I would love to connect with anyone who is >7 years out from surgery. How are you doing?

There are several about.

I'm a happy camper.

Good luck,

Tek

Hi. Were you in the military? If so what branch? My whole family is all Navy. I like to ride my jetski and park near the naval base where i live and watch the planes take off and land lol.

Well, this veteran is starting over. I was married to a Lap Band for about 7 years, then I got that infamous 7 year itch and divorced him!

I'm in the process of revising to bypass now.

How's your journey going, @Tink22-sleeve?

38 minutes ago, liveaboard15 said:

Hi. Were you in the military? If so what branch? My whole family is all Navy. I like to ride my jetski and park near the naval base where i live and watch the planes take off and land lol.

I don't believe "Veteran's" in this context is about military service, rather it is about having had WLS a number of months, years, or decades in the past.

Good luck,

Tek

Edited March 10, 20224 yr by The Greater Fool

I have been doing pretty well, overall. Life goes on after surgery for sure. But, I have been blessed.

Really my only complaint about the sleeve is that I developed awful GERD immediately after surgery, so I am dependent on Prilosec twice a day. I suppose a revision to bypass would solve that problem.

4 minutes ago, Tink22-sleeve said:

I have been doing pretty well, overall. Life goes on after surgery for sure. But, I have been blessed.

Really my only complaint about the sleeve is that I developed awful GERD immediately after surgery, so I am dependent on Prilosec twice a day. I suppose a revision to bypass would solve that problem.

Yeah, that was the cause of my divorce from my band... GERD. I lived with it for years, and was on Protonix twice daily and it didn't help much at all. I still had to sleep sitting up. When I developed a kidney stone from PPI usage, I filed for divorce immediately. ?

10 minutes ago, The Greater Fool said:

I don't believe "Veteran's" in this context is about military service, rather it is about having had WLS a number of months, years, or decades in the past.

Good luck,

Tek

That never once occurred to me lol. Damn living in a military town all my life i always just think of Military when someone says veteran lol

Oh interesting! Other than GERD, where there other reasons for the revision? I'd like to consider that myself. When are you scheduled?

Just now, liveaboard15 said:

That never once occurred to me lol. Damn living in a military town all my life i always just think of Military when someone says veteran lol

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I do have a cousin in Naval Intelligence, since you asked. She's not here tho, lol.

1 minute ago, Tink22-sleeve said:

Oh interesting! Other than GERD, where there other reasons for the revision? I'd like to consider that myself. When are you scheduled?

No mostly just GERD. I never made it to my goal weight with the band, so hoping to lose more weight with the revision. I just had my first appointment about a month ago to start the process, and I have one more visit with the dietician next week and then I see the surgeon for a pre op visit and I'll get my date then. We're thinking it might work out for the end of April tho.

Oh that is awesome! I wish you all the best! I will be on the lookout for your posts!

1 minute ago, Tink22-sleeve said:

Oh that is awesome! I wish you all the best! I will be on the lookout for your posts!

Thank you! ?

I'll be seven years out in June. Lost 235 lbs, have gained back about 20...but I'm oK with that..

Edited March 10, 20224 yr by catwoman7

That is awesome to hear catwoman7! It feels pretty good to be content, huh? Blessings to you!

Not sure i qualify as a veteran. I’ll be 4 years out in July.
Lost 100 and have maintained that weight loss. Best decision I ever made. Only regret was that I didn’t do this sooner. ?