Yes, the treatment can fail. Eventually, I think all bands will fail. Anyone who has great success with a band is a rockstar.

Old procedures like the VBG were doomed to fail. The poor *******s that had that surgery have been to hell and back. There are a bunch of other old surgeries and experimental surgeries that were also doomed to fail.

And then there are complications with RNY, VSG, and DS that are no fault of the patient, and often not the fault of the surgeon, either. Sometimes our bodies are just more fragile than someone else's.

But MOST of the time someone fails to lose weight, or regains a lot, it is because they eat too much. Occam's Razor.

Sure, there are lots of things that drive us to eat too much. It's what got us here to begin with. But the surgery WILL do what it was designed to do, as long as we do our jobs. Does that mean we can all be a size 2? Of course not. Success is measured in lots of ways. But a great many of those seeking revisions, and losing very little after, it's because of their eating, not a failure of the surgery.

I think your assessment is balanced.

And I am shooting for the size 2.

Oh, me too.

Hmmmm.  I think a 2 might not suit you.....maybe a 38.  And I, on the other hand, will be happy with a 6!

joan

In a way...I am sort of sarcastic on the size 2.  However, I am already a 6 so it *might* be feasible. I potentially have 6 months of the honeymoon left.

How many people/percentage end UNDERWEIGHT after gastric bypass???

I am a revision from the CRAP BAND. The most I ever lost with the band was 27 pounds. It was a nightmare. I lived for 7 years feeling like worse of a fat failure than ever before. I was banded in '05... so I dealt with it for a long time. Choking, vomiting, reflux, stuck food - then I unfilled and gained my 27 back. I didn't care because the band didn't control me any more. Then in '12 I got insurance that would pay for WLS. I self-payed for the band.  

I went from 265-142 in 14 months.  Sometimes I felt like the world was evaporating around me.  I "only" lost 19 pounds in month one. I don't care how fast I lost. I care that I made it to goal.  

The others are right. You have to work it. I thought the band was going to be magic. Having such a miserable time with the band made me respect my RNY much more.

Thank God for second chances!!

I'm so happy for you!!