Hi, I had my preop with my surgeon two days ago in prep for final insurance submission. In that meeting, my surgeon said that band to sleeve conversion patients tend to not lose as much as people who've never had any sort of weight loss surgery. This seemed odd to me that this was never brought up for vet the past 9 months that we've worked together. It kind of made my heart sink for him to tell me that I should probably expect a 60-70 weight loss in total out of the 160 that I'd like to lose.

I'm wondering if there are any patients who are band to sleeve conversion who have actually met or exceeded their goal weight? My surgeon said that most patients will lose 60 out of 100 pounds for band to sleeve conversions, but that seems odd to me as the friends of mine who are straight VSG patients have all met their goals.

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.

Amy

And I'll be praying that it does.

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I am on week three of my band to sleeve conversion and I tell you I just had a moment where I wanted to purge band style. I am on day 2 soft solids , week three post op. I made my first scrambled egg, and even eating it ever so slow its not going down. I have a lot of behavior that i have to change.

My band was empty for the last 6 months prior to surgery and I gained fast and furious and ended up really depressed. I am overjoyed that I have been revised. I am really trying to do everything right this time. Part of me knows that with such a high failure rate the band design or concept was a lot of why I failed, but I have to look at my side of the road and do better this time.

any stories about how and what changes you are all making band to sleeve conversion will be really helpful for me.

warm regards,

Dawn Marie

These stories give me hope. Doing lap band removal and gastric sleeve March 19. I am concerned about possibility of excess scar tissue. If that is found I might not be able to have sleeve at same time. Well, I have to take this one day at a time. I know I am a strong woman, and at 73 have lived thru a lot. I can do this. It's all so I can have a healthy life and be here for my new grandbaby!! Wish me luck!

Beautiful baby! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for little scar tissue! Good luck if I don’t catch you before surgery!