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Hey y'all! I have been scarce around here the last four years, but I've been a member since....I think 2004? Long time. :)
I had my surgery in 2006, and lost 147 pounds. After all this time, though, I've gained about 100 back. Not being careful to follow the pouch rules, plus menopause.
I developed gastric reflux, and had an egd. My new bariatric surgeon, Scott Stowers in Frisco, Texas, did it. I have a hiatal hernia that's contributing to it. I also have a LARGE pouch now. So on March 23, next week, I'm having the hernia repaired and pouch re-tightened.
I want to blog my experience with it all. If anyone's interested in following along, I'd love some new friends here. 
I'll be posting here: https://www.obesityhelp.com/members/stephanieintx/blog/
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Extended tummy tuck/hernia repair on July 28, 2008! Five pounds of skin removed!
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ~W.D
Weight at surgery on July 26, 2006: 304 lbs
Lowest weight: 147 (157 pounds lost!)
Regain over the past 2 years (2012-2014) - 59 pounds
REBOOTING! :) Working on losing back down to 160 (beginning Jan. 18, 2015)
I would be very interested to learn about your experience. I had my lap band implanted in 2010. It was a very effective tool for a 1/2 dozen years. Then it slipped. I couldn't keep food down. It was repositioned in 2017 and never did me a bit of good after that. I had it removed in 2020. It was found unbuckled. (No wonder it didn't work!) I had an endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty in 2021. I am having a very different experience. I feel no sense of restriction. I am struggling more to take off weight than I remember with the band.
thank you, me too
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
Hi all,
I will be having a BPD/DS REVERSAL due to severe malabsorption in a few weeks. My DS is too severe, I have a 50 cm common limb Infusions, injections, 45+ pills- supplements/day, osteoporosis and scoliosis caused post DS. I have had to add more and more supplements-the malabsorption is too severe.
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
I know it's years out but any updates?
Hi! I am in the same boat! What did you end up finding out? I am talking to my doc on March 1st.
