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Vicki0618    123

Vicki0618
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For anyone who is trying to decide between the lap band and the sleeve, or anyone considering converting from the lap band to the sleeve. I cannot say strongly enough...Go For The Sleeve!!! The difference is night and day. With the band I could eat very little, but I was always hungry (still had my whole stomach) with the sleeve, I can eat very little and I can honestly say I am full. For example at lunch today I had 4 oz of cottage cheese and 2 oz of imitation crab, and I couldn't finish it. Not only oould I physically not finish it, but I was honestly full! Whoot Whoot!!! Before the sleeve, I told my husband I never felt full until I was stuffed (which might explain my obesity :)

Today was my 3 week post op appointment from getting my sleeve. I am doing very very well, no side effects, no problems. I'm getting in all my liquids and all my Protein. Doc cleared me to carefully and slowly start adding in more foods. And best of all I have lost 19 lbs since surgery and 43 lbs since I started the pre-op diet. That's 43 POUNDS!!! That is only 7 lbs less than I lost in the entire 2 years I had the band!!!

SLEEVE OR BAND????? 100% SLEEVE!!!!!!

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Thegoodlife    1

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Wow awesome! I have the lap band also and I am NEVER full. Nice to hear a positive outcome!

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libbyb    17

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So needed to hear this! Having revision in 3 weeks but was starting to doubt it. Thank you!

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kakaw    33

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I had revision as well last week from band to sleeve and already love it. My port was a pain in the butt

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BigFatLoser    331

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I actually came on here to tell everyone that I was eating Soup tonight and I felt the fullness! I'm 2 weeks out and it's been pain I've felt, not fullness. But I'm full!!!! Such a relief! I'm so excited to have felt this.

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Vicki0618    123

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I actually came on here to tell everyone that I was eating Soup tonight and I felt the fullness! I'm 2 weeks out and it's been pain I've felt, not fullness. But I'm full!!!! Such a relief! I'm so excited to have felt this.

Isn't it amazing??? It's such a relief, I was a little afraid after the band but so far the sleeve is definitely what I thought the band was supposed to be! LOL

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libbyb    17

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Did u guys have success with your band initially? Or didn't work from the get go?

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Thegoodlife    1

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I always describe it as I can't eat anymore since everything feels 'stuck' but I am hungry in the bottom part of the stomach. And no never had success and never found the 'sweet spot' people talk about.

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Vicki0618    123

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I never found the sweet spot either. I lost most of the 50 I did lose with the band in the first few months. After that it was just trial and error. One day I could eat something, the next day I couldn't. I would eat a bite or two and feel stuck but still be hungry. But worse was that I was throwing up almost every day, because it didn't matter how much I chewed the good stuff (salad, chicken etc) would not go down. I could eat all the junk I wanted (ice cream, cake, frozen yogurt etc) but nothing that was good for me. Until 2 years out and the band slipped and basically I couldn't even swallow water....and that bad boy came out!!! Yay, I could eat...Boo...I regained all the weight! So very very glad that I have my sleeve now and that is all behind me!

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remedina    14

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I agree. I had revsion surgery on 1/14 and I have no regrets. I feel great and don't have the constant worry of something getting stuck or throwing up. I also had lost about 60 lbs when I first got the band but gained it all back. Definitely feel the restriction now that I did not with the band.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

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