@Band07Sleeve13 I don't know who this is addressed to but if Elizabeth N., you are SO wrong to say she doesn't know what truly overweight and unhealthy feels like. Now, if it wasn't addressed to her, I apologize but it was addressed to someone.
I can only guess from your response that you have either never been truly overweight and unhealthy or you forget what it feels like. You obviously don't know the desperation of never wanting to experience that again. My BMI is 30.9, I am obese and I'm literally fighting everyday with my eating and exercise not to gain even more. I remember being 260 lbs with HTN and high cholesterol and sleep apnea and being so depressed I didn't even want to leave the house, I remember not being able to tie my shoes and breath at the same time or fit comfortably in a booth. It may seem extreme or crazy to you but I will take risks in order to never go back to that life. My metabolic rate has been compromised after so long with the band so Iv been told by doctors my "sleeve" is not a sleeve at all, I'm looking for other options because I'm terrified of gaining the weight back, I truly hope you never have to experience what this feels like.
@Elizabeth N. was in the high 300's when she had her DS and was literally at death's door. She would not have survived to see 50 which she was able to see last year. She paid out of pocket to have the DS.
*I* am probably one of the lightest weight virgin DS'ers as my starting BMI the day I signed into my surgeon's office was 35.2.
Btw, sleep apnea can be genetic and just made worse by weight. Not everyone gets off the cpap after surgery. EN didn't, my husband didn't.
IF you are going to go under the knife again, don't you want the BEST possible outcome and not another crappy solution for you? If so, then get a traditional DS. Not a MGB or just a resleeve or even a "mini" DS. Get the real thing...the one that has a 20+ year track record.
But I will also suggest that your depression needs help. Talk to your PCP about it and see what he/she suggests. What WLS does not fix is depression. It can't and won't. While being obese is not fun, most US surgeons, esp on a revision, want you either to be morbidly obese (over 35 BMI) OR have a failure of your current WLS. IF you lost 50% of your excess weight, you are not considered a failure BY THEIR STANDARDS.
For me, 50% of my excess would still make me obese...not morbidly obese, but still beyond overweight. Given your posted weights:
highest weight 260 day of lap band surgery 223 lowest weight post band 139 maintained around 142/145 for years. Day of sleeve surgery 169 today 179, my ideal weight is around 150.
IF your ideal weight is 150, that meant at your highest, you were only 110 lbs over so 50% of that is ONLY 55 lbs. So anything BELOW 205 is in excess of 50%. YOU are still considered successful.
This is WHY we advocate "Think twice, CUT ONCE" and "ONE and DONE"