Your quite welcome.  Feel free to PM me anytime.

p.s.  One of my big huge downfalls is my love affair with chocolate.  It has become my cruch when the other foods wouldn't go down that I should have eaten.  I'm likely always going to struggle with that demon.

Take care!

I had the VBG 13 years ago and I'm going to tell you as a veteran of that surgery that this feeling will likely never change.  Some days I can eat just about anything like I almost have no restriction and other days I can't hardly  eat even soft foods like eggs or pudding. 

I am scheduled to be revised to the sleeve in 3 weeks.  The VBG was quite successful for me for many years, and part of the failure is on me- the other part is that it was becoming quite often where I couldn't eat the healthier foods (more dense protein) because they would get stuck.  As a result, I have Grade C Esophogitus and so it became easier to eat the foods of least resistance (slider foods which are typically higher in sugar and carbs).  I started at 305 at that surgery, and got down to 167 (not quite goal, but close) , and I felt pretty good.  I maintained that for 9 or 10 years +/- 10 or 15# without a whole lot of problems.  Something happened the last few years with my band that made it difficult for me to eat the healthier foods.

I don't know that there is anything wrong with the VBG surgery persay, but the long term for me has been a challenge.  I'm hoping that with a permanent change to the size of my stomach will be the final tool I need to take back control of my weight. 

Welcome back!!!!

Julie

What an inspiration...I hope to keep my weight off but sometimes things happen. Did the illness have anything to do with the VSG?