still a bandster...

January 10, 2011 I had my first proceedure. I got the lap band along with greater curvature plication. I successfully lost 102 pounds pre op and I lost 175 post op. Knowing that it isn't common to lose large amounts with the lap band, my surgeon & I planned to convert to DS once my weightloss slowed. In February we decided it as time to schedule my conversion. After a long insurance approval process I was finally approved. I had my second proceedure last Monday, August 27, 2012. he plan was to leave the band and plication in place and add the intestinal part of  the DS or convert to full DS depending on how things looked from my first proceedure. My port was all over the place due to the large amount of weight loss. Other than that everything still looked great. So we felt there was no reason to undo the plication and cut my stomach to get the same result.

My band was repalced with the port being atached in a better position, the plication still as it was and the instestines dne as a DS. Yes, it's experimental. Yes, my insurace was willing to allow it. Many think I'm crazy for doing something experimental. However they need to remember that, if not for those willing to be experimented on, none of these proceedures would exist. I have complete faith in my surgeon and I definitely feel that he acted in my best interests as far as what he chose. There was one unexpected complication during surgery. I have had three c-sections. From those I had major adhesions & scarring. My bowels were the worst. They were fused together and he said they resembled half cooked spaghetti. He spent two hours carefully separating them.

I am excited to continue my journey and see where it takes me.

Wow, That's a lot to go through, Congrats on your weight loss. You have done fantastic hope you continue to have a great journey

 Glad your surgery went well...

Let me see if I got this right,  You still have a band AND a plication AND a by pass DS.

Did he say why not just a traditional DS?

Just nosey

Your weight loss is amazing!

Since everything was ok I'm a little confused as to why they replaced the band???

Part DS is to cut thestomach andmake it smaller, My stomach was smaller due to having plication and it all looked as good asthe day it was done so there was no point in doing all that unnecessary cutting to gt the same result. The band was in place but the port was unstable due to the large amount of weight loss so he put in a new band and secured it to to my new body.

Glad everything went well.best wishes for you to continue loosing. You have made great accomplishments so far!