I looked at the band for years - as nurse, I'm afraid of having the foreign object in my body.. as a fat person, I like to eat - and knowing I can have it loosened, just don't really see that working well for me.
Then looking at complications and scar tissue on the stomach a few years out - I'm glad I didn't have the band.
That said, I looked at RNY like 14 years ago - when they were all open. I was nervous, and I was afraid of the malabsorption for life.
Now - I'm planning on a gastric sleeve - in Mexico, because my insurance now won't cover any of it - and I feel like it's the best of both worlds... for me anyway.
I think there will always be places that can do the fills - it's just saline, accessed through a superficial port in the skin - and a doctor that has done them is likely to continue maintaining them on his patients.
I also think this decision, maybe like choosing a breast implant size or what major or college to go to, has to be something that YOU are completely comfortable with.. because there is a risk of complication regardless, and when you're dealing with the complication.. you don't want to be second guessing yourself for 'caving in' to what someone else told you to do.
