Corliss

If the same thing starts to happen with the again, then they will not be able to remove the sleeve as easily as the band.

I think you might not understand a sleeve.  It is a permanent procedure.  There is nothing to "remove" to revise to the original surgery.

Sure she could.  After a sleeve she could revise to a malabsorptive procedure if need be.

The reason for the vomiting with a band is because with a band you have a stoma.  WIth a sleeve there is no stoma, just a small stomach.  That's why there isn't so much vomiting with a sleeve.  We don't really get stuck or the other things that happen with a band.  I suppose if I swallowed a golf ball size piece of food it would be stuck, but I can't swallow something that big anyway.

Wow... I do.  I care very much about my fellow fatties.

Wow... hostility from a person I don't even know.  I don't care how old the thread is, if the person still has the same problem and someone like you is giving out wrong information... twice, sure.. It should be discussed.

We are what we are.  I may have lost the weight but I still have the fat mentaility.  It is what it is.

I hope you have a better "rest" of the day and can begin caring about your "peers".  Is that more PC?

Since you feel the need to mommy button posts, I think you need to get over thinking you know everything, don't contact me again.

You aren't worth my time to block, so stop stalking me, OR maybe we should take this to the R&R board so I can really tell you what I think of you.

You're an idiot stalker! Good day!

I said good day idiot!

This is the first time I recall ever seeing you.  Responding to a post isn't stalking.

Wow... three corrections in one thread.

I am newly banned, so I can't speak from experience but I would recommend the VSG (sleeve).  The VSG was my first choice but insurance wouldn't pay for that because they still consider it experimental.  My doctor wanted me to have the VSG or the RNY because of my diabetes but I opted for the realize band.  I know many people from the VSG forum that did extremely well with little or no complication.  There is only one girl that had a leak and got infected.  It is a middle of the road procedure that reduces the hunger hormone (ghrlein).  The only supplement necessary is B-12 and you can usually eat any type of food, just not much of it.  I suggest going for the sleeve with an experienced surgeon.  Good luck with your decision.  Greg

Hi, I have no experience of wls (yet) but I read a yahoo board with lots of messages from Australian people who had converted from band to sleeve.  They seemed pretty happy.  I think im gonna go for the VSG.  Best of luck with whatever you decide.