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Hello Just curious if you are a T1 or T2 diabetic and if you keep your carbs in check. I was a really bad T2 diabetic and made the decision before the sleeve that if nothing else I told myself I was going to get my A1C in check for good. I made the decision to completely cut out refined sugar and carbs. I brought my A1C down from 10.1 to 6.5 before surgery doing the Pre-Op diet. 1 month after surgery I had got my A1C down even lower to 5.9. My endocrinologist told me that as of right now I don't have diabetes. They call it cured by diet.
HW-430
SW-372
Day of Surgery-347
CW-246
on 5/23/19 7:08 am
Apologies as I want to use this platform more but sometimes I lack understanding the in and outs of it. I wasn't sure if you were speaking to me but.. if you were. Yes, I had my revision on April 17th. The transition was easy but wow! So different from the sleeve.
I don't generalize, I base that on 15 years of helping others in a similar situation. Good Luck to you and congratulations on having you're surgery paid for by the insurance company. Keep us posted on how you are doing
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Hi, how are you doing from your surgery?
1st Goal: 245: Achieved
2nd Goal: 220: Achieved
3rd Goal: 199: Achieved
Final goal: 170
"I thank GOD for allowing me this opportunity to turn my life around"
Thanks! I actually have a consult with Dr. JR Salameh at Virginia Hospital Center near DC..he does the procedure as well..Anybody heard of him??
My insurance BCBS NJ is paying for my revision, and I'm not in a life threatening situation. Be careful not to generalize. The remainder of you post is awesome!!!
There are plenty of people who have done very well revising from proximal to distal. There are a few FB groups that have a lot of activity where you'll get a variety of opinions. I'm schedule for a distal revision on 6/12/19 - and as someone noted below - the tool is one thing, I have to get my mind right!
Keep researching, find a good revision specialist and go for it!
I'm in NJ - using Dr Michael Biloff for my revision.
I am anxious to hear how your revision goes. I have severe reflux, plus another hiatal hernia. My new surgeon also discovered that I was not sleeved properly the first time - the surgeon left a pouch (fundus) at the top. I do NOT want to end up with Barrettes, and so I feel that my only option is the revision to bypass, but that makes me nervous. I was already a revision to sleeve from band in 2015.
