Guest guest Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hello all! After reading a few of these posts, I started thinking about what I really wanted out of this surgery. I do want permant results and I hope whatever outcome of this can stay with me forever. I wanted to get your opinions on both surgeries. I read one post that stated that a woman had the lapband and wanted to eventually get the sleeve b/c the sleeve is indeed " permanent " . I just heard some really negative things about it stating that the " pouch " could eventually stretch and weightloss is slowed throughout the years. Also, I eventually want to have more children. Will I be able to get adequate nutrition with a sleeve?? I guess I would have to be eating a looooot througout the day. However with the lapband, there's the thing of having to go for fills, and I have heard of people who have issues with their port (their port flips, or sticks out after massive weight loss that makes it look like a hernia and they have to have surgery again), long term erosion, and slipping. I haven't really heard of anyone having the band for more than 5 years without some issue. I was really set on getting the lapband but now the gastric sleeve sounds pretty promising. I was under the impression that Dr. Aceves only did the full RNY gastric bypass surgery and NOT the gastric sleeve. Please write me back and share your thoughts and personal experiences on each surgery please! Thanks so much! TwaChic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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