Round Three!!
Some of you might remember my story. I had my stomach stapled in 1983. I lost 150#, then gained back all of it plus more. I had the VSG with Dr. Pompa in December 2008. I have lost approx 84#, maybe have gained back 5#. I know I can eat a great deal, and always could after surgery!
I knew something was wrong. Enter Dr. Aceves when husband went to Mexicali for his surgery. (He has lost almost 100# in 6 months!) Dr. A did an upper GI on me and found that my sleeve was not done properly. It may have been a complication of having had my stomach stapled so long ago. But either way, I would have appreciated honesty from Dr. Pompa. Something like: "Hey.. I really couldn't do a complete sleeve, so you get what you get". I could have been prepared. What she did say was that I had the "smallest sleeve" she had ever done.
What that means exactly became clear when I saw Dr. Aceves. I have an hour-glass shaped stomach. In essense, a large upper pouch, a narrowing, and a large lower pouch. There's hardly any restriction at all. In fact, I can eat plenty. Everything I have lost has been through perserverence and exercising like a mad dog at the gym.
Now I'm going back to Dr. Aceves in June. He's going to attempt to complete the sleeve, and if unable to do that, will do a RNY. I'm bummed that I have to spend the money and endure another surgery. I don't want to spend my vacation from work recovering from surgery. But the truth is, I'm scared. I feel myself slipping back into the old me. I feel hungry all the time. So hungry that I have pain. Husband has yet to feel hunger even 6 months out! I can hardly hope for zero hunger, but anything less than what I have now would be great!
At 52, I probably have 25 to 30 years left on the planet if I'm lucky. I want them to be good years. I don't want to stay on my hypertension meds. I want to have all the energy that I possibly can. I want to be the best possible "me". And for these reasons, I'm willing to undergo surgery again.
Did my surgery fail or did I fail my surgery? I don't really know at this point. I'll take partial blame. But not full blame. I've seen the x-rays and they don't lie.
I knew something was wrong. Enter Dr. Aceves when husband went to Mexicali for his surgery. (He has lost almost 100# in 6 months!) Dr. A did an upper GI on me and found that my sleeve was not done properly. It may have been a complication of having had my stomach stapled so long ago. But either way, I would have appreciated honesty from Dr. Pompa. Something like: "Hey.. I really couldn't do a complete sleeve, so you get what you get". I could have been prepared. What she did say was that I had the "smallest sleeve" she had ever done.
What that means exactly became clear when I saw Dr. Aceves. I have an hour-glass shaped stomach. In essense, a large upper pouch, a narrowing, and a large lower pouch. There's hardly any restriction at all. In fact, I can eat plenty. Everything I have lost has been through perserverence and exercising like a mad dog at the gym.
Now I'm going back to Dr. Aceves in June. He's going to attempt to complete the sleeve, and if unable to do that, will do a RNY. I'm bummed that I have to spend the money and endure another surgery. I don't want to spend my vacation from work recovering from surgery. But the truth is, I'm scared. I feel myself slipping back into the old me. I feel hungry all the time. So hungry that I have pain. Husband has yet to feel hunger even 6 months out! I can hardly hope for zero hunger, but anything less than what I have now would be great!
At 52, I probably have 25 to 30 years left on the planet if I'm lucky. I want them to be good years. I don't want to stay on my hypertension meds. I want to have all the energy that I possibly can. I want to be the best possible "me". And for these reasons, I'm willing to undergo surgery again.
Did my surgery fail or did I fail my surgery? I don't really know at this point. I'll take partial blame. But not full blame. I've seen the x-rays and they don't lie.
Hi Joyce P.
I understand what you are going through. I had the lap band before in 08 and then 09 the VSG.
With the band I lost 17 lbs then gained back 14 lbs. I had to do self pay for the VSG. I have lost 30 lbs but I have started to gain again about 6 lbs. This is my own fault for staying completely away from the carbs. I have PCOS too and I have heard it's even more difficult for me to lose weight. This being my 2nd WLS I've heard it's even harder. I made the wrong choice with band. Nothing I can do about it now. I have to work like a dog and restrict myself from the carbs.
I guess I will keep on trying.
I really believe Dr. Pompa failed.
I wish you the very best on your next surgery with Dr. Aceves.
I understand what you are going through. I had the lap band before in 08 and then 09 the VSG.
With the band I lost 17 lbs then gained back 14 lbs. I had to do self pay for the VSG. I have lost 30 lbs but I have started to gain again about 6 lbs. This is my own fault for staying completely away from the carbs. I have PCOS too and I have heard it's even more difficult for me to lose weight. This being my 2nd WLS I've heard it's even harder. I made the wrong choice with band. Nothing I can do about it now. I have to work like a dog and restrict myself from the carbs.
I guess I will keep on trying.
I really believe Dr. Pompa failed.
I wish you the very best on your next surgery with Dr. Aceves.
Virgie Tschirhart
Lap Band - 2008, Sleeve - 2009, RYN - 2017
Started Program Weight July 13, 2017 - 194.2
Before Surgery Weight December 27, 2017 - 185.0
Current Weight - February 2018 - 161.0
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