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Normando
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I am scheduled for May 19. I had huge insurance problems--my company's program excluded bariatric surgery and there are no exceptions, the insurance company says. I decided to pay myself and have been getting all the clearances from various doctors. Then today I went to my dentist. His assistant had lapband surgery in 2005 and after 10 months had such bad acid reflux she switched to gastric bypass. She says: "beware lap band!" Then, I go on this forum and see that there are many people--a very large percentage--who have acid reflux problems in a big way. So now I am VERY worried and am gettting cold feet. I am a male, 68 years old. I have been trying to loose weight by every means since I had heart bypass surgery 10+ years ago. The last three years I have been in weight loss programs. Lost 50 pounds at the low point and have gained 20 back, so I am eager to do the lapband. But I am now very worried. Anyone care to comment?