Thank you for the kind and encouraging words. I'll certainly keep you posted! :)

Your doctor sounds incredible! I am really hoping my new doctor will share that mentality. I selected him carefully based off of suggestions from the Failed Lap Band group on Facebook. The office seems to specialize in revisions and removals. They don't offer the band, either. They offer bypass, sleeve and the new balloon. I sure hope your revision yields the results you want! Do you have surgery date? I strongly recommend Keto. I have several IG friends who are RNY/sleeve and keto and very VERY successful! Regardless, I can't wait to hear how it goes.

I have not called Cigna yet. I probably should before I go Thursday. I have not idea if there are officially medically documented problems, but I cannot eat the things I need to eat to lose weight. I hired a trainer and a nutritionist and did not tell them about my band. I ate according to that plan and lost over 150 lbs. It takes me hours to eat my meals and I throw up a lot, but I am at least losing when I eat more healthy foods...ironic. I've (mostly)maintained for a few years now continuing to eat higher volumes than the band allows. I eat small bites and chew as much as I can, then drink after every bite I eat to wa**** down to the lower portion. This is the ONLY thing that ever helped me lose beyond the liquid diet. Even after I was initially banded (i.e. coming out of poor diet into a better one), I barely lost anything. My problem was probably not mainly volume, it was mainly the foods I ate. I was also only 24 years old and pretty ignorant when it came to food (and life lol). My parents are from the south an I was raised thinking corn is a vegetable. Yikes. I know what to do now and it works pretty well, so maybe I should not stress so much :P You've really helped me. Thank you, again!

I had RNY in 2012, lost 103lbs. I regained to 214 and maintained that until I had my two children. Now I'm at 243. I recently had an EGD done to assess for a fistula, because no matter what I do I just cannot lose the weight I've regained. Well, there was no fistula and my pouch has not stretched, but my stoma has completely widened, I have no restriction anymore. My surgeon just recommended me for the overstitch procedure however he doesn't do it nor could he give me the name of a surgeon who does. I didn't think finding a surgeon to do this would be so difficult. I'm in the Buffalo, NY area. Can anyone offer me a physician that's anywhere near me? Even a few hours drive is fine.

Thank you to anyone who can help!

Hello everyone,

I had VBG in 2004 . I had an endoscopy done about a month again. They said that my staple line is hehiscence and my stomach pouch is dilated. Has any one had a revision from VBG to another surgery?

Thank You,

Natalie

There's no shame in asking for help ! Please look into it , it will make things easier on your back too .

oh I forgot to mention that I am in Tampa and TGH is the hospital that reached out to me. Dr Michel Murr was my doctor and now I have to meet with Ashely Mooney because Dr Murr was going to another hosptial in Tampa but could not tell me because of his agreement with leaving TGH. So he said I could find him if I wanted to stick with him for the revision. I am going to give Dr Mooney a shot and if I dont like her I am going to go to Memorial.