Hi all,

I had my gastric sleeve in 2013 and went from 270 to 155. I started struggling to keep the weight off less than a year out from surgery. Eight years later, I've gained half of it back, weighing in at 210. My original surgeon doesn't do revisions so I decided to have an endoscopic sleeve gastrectomy to retighten my stomach and get off the regain (performed by a gastroenterologist). Unfortunately private insurance doesn't cover these so I paid >$10,000 out of pocket. Has anyone had success with an ESG post-sleeve? I'm 4 days out, down 9 pounds, feeling hungry and weak, but still motivated. Thanks for your input!

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/endoscopic-weight-loss-program/services/endoscopic.html

Hi Napa Girl,

Congrats on your surgery. I never had that surgery, but I would try searching Facebook and the obesity help website for their forums if you don't have much here. Also, try searching it here if you haven't already. Goodluck!

Interested in this as a possible revision option. I had my VSG in January 2016 and have had a regain of 20 pounds but never actually reached my goal weight. Wondering about the insurance coverage though. Don't want to pay out of pocket if at all possible. Sounds like recovery is much like VSG just without the abdominal incision. Going to get in touch with my surgeon and see if its a possibility for me.

I came across your post and I was wondering how your weight loss is coming after having the ESGr? I am having it done in February and I want to have realistic expectations.