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In a second attempt, I finally got my sleeve! - So my band removal was in July and I was so disappointed then to awake from surgery only to learn that the band had caused too much damage for my surgeon to also perform the sleeve...

Woke up with NO sleeve - Well I woke up from surgery today for a band revision to the sleeve, only to learn that this crap band jacked up my stomach so bad that he couldn't do the sleeve today. The good ne...

How to manage a sleeve diet WITHOUT artificial swe - My revision surgery (lapband to sleeve) is scheduled for this Thursday and I have a three day preop diet that starts Monday. In addition to preparing for the preop diet, I am tryin...

Insurance covers DS but NOT the sleeve! - I have a slipped lap band (placed in 2006) and after months of research and reading here at OH, I had my mind firmly set on the sleeve. I consulted with Dr. Trace Curry in Cincinna...

Any lightweights with the sleeve? -  I have a BMI of just under 33 and have a lap band slip. I want a revision to the sleeve, but my doctor is very hesitant about it. I just don't see the point of fixing this problem...

It's official -- I have a slipped band. Freaking o -  Well, I posted a few weeks ago about thinking of revising from the lap band to the sleeve, and it seems now as though I'm going to be forced into surgery whether I like it or not....

Questions about the sleeve (particularly, revision - Hello! I was banded in 2006 and, unfortunately, have only lost about 45 pounds (had lost 67 but have been gaining lately). I was a self-pay patient, so it kills to me to think I pa...