with so many issuse on the news about people being injured or kidnapped down there, i was wondering who has gone to Mexico recently, & what was their experience like??

i am schedualled to go down this weekend, but everyone is being aprehensive about me going, just would like some imput, i feel confident that everything will work out fine, it has every other time that i have goine down there, guess just wondering what others thought...

Dear Wasabubblebutt,

You say the band got you to your goal and the sleeve kept you there? What do you mean? Was the band insufficient to use as a maintenance tool? Did you regain or did something go wrong with the band leading to a subsequent surgery? Just curious what your rationale for both surgeries were for? Why not just the band? Why did you need further surgery? I guess I'm most curious as I don't often hear from many who get to a size 4....thanks for any info you care to share. Sufina

Dear Wasabubblebutt,

You say the band got you to your goal and the sleeve kept you there? What do you mean? Was the band insufficient to use as a maintenance tool? Did you regain or did something go wrong with the band leading to a subsequent surgery? Just curious what your rationale for both surgeries were for? Why not just the band? Why did you need further surgery? I guess I'm most curious as I don't often hear from many who get to a size 4....thanks for any info you care to share. Sufina

I had a lot of problems with the band. It did get me to goal and then some. I worked really hard for my goal weight but after I hit goal I had complications and had to have it removed. I knew that removing my band meant weight gain so I revised to a sleeve for maintenance.

I had esophageal spasms, esophageal motility issues, stoma spasms, reflux, periodic gastritis, port pain from rubbing against my jeans, etc. I finally threw in the towel and revised.