Has anyone here ever experienced any small bowel obstruction?
if so, what was your experience?
Thanks in advance for sharing

What in the actual heck is wrong with you ? Did your stats drop and you were depleted of oxygen as you were put under anesthesia !?! I'll see you on the flip side when your reposting your regain story with your photo looking similar to your BEFORE because you made no changes and allowed the surgery to do all the work except you'll be 4 inches shorter and toothless, hairless and possibly a few broken bones BY THEN . Wake the heck up and take this seriously or it will begin to catch up with you

I'm a forty year old woman who tells it like it is and everyone's pouch is not created equally! Good for you that you eat 1 baby bell and 1 egg! Some of us eat more some can eat less , however I'm pretty certain that taking vitamins should be considered more important than eating a few more ounces of protein , because if you let you teeth fall out .... all you'll be able to do is gum your soft scrambled egg ( bleh )

Thanks ladies !

I had my lap band for 6.5 years and began having problems including a flipped port but the list goes on and on of the discomfort of that thing !! Anyhow, my insurance denied my conversion to bypass 3 times and I appealed it every time . I finally received an approval and was converted to gastric bypass on may 3, 2016 ! My highest regain weight and weight at time of conversion was 198 when I rolled into surgery . The point is some people need a tool to help them lose and maintain a healthy weight and without it we will have a much greater chance at failing ! Lindstrom obesity advocates has proven to be worth every penny to those who have had trouble being approved for surgery and their fees are very reasonable. They will be up front and honest when speaking with you if they believe they can help you or not . By the way.... no way is the gastric bypass like the band ... you'll be satisfied with small portions but you will not have pain when you eat. You'll stop because your satisfied ... not because your choking or sliming ! You also can eat protein without it getting " stuck " so your able to eat well and stick to plan as opposed to eating slider foods because they " go down " . The gastric bypass life is 150 x better quality of a life than band living . Good luck in your process !

Good for you ! That's awesome ! I don't feel like that's slow . I'm a revision and it's taken me 18 months to lose 53 lbs ... following the rules so we are all different

I had my revision from band to bypass due to complications last may.... my weight was 198 but I'm only 5'2 so not as lite weight as you . I don't think you'll have trouble losing too much. The revision is slow go and seems to drop off way before you get too thin in my experience . I've lost 49 lbs in 14 months and still have about 14 to go and the weight loss is around 1 lb a month lol . You'll be glad to have the bypass ... your gonna feel so good after living with complications from the band / sleeve

I love carrot cake so I may try to Pinterest that !! Thank you all for the sugggestions !

Yum ! I saw that on Pinterest and thought that was so clever !!! Refreshing for this summer heat too!!!

Oh my my my !!! I have to check this out ! Thank you for sharing !

So Thursday I turn the BIG 4-0 ... birthday cake has always been my weekness . I've always had a piece when I was banded for the 6.5 years I had that... then after my revision last year I was able to pass on it due to my rny and wanting to not to get sick, wanting to get to goal, being fresh out of surgery, things were easy to stick to small amount of meat and hardly and hunger . I've still got 14 lbs to get to goal , hunger has returned in a big way, I am worried I may be weak when faced with a beautiful birthday cake with my name on it lol. I'm sort of joking , but I am curious if anyone has any low carb alternative for birthday cake? My only go to dessert has been sugar free pudding ...or triple zero yogurt but was wanting to have Maybe something cakey on hand ..... for my moment of weekness

I have a question on the other end of the spectrum that some what goes along with your post.... when you say the first 2 years they continue to lose ... that kinda gives me a little relief. I'm as everyone knows a revision from a 6.5 year band and I just hit my 1 year out to rny in may... I'm a super slow loser and still have 17 lbs to get to goal... I've been in a panick thinking I have hit my 1 year mark and now I'm not malabsorbing anymore .... is this the case or do I still have that on my side ? I've dropped my carbs down to 25 or less trying to get there .... dropped my peanut and peanut butter snacks and even let go of my yogurt to get the carbs down ... just curious about the time frame when the malabsorption stops . I am 10 lbs away from my lowest lap band weight of 142 but would love to see 135 to give me a normal bmi I'm also 5'2