I was sleeved on 9/20. Iv lost 15 lbs and that was all the first month. I was very successful with my band for 6 years and only revised after being sick of that stuck feeling and all of the inconsistency with the band. Now don't get me wrong I can't eat as much as someone who has never had surgery but I honestly feel very little fullness or restrictions with the sleeve. I can eat a 6" sub from subway and a bag of baked ruffles just to give you an idea. I don't know yet if I regret it or not but I do know I'm making the decision to make it all about me. As far as I'm concerned I'm living life and taking care of myself as if Iv never been on the operating table. I will trust in myself for maybe the first time ever. I'm training for a half marathon this year and making good food choices because I want to. I'm still about 12-15 lbs from my goal, but when I get there I will know that it's because I worked hard for it and I'm okay with that. I wanted that feeling that Iv read so much about, I wanted to be full after 6 or 8 bites but I didn't get anything close to that. I just want others to know there are no guarantees with revision and prepare for the "what ifs " . It's funny to me now I was actually worried about losing too much weight being a low BMI patient to begin with. Now I just worry about getting to goal. I can tell you if I left it to the sleeve I never would but then again maybe that's how it should be...

1 hour ago, Anna 6248 said:

I also went from band to sleeve. I'm so disappointed. I can literally eat as much as I could un-banded. I complained to my surgeon, but he seemed offended that I said I had so little restriction. I am trying to just convince myself to be on a diet. I really could cry. This was my last hope.

This makes me sad. Is there any way you can talk him into looking at your sleeve through an endoscopy to see what's going on?

I can try, but he seems to think I just need to watch what I eat. Well, yeah, I get that, but I sure didn't need to go through a surgery to do that. I go back December 15. I'll talk to him then. Thank you for caring.