3+years out

I am a VERY HAPPY WLS graduate!!!  I had lap band surgery in Jan of 05.  I lost almost 130lbs and this september had a lower body lift.....I am loving life!!!  I am having pretty bad reflux and have been diagnosed with having band slippage but luckily I have time to redo my surgery and to have insurance cover it this time around. 

What is amazing to me is that I was more willing to deal with a stomach that errodes than to have them take and leave off my lapband!!  Is that crazy???  I just CAN NOT go back to what I was before!!!!

Surgery was the best decision I ever made!!!!!!  Thanks to all of you guys for the support that I needed during my decision making and immediate post-op period!!

Much Love,

Yasie

That is awesome!  Yes, we all seem to be willing to take the risks in order to be healthy and have a life!  So cool!  Got pictures?

I plan on posting a lot of pictures soon!! Thanks for asking!!

Congratulations on your success!!!!! It sounds like you've done a fantastic job!!!!!

Congratulations!

I'm just curious; since you've had band slippage and erosion, would you consider a revision to the RNY with with minimallu bypassed intestines or the vertical sleeve?

Again, congratulations on your weight loss!

I actually have not had any erosion that I know of....the doctor just told me that it was one of the risks of having a band that had slipped.  So hopefully it will not come to it....but if that day came before I had a chance to redo the lapband, I would probably choose the sleeve.

Thanks!!!

Pictures are finally up in my profile!!