Got my band removed today! What a relief. They couldn't even put the tube down my throat during the surgery because the band was too tight, and that was with all the saline out of it. Also stomach very irritated and swollen due to the band.

Now I wait for the sleeve on 0/7/15, can't wait.

Did you loose any weight with the band? how long did you have it?

Band was put in in January of 2006. I initially lost 70 but gained back 35. I had the usual stuck food, throwing up and nauseous feeling. Hopefully that will be gone now. Looking forward to the sleeve.

Good Luck, I have a friend who had the band and she gets nauseas like she is going to throw up but never does its strange.

Congratulations! Good luck with everything...hope this procedure suits you better.

Congrats I bet you feel better! Good luck with your sleeve!

It will be one of the best decisions you've made. I had my band since 2004, had the same issues all those years, finally had it removed last year. Like you, I had lots of trauma and scar tissue from it. Going in, my doc said it would be a 50/50 chance that we could do the sleeve during the same surgery, but it was so bad, we had to wait.

I waited 3 months, had the sleeve done last January, and have not regretted it. I have lost about 37 pounds. It doesn't sound like much but I only need to lose another 20 more. Your weight loss may be slower than the regular sleeve patient who never had the band. We have a pounch above the area caused by the band that allows us to eat a little more than the normal sleeve patient. Even so, I get full fast.

Hope all goes well from here on out for you !

Thanks LivelyTerry, I appreciate your feedback. My husband doesn't understand why I'm doing the sleeve since the band didn't work out, I try to explain to him that it will work better, but he doesn't understand. It's nice talking with people on this forum who understand and who've been thru it.

I was sleeved on Tuesday, just got out of the hospital today. I feel like a nausea truck ran me over. My husband had a sleeve last week and he has already lost 18 lbs...I think I hurt so much worse because of the band removal. Glad it is out but I had the band for so long I feel like I have to learn all over again. Hope everyone is doing well. I know this will be worth it, just hard to heal for me. My band was in good shape my Dr. Said. Not much scar tissue and no sign of erosion. I lost 70 lbs with the band, hopefully I will loose that much again.

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Good luck with your and your husbands sleeve. I hope you have great success. I can't wait to get mine.