I have been sleeved twice. My starting weight at first surgery was 336, and I only got down to 309 Aftwr about 8 mos. I got re-sleeved a year after my first surgery. Starting weight for that was 303, I'm now at 250. I don't feel like my stomach is stretched, I can still barely eat without getting full and throw up quite often for being 2 years out. All I really want is to have a successful surgery and get down to 180. Should I look into being sleeved again?
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In New York State it is required that all insurance companies cover bariatric weight loss surgery. Because your BMI is over 40 you do qualify for the sleeve gastrectomy. You should make an appointment with an experience bariatric surgeon to learn more.
Sleeve gastrectomy limits the amount of food that your stomach allows so you will lose weight, with less nutritional deficent than others. In type 1 or 2 obesity, restrictive surgeries are recommended rather than malabsortive like bypass. In cases like you can have the best results losing up to ...
Generally it should not be a problem to have a sleeve after incisional hernia repair, even with mesh. You do not need to worry about the insufflation of the abdomen stretching the mesh. All laparoscopic incisions are small and do not disrupt the integrity of the mesh. The only...