What would you do?

I pray to heavens that this never crosses my mind. I know my stomach will stretch eventually. I don't want another stomach surgery ****loid easy) and I don't want to add anymore scars unless medically necessary. The whole point is that tightness will not be forever and the initial feeling is like a high. You are so happy you can't eat and you lose weight quickly. As time goes on we lose that feeling and our stomach becomes more tolerant. So why get another surgery when you know how it's going to be 2 years after the fact and the feeling you will have. Honestly save your 12K and take a nice trip to Europe   To answer your question, I will rough it on my own like others do everyday. I honestly don't believe in having additional weightloss surgeries (just my opinion!!!) because I see the damage multiple stomach surgeries can have on you later in life (ICU RN). I will take my tool and run with what I have now. Stomach surgeries are not something you want to play around with if not needed.

"The best response you've gotten" happens to agree with your opinion and has no source to back it up. Hmm.

To post a pic, you need to upload it to an external host like Imgur.

You are not before surgery, though. 

Nor are any of us radiologists, so x-ray pictures would be useless.  

Get yourself back on track with diet, stick to dense proteins, and get back on a PPI to help with the hunger that's most likely from acid.  Start tracking everything you eat with something like MyFitnessPal if you aren't already.  See your surgeon and get an endoscopy to see what's going on and if there's anything actually wrong with your sleeve.  

Ok, let's just save time.... YES you should ABSOLUTELY risk a third weight loss surgery (and then even a 4th or 5th****il you get the results you want.

You already "know" it cannot possibly be anything you are doing wrong, and you know everything ABOUT everything, so why did you bother to ask anyone here (since you clearly don't appreciate the comments from any of the people who have successfully maintained their weight loss after their ONLY surgery).

Seriously, if you want a magic surgery, get a DS and be done with it.

Lora

What I would do is exhaust every non-surgical option first. The more surgeries you have in the same exact area, the risks of complications, adhesions, scar tissue, go up astronomically.

You can gain weight with ANY surgery. You can have another revision, but you'd be risking your life, or at least your future quality of life. And with your mindset, there is a low probability of success.

You don't want diet or exercise advice. I'm not giving any, especially since you won't listen. I do recommend a good therapist with experience in eating disorders and body image issues.

I appreciate the first part of your response, that is the kind of solid non judgmental, educated responses I was looking for however as for the rest of it, maybe you missed you part where I'm 8 years post op and I'm still 80 lbs less than my highest weight.  Do you think poor attitude and not exercising or eating right kept 80 lbs off ? 

The fact that you have kept 80 pounds off after 8 years is the reason why I suggested therapy for body image issues. You state you have a very small amount of weight to lose, yet you are clearly intent on risking your life and health to have another surgery.

No insurance company would pay for it, and no ethical surgeon should consider doing it.

Well said, Grim.  

Why do you say no ethical surgeon would consider doing it if it is obvious that my sleeve is not the size it should be and I have shown an increase in weight because of it?  There have been MANY MANY cases where insurance has paid to revise from band to sleeve for normal BMI patients.