Band to sleeve revision 4/29

[kst3r11 0]

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new here, just been lurking and absorbing everyone's posts. My surgery date is 4/29. My story is pretty much just like everyone else's. Banded in oct '08. Lost 70 lbs over the first year and a half. By jan 2010 I started having issues with almost everything getting stuck and reflux. Totally reduced my diet down to full liquids, which is no way to live. I've had Fluid taken out and put back in for years. Got pregnant and had the fluid taken out dec 2010 and haven't had it put back in since out of fear. Every meal is painful and I vomit every day with NO fluid in my band. So I opted for the revision to the sleeve.

I'm not afraid of surgery. I trust that my doctor and the hospital staff know what they're doing and have done this many times over. I do, however have a 19 month old this time around. My biggest fear is to have a leak post op and either be in the hospital for days/weeks or worse. My daughter is such a mommy's girl and the thought of not being with her for an extended period of time kills me. So now im super nervous. Especially since being told that the leak rate is higher for revisions due to scar tissue from the band.

So my question is, did anyone here have a leak? Or on the other hand, please tell me how smoothly everything went for you if you didn't. I guess I need to here stories to settle my mind.