Would you do it again if you had the option to go back?
Absolute no-brainer. Yes. And I agree with those that said they'd do it annually if that's what it takes.
Heaviest: 313/VSG Pre: 295/Surgery: 260/Maintenance target:190 - Recent: 195 (08/15/19)
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Your dh needs to talk to all the people on here whose lapbands almost killed them and now they have sleeves! They have a completely different perspective on how "safe" the lapband is.
Also, your surgeon's leak rate should be well under 1%. If it's not, RUN! There are plenty of surgeons who do have a leak rate in that range so no need to take a needless risk. As an example, my surgeon hasn't had a leak in YEARS.
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Getting the VSG was the very best thing I've ever done for myself and I would do it again in a red hot second. If I had to do it every year I would do it happily.
Just to give some perspective on "such a major surgery," when I had my VSG I was in surgery for about 40 minutes and breezed through with no complications at all. When I had a facelift a year later I was in surgery for FOUR AND A HALF HOURS and felt like a truck had run over me for weeks. The cosmetic surgery was about a million times worse than the stomach surgery in every way.
There is no way I would ever get a band.
I'm 5'2" and 55 years old. VSG 3/17/10
