NEWS - WHEN LAP BAND FAILS ONE BARIATRIC SURGEON SUCCEEDS WITH GASTRIC SLEEVE REVISION

 the numbers were staggering to me when i researched the weight gain, over time. 40% lap band recipients gain all, if not more weight back over time. that staistic alone was the reason i decided against the surgery, and opted for sleeve instead. MICHELLE

When Lap-Bands Fail, Bariatric Surgeon Succeeds With Gastric Sleeve Revision

By Leigh Page | July 27, 2011

 

With lap-band surgery failing to induce weight loss in a growing number of patients, a Dallas bariatric surgeon said he has been successfully using gastric sleeve revision surgery for them, according to a report by San Francisco Chronicle.

David Kim, MD, said some lap-band surgeries have failed to provide sufficient restriction without swallowing difficulty after the patient eats a small amount of food.

He said patients with failed lap-bands have had excellent results with gastric sleeve revision surgery, losing more than 65 percent of their excess weight.

PIC OF TUMMY AT TABLE

i LOVE to see how much my stomach has shrunk, its really hard for me to see that it has, other than clothes becoming loser, but for the most part i see the same ole me every day.

so when i get to go to steak and shake, i mark my progress for my weight loss by how many fingers i can get between my stomach and the tables edge.

this pic shows 3 fingers!

and MY view from my seat looking down between my fingers and the tables edge, i can see the floor!
to me thats a marked success.

i used to spill over the table with my stomach, i hated sitting in a booth because i was so cramped in it.
but now, i can see floor, and hold 3 fingers in between my tummy and that table!
MICHELLE

STEAK & SHAKE FOOD PIC

another day, and another shot of my CHICKEN SALAD.

yup, thats fried chicken, was really good.
when i orderd the chicken (grilled) salad last time, the chicken came cold.

not too crazy about cold chicken, to be honest. so i opted this time (when i was there for this meal) for the fried chicken.
so it wouldnt be cold.
i have this weirdness about chicken, any foul really. it has too be COOKED, and if its over cooked thats even better. i wont eat it if its cold, aue my brain says its not fully cooked and i could get sick off of it, so thats why i made the choice for the salad this time.
still couldnt eat it all.
freid chicken, just so you know is LOADED with fat.
not the best choice when youve had any form of bariatric surgery to be consuming.

but its SO good! lol.
i, again chose a balsalmic (they have a raspberry,/ berry) vinegrette, and i choose that to cut the fat don even more.

MICHELLE

SELF PIC

just a pic of me, goofing off in the car with a camera.
ENJOY MICHELLE

i can tell i was walking that day. i have my MP3 player on my shirt and my hair looks all crazy..lol
this was prolly one of the 1st days i did this.
my face was still very full in the chin area.

i can tell you i hated it. every second of it i hated it.
1st day i walked my MP3 player quit on me about 3 songs in, which made the walking that much harder to do.
my body screamed at me, to stop, every single step i took.

i did 10 rounds and was spent. thats a mile. in an hour.
the average is 3 miles in an hour by most healthy individuals.

i did it tho, i walked.
and i had committed to walking a month to see if any major weight changed occured or not.

MICHELLE