Had surgery today, but was unable to have sleeve done because the band had encapsulated itself and doc had to literally dig it out, then remove scar tissue..

Now I'll be on a healing period of 4 to 6 months, bummer!

Wow, sorry. Hang in there & feel better. Good luck.

Bummer! But enjoy the relief of having the band gone! No more getting stuck, hooray!

What an awful thing to happen. Least it's out now and you can do a bit of leisurely healing. On the plus side, you'll be able to have a little nibble of all the stuff you haven't been able to eat whilst banded! Which, from what I hear, is pretty much everything! Wishing you a speedy recovery x

Oh terry so sorry to hear! I was thinking of you yesterday because I knew your date was close by. I'm so sorry to hear that, but let the healing begin now eh?

Yes I'm pretty thankful for Doc Alvarez. I agreed with him upf front and knew this was a 50/50 chance.

Thanks for your support!

Wow, sorry to hear this. Definitely not the outcome you'd planned for I'm sure. Hang in there, get some healing time in and come back. I'll be thinking about you.

Wow' date=' sorry to hear this. Definitely not the outcome you'd planned for I'm sure. Hang in there, get some healing time in and come back. I'll be thinking about you.[/quote']

Did you guys get it meet each other while there?

Terry,

I am so sorry to hear that you could not have your sleeve done at this time. However, you know that you will be able to do so in the future. It would have been worse news to hear that you were not a viable candidate due to the scar tissue. Good luck.

I am going in on October 25th for a band to sleeve revision and scar tissue is one of my biggest fears. I have had my band in July 2007.

I had my band out in april. You will feel like you have a band for a while. I still get "stuck"

Did you guys get it meet each other while there?

Yes, we were in rooms right next to each other. I got to meet and hang out with so many nice people. Cant wait to go back in February. Seems like a lifetime away

my surgeon said it was much safer to do it in two procedures, I had my band removed 2 weeks ago & getting the sleeve Nov 1....

My surgeon maybe wait a minimum 6 weeks from the band removal to the sleeve. This allows the stomach to heal from any kind of scar tissue.

Hi, I had my band out and then waited 13 months for my op. I'm doing great on the sleeve. Hopefully the time will fly by for you

Lisa today is your day!!! Good luck

It amazes me how drs differ on their opinion on doing it at once. The day before my revision I asked my dr what my chances were of waking up in the recovery rm without a sleeve and he said "nil". He Always does them at once. And he's a Center of Excellence and has an amazingly low % of complications. If it can be done safely by 1 dr, whay can't it be done by all? He said it didn't matter about scarbtissue. He's cutting it out anyway. At least 15% of ur stomach wont be affected and that's all they leave anyway.

Not understanding why such a long wait between surgeries.