New here. I'm 22, was banded back in 2010, when I had just turned 18. Had a lot of issues with the band, especially the last year and a half. Nausea, vomiting, food stuck even with Fluid pull. I was 280 the day I came home from surgery, I am now around 240. Not a lot of weightloss, but some.

I'm scheduled to have my lapband taken out and switched to the sleeve on Wednesday, February 5. I was wondering if anyone has switched to sleeve from lapband and seen better results? What should I expect? I'm anxious about the pain; after my lapband surgery, all I can remember is the pain and the nights I prayed for it to stop long enough to get some sort of sleep.

Also nervous for surgery, I've never been particularly find of hospitals. If anyone has any advice that would be greatly appreciated!

Hello and welcome...you can click in the search bar and you will find lots of ppl who had revision surgery....good luck on your journey

Hello! I had my band removed then was sleeved a few months later (my doctor's plan - I was willing to do it in one surgery).

My experience as far as the surgery goes was the sleeve surgery was easier to recover from. I seemed to heal faster and could do more things sooner, with the band I had a stricture (?) and it kept pulling on left side of my stomach muscle as incision healed. Sleeve is soooooo much better - no vomiting, no stuck feeling, if I want I can eat bread again although I generally choose not to as I really want to lose the weight and carbs with low protein are not our friends . With the band I lost about 30lbs in the 2 years I had it (then gained it back in last few months of that time frame) but best of all in the 3 months since sleeve surgery I have lost almost 50lbs!!!! It is so fabulous! Good luck to you and if I can answer any questions feel free to message me.

Had my band removed last year and will be sleeved on 2/13. I will be following your progress. I am so ready to be back on track and feeling better. Good luck and keep updating for those of us going in after you!

Thanks for the responses, all and congrats on your sleeve/weightloss! It seems like you guys are doing wonderful. I was wondering if anyone kept to a specific post op diet? I know they tell you what to do, but I also know everyone tolerates it differently. Mine is 1-2 weeks clear, 2 weeks full, 2 weeks soft, and then regular food. Anyone have a diet that seemed to work better? Any food recommendations? When I got my lapband, I was in high school, and did not work. It was easy to distract myself from the hunger. However now, I work and I'm worried about getting overwhelmed by hunger.