taking neurontin/ gabapentin since then and although all my labs are normal my acid reflux came back and I'm back up to 200lbs.

My Dr. At the time gave me a larger sleeve than he uses now but par for my surgery. Eventually, I ate whatever I wanted (at least as much as I could) and did fine until my surgery in my neck.

I've looked for resleevers and just can't find too many. I've had upper GI's and my stomach has stretched to a normal size stomach so I'm going 8 years 6months later for round 2. My cousin who had her surgery with Dr. Alvarez also is still thin and looks great. She may be more compliant than I was and a lot had changed in just the 2 short years from my surgery to hers, updates for my doc. I am eager to go back, I have always recommended him, in 2006 it was still a fairly new procedure and he seemed very good, (he was).

I haven't seen any bad comments and I have always recommended people go to him, I am just more nervous the second time around than I was the first, don't know why but looking for people who have had 2nd VSG... Or people who are veterans of 5 years plus VSG. Thanks

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