New here- looking for advice on lapband revision!

[liannatx 897]

Thank you all for the advice! Sent my consult request in to Mass General & now I'm just waiting to hear back!

Another question for you- how do you get over the feeling of feeling like a failure because your first surgery didn't work or you didn't succeed? In having a hard time coming to terms with feeling okay about it! Thanks again.

I have never felt like a failure... I felt like the BAND failed me. Even more discouraging for me, I had made it to goal before my band slipped and started years of progressively worsening symptoms.

You are not a failure... it is more that you are NOT giving up. The Sleeve is NOTHING like the band IMO. It is everything I had hoped the band would be... effective and permanent.

[ama2414 3]

Thanks so much for the kind words- I'm glad that I am making this decision for myself and finally look like the person I feel like inside!

[hockeyfan7 249]

I was banded in 2012 and lost about 80 lbs. But it got to the point where no matter how little or how much fill was in the band I would throw up everything I was supposed to eat. The only things that would stay down were Ritz crackers and ice cream. You don't lose weight on that.

I had the band removed and the sleeve done 22 days ago. I'm sorry I didn't do the sleeve to start with.

I would also get stabbing pains where the port was - the surgeon says that it was rubbing on a nerve most likely. And I hated getting that needle in my stomach.