I am a band to bypass patient, my surgery was 05/20/13. My highest weight pre band was 418 lowest weight w the band was 225. My presurgery weight for the bypass was 278. My doctor advised that weight loss would be slower for me than it would be for someone with the bypass as their native surgery. Now at 10 days out I'm down 14 lbs...for any other conversions how are yall finding the weight loss?

I had the band before as well. The band made my gastric bypass surgery a bit more difficult as I had a lot of scar tissues and adhesions. I had surgery on April 1st. So far I have lost 30lbs. I get quite a bit of stomach pain but it feels mostly like hunger pain even though I don't feel hungry. Also I get quite a bit of nausea. Nonetheless this is a much better surgery for me. I had soapy complications with the band that cost me so much money over the years and then ending up not paying a dime for this surgery as it was covered. You mention that you doctor said your weight loss might me slower because you had the band. Well I was never told that and I think my weight loss has been reasonable.. I wish you all the best.

Just had my band removed last week, now on the journey to bypass. I too was told weight loss with the bypass would be slower, not because I had been banded, but because I had lost and still losing weight, that those remaining pounds that get you to a normal weight would be slower. I have about 50 lbs remaining if they let me go that far.