Failed Gastric Sleeve

[hawaii 0]

Had WLS, gastric sleeve in 7/2009. 5'3" at 256 lbs. surgery was successful. No leaks or infections. Got down to about 188. Than at some point in fall 2011. I have pcos, I go off the birth control pill and about the same time wreck my rotor cuff in my shoulder due to five days a week of aerobics classes. Was off birth control for a year, had a horrible time getting it back from my doctors. Hormones run unregulated, for a solid year. My weight creeps up to 225. Cannot shake the weight. Pcos and unregulated hormones I suspect. They complete a barium test to find out my sleeve has dilated significantly. Request revisional resleeve surgery, horrendous negative process at my military base. Anybody else have issues like this??? Thanks.

[NewAshes 232]

This is kinda unrelated but did you get flabby skin? I'm 5'2" and 260 so we are kinda the same. Really sorry to hear you are having troubles now.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Are you logging your food? What is your daily caloric intake?

[Globetrotter 1,340]

I am 5'3". surgery weight was 294, lowest weight thus far 164, that was one year ago, I currently weigh 189, I am approaching my 3rd surgiversary this summer. I do not doubt for one minute that PCOS is playing a nasty role in your weight troubles, having suffered myself. But, that would have nothing to do with dilation of your stomach, that can only (to the best of my knowledge) come from consisten stretching of the pouch due to eating over the new capacity.

Have you ever done a reset, what some like to call the 5 day pouch test? I'm in the middle of mine right now, to figure stuff out. It's where you return to post-op eating for a week, complete with liquids, mushies, etc. At the end of a week you see where you are, how you feel, what your capacity is, etc.

Please don't take this as blaming you, as you can see from my numbers, I'm right there with you. I just think that there are a lot of factors at play for us right now, after this amount of time has passed since surgery. Personally, frankly, if I had the money, I would get a revision, I would! I want that feeling back, that feeling of restriction, that could-not-possibly-care-less about food feeling, the absolute lack of hunger ... but once you've had gastric surgery, and then have another, I wonder about scar tissue and complications from that.

[lilbearzmom 584]

I am 5'3". surgery weight was 294, lowest weight thus far 164, that was one year ago, I currently weigh 189, I am approaching my 3rd surgiversary this summer. I do not doubt for one minute that PCOS is playing a nasty role in your weight troubles, having suffered myself. But, that would have nothing to do with dilation of your stomach, that can only (to the best of my knowledge) come from consisten stretching of the pouch due to eating over the new capacity.

Have you ever done a reset, what some like to call the 5 day pouch test? I'm in the middle of mine right now, to figure stuff out. It's where you return to post-op eating for a week, complete with liquids, mushies, etc. At the end of a week you see where you are, how you feel, what your capacity is, etc.

Please don't take this as blaming you, as you can see from my numbers, I'm right there with you. I just think that there are a lot of factors at play for us right now, after this amount of time has passed since surgery. Personally, frankly, if I had the money, I would get a revision, I would! I want that feeling back, that feeling of restriction, that could-not-possibly-care-less about food feeling, the absolute lack of hunger ... but once you've had gastric surgery, and then have another, I wonder about scar tissue and complications from that.

Are you saying you think your sleeve is "stretched" and needs revision? Just wondering if you knew how that happened- do you feel you stuffed it? Otherwise, not sure how a revision would help. Not being snarky, I am really curious as to why somoeone would seek a revision.

[Globetrotter 1,340]

Well, let's not let the topic go down a rabbit hole, I am not the originator of this thread, it is she who is claiming the sleeve has failed and is seeking a revision. My input was purely theoretical, and I gave my reasons. Clearly, just wanting to feel like a newb post-op again isn't grounds for having a revision done.

[lilbearzmom 584]

Well, let's not let the topic go down a rabbit hole, I am not the originator of this thread, it is she who is claiming the sleeve has failed and is seeking a revision. My input was purely theoretical, and I gave my reasons. Clearly, just wanting to feel like a newb post-op again isn't grounds for having a revision done.

I see. I was just curious- thanks for responding- hope your reset goes well and you're back on the loser's bench soon.

[Kalimomof3 613]

Had WLS' date=' gastric sleeve in 7/2009. 5'3" at 256 lbs. surgery was successful. No leaks or infections. Got down to about 188. Than at some point in fall 2011. I have pcos, I go off the birth control pill and about the same time wreck my rotor cuff in my shoulder due to five days a week of aerobics classes. Was off birth control for a year, had a horrible time getting it back from my doctors. Hormones run unregulated, for a solid year. My weight creeps up to 225. Cannot shake the weight. Pcos and unregulated hormones I suspect. They complete a barium test to find out my sleeve has dilated significantly. Request revisional resleeve surgery, horrendous negative process at my military base. Anybody else have issues like this??? Thanks.[/quote']

I was told that under tricare we are allowed one WLS for leith exception of reoperation due to band malfunction. However at military hospitals since it is not tricare in the traditional sense that is not the case. We had people getting a 2nd operation at our Mil hospital but our surgeons were pushing RNY for patients having a repeat WLS.Our process was standard Nut ,Sleep Study,Upper GI ,and Psych Eval and could be completed in 4-6 months if you do NUT through their program depending on how determined you are and faster if have you 6 months documented supervised weightloss from attending meetings somewhere but not online.I went through San Antonio Military Medical Center...Are you going to Tripler?