Hi all

My name is Bex and i am from Australia - i have been reading and lurking for a while and finally thought id dive in and introduce myself. I want to say you have all been so helpful and i have learned so much from this site. :cursing:

It seems here in AUstralia most people chose lap-band - my doctor was clear it was up to me and whilst the sleeves have not been done as long, the results seem to actually be better than lap band (eg weight loss etc)

I wondered why you guys chose to be sleeved over being banded. For me it seemed clear, i didnt like the idea of a foreign bosy in my stomach, or getting food stuck or going back adn forth to the docs to get filled and unfilled. The only advantage of the band being removebale didnt seem much of an advantage to me as I KNOW i will never be able to restrict my food myself (If i could i would have done it long long ago) so why would i ever want it reversed?

I am nervous, excited and would love to hear from you!

Bex

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Good luck to you, but I am sure you will do great with your sleeve. www.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg has a great message board with lots of people posting regularly. It is a GREAT support group for us sleevesters...Hope to see you there!

I have a lot of reasons. My big reason is that I knew my major food problem was ghrelin and the band doesn't reduce your ghrelin, while the sleeve does.

I was also worried about the long-term complication rate, particularly since I'm a self-pay.

My surgeon has done over a 1000 of these operations and has a group of over 750 that he's been following for years. They see very good weight loss and low levels of regain.

Hi! - Thats good to hear. I read your blog, very informative and inspirational - thanks!