Dr. said band to sleeve surgery is pointless. Said little weight is lost if any and regain is much
(deactivated member)
on 3/8/16 4:38 pm
on 3/8/16 4:38 pm
This article seems to disagree. It says the sleeve should be as effective as the lap band.
http://www.doctormarvin.com/obesity-treatment/how-does-a-gas tric-sleeve-operation-work/
keynote34
on 3/26/16 9:53 pm
on 3/26/16 9:53 pm
Revision on 03/16/16
After I had the band removed I decided to go with the gastric bypass instead of the sleeve. I wanted to have some malabsoprtion for weight loss. I don't believe the sleeve offers malabsorption.
Hogwash. I had the band about 10 years ago and it worked for a year and then made me awfully ill for the next year. Removed it and revised to the sleeve and have never looked back! I lost 75 with the band, gained back about 30 of that, and now maintaining a 100lb loss with the sleeve with little issue. Your doctor is ludicrous :)