Hi sarbear...Im Jo Im in Bunbury too .. Nicole told me about you today .. Sorry I missed your post...

Ok there is a meet thread in the sleeve get togethers forum// We will be meeting again next week to say good bye to nicole before her trip away... Go and have a look where and when ... Would love to meet up with ya...


Jo :)

Thanks Nicole......yum dome... and wow tickled pink how exciting and yes new way of life ahead....all good keep us posted :)

Hi Sarbear - Welcome to the forum, Im glad that you found us.
I havent had the band, but am due to be sleeved Monday week - I am both nervous, and excited (that soon I have have a totally new lease on life).

hi there,
we will probably meet next week also....some of us are now addicted to the dome and henry's ....lol and i go away on holidays that next weekend so it will be nice to catch up before i go away. I will keep you posted.

Nicole

What a pain i work Monday Tuesday i would have loved to come along let me know when u are having another
Sarbear

hi sarbear,
im from near bunbury also and i had my sleeve op on the 27th june, but i didnt have the band first.
We quite often have meet ups in bunbury for coffee or lunch, infact we have one tomorrow at 12.30 at henry's if you interested. The group of ladies are a mix of bandits and sleevers and are a lovely bunch.
Talk to you soon

Nicole

Hi guys thank u for the welcome and advise..yes have been doing abit of reading on site allot of info it is great. Thanks Chris Jilly Deb and Cindy. Cindy noticed you are from down town Dalyellup me too nice place good walks :) good luck on op
chat soon Sarbear

Hi Sarbear

Welcome to the site. I was one of the first banded on the Gold Coast in 1999 and had it out in 2001 in an emergency situation where it had slipped and wrapped itself around a lot of my organs. I didn't know anything about the sleeve until this year and decided to have the operation after putting on 20kgs. I was sleeved on the 5th November and so happy with how everything has gone. I only had pain the first night, was out of hospital on the 3rd day, have had no vomiting so I have been extremely lucky. I am still in the process of getting to know how much I can eat - generally half a cup depending really on the density of the food. Cruskits have been my saviour!!!!!! My only bug bear is I do get a quite a bit of diahorrea (mentioned in another topic) but I feel if that is all I have to whinge about I am very lucky and so happy with the sleeve after the band.
There are quite a few people on this forum who have had band out and sleeve in - some of them in the one operation so they will be able to tell you more.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Cheers Jilly

Hi Sarbear and welcome

Like you I had a band. My was put in Feb 07 in Bunbury and removed Nov 08 in Perth. I had numerous problems with my band including pain as you described. I had a CT scan and was told it was fine but when it was removed the new Dr found that my band was around the very top of my stomach and there was no pouch at all. Having the band removed was the best thing I could have ever done. The pain was gone straight away and I could eat normally again!

I am scheduled to have the sleeve done in Perth on Friday this week! I have waited between both operations as thats my surgeons preferance. I can't wait but am also scared witless lol

Feel free to ask any questions you want!

Cheers Cindy

Hi Sarbear,

Welcome to the forum!
Great to have you here.
Like Chris said, there are many members of this site who have gone from a band to a sleeve so I am sure you will get the information you are looking for. In the meantime, enjoy poking around the site.

Hi Sarbear and welcome to the forum.
If you do a search, you'll find that there are lots of people on this forum who have had similar problems to you.
Some have had their band out and the sleeve done at the same time, but others have had to have two separate ops to have it done.
Best wishes, and let us know what the doc says.
Chris

Hi guys i am new to the site let me introduce myself i am a 49 year old who had a lap band in 2005 to start all was fine but have had probs for a while. I can't seem to find the right fill too much too little if i have enough to lose weight i am chucking up and can't even get water down.Now my band and port area is always sore, going to see doctor next week to discuss sleeve has any one else had these probs.
This a fantastic site well done soooo much to read
Cheers Sarbear