PearlsB4Wine
Member
Hello, folks! I'm happy to have found this site and community, especially since so many people here seem to have a good grip on health and nutrition. I was banded in '08, and had a pretty miserable time of it. Lots of vomiting, aspirating at night, chronic heartburn, and inability to eat, coupled with poor weight loss. Initially, I was able to fight my way to a 50 lb loss, before I couldn't handle the awful side effects anymore, and got totally unfilled. I gained back everything I lost over the next couple of years, and after surpassing my previous high weight. I decided to give it another try three years ago, and busted my ass doing everything by the book:diet, exercise, protein, the whole shebang, before the same awful side effects caught up to me again, even though I didn't have a tight fill. Once again, I gained everything back. I'm now researching a revision to VSG, after seeing how well several friends have done with it. I've already had a consult with Dr. Umbach, here in Vegas, and I'm scheduled for an endoscopy tomorrow morning to check for a band slip and hiatal hernia, both of which he thinks are likely, given my symptoms. If I'm positive for both, I'll probably be on the fast track for a revision, and I've been doing all the reading I can on the effectiveness of the sleeve, and the commitment it will take to make it work.
Soooo... Here we are. Looking forward to exploring the forums. I'd especially like to hear from folks who've had this revision, and how they've done. I'm also looking for the lowdown on any unpleasant aspects of the sleeve I should know about. Folks for whom the sleeve didn't work out, why do you think that may be? Thanks in advance!
Soooo... Here we are. Looking forward to exploring the forums. I'd especially like to hear from folks who've had this revision, and how they've done. I'm also looking for the lowdown on any unpleasant aspects of the sleeve I should know about. Folks for whom the sleeve didn't work out, why do you think that may be? Thanks in advance!