Hi Sandy, I'm getting sleeved on the 17th of October but my best friend has the band and has a lot of complications with it: vomiting after ever meal, she has to stand up while eating so the food doesn't get stuck (it's pretty funny having dinner out with her doing laps around the restaurant), chocking at night and so on... That helped me make my decision along with my DR'S advice - most of the people he gave the lap band are now coming back and getting sleeved. I hope this helped good luck!