So I have had my band in since 2011, about 6 years. Nothing is wrong with it, I had an upper GI and all was fine. I have gained all but about 20 lbs of the weight back, and I never lost as much as I wanted to from the beginning. My doctor won't give me a fill as food gets stuck all the time and he says my band is at the correct restriction. He wants to do a revision to a sleeve, but I am worried about the long term complications of having over half of my stomach cut out. I haven't heard of anyone with the sleeve for 20-30-40 years or even longer. I am 37 so I would have to live with this for a long time. I made the wrong decision before and I don't want to make it again and end up on the operating table again in 5 years. Anyone out there who has had the sleeve for a long time, or anyone who had a band to sleeve revision longer than just a few months ago?

I am having band to sleeve in a couple of days. I never really got to the sweet spot no matter how hard I tried. Everytime I had the band tightened, I would get indigestion. I ate all the right foods and exercised 5 days/week. I did lose about 70 pounds but still in the obese category. Slowly I am gaining it back. I will let you know how I do. There are others on this forum who have had this done.