Does it work

For those of you that have already had some type of revision surgery, did you go through the honeymoon phase again?  Are you losing fairly quickly?  Do you have any regrets or encouragement.  Any insight would be great.  

Seriously, any input would be appreciated!

I lost better with my revision then I did the first time, but I also was more compliant this time.  I followed the post op instructions to a tee and also addressed the issues that led me to needing WLS in the first place.  The first time I expected the surgery to do everything for me.  After failing that miserably I decided to try something different and following the rules and avoiding the foods that I felt I am addicted to.  BTW, my revision wasn't due to regain, although I did regain most of the weight I lost, but because of issues related to my non compliance that made my quality of life miserable.  So by having a revision I was able to gain a useful tool, restriction, which I didn't have the first time, I eliminated the side effects and was able to be compliant to avoid more side effects.

I am now 4 months post-op Lapband-RNY revision. I did well on my Lapband losing 80 pounds and maintaining for 4 years. I regained 25 in my 5th year as the band was filled, unfilled and constantly tinkered with trying to find hte root of my problems. I had bad GERD, night sweats and quite a bit of regurgitation of food. When I had RNY revision I was at 224 (55 down from initial surgery), I lost an additional 57 pounds over the past 4 months. I have pretty much leveled off. I am at 167 and happy. I suspect I can probably lose another 8-10 pounds. 

Was it a honeymoon phase? I guess relatively it was. It was a fast weight loss with no issues. I know from experience the real fight is maintaining. I am a very active person and know it is key for me keeping the pounds off. Plus, activity is just plain good for my health. 

Tom

Thanks for your responses and I hope the weight loss journey continues to be successful for you both. 

I just had my sleeve revision on Monday 12/9.  My pouch was made a bit tighter and I can feel it. I lost pretty fast the first time but stopped losing completely at about 6 weeks.  So far I have lost the weight I gained in the hospital and already losing extra.  I feel the tightness more so this time and the first sleeve didn't take away my hunger.  This time I have to remind myself to take in my liquids and the liquid phase isn't bothering me.