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kajungal1027
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Hi...I am new to this site and wanted to introduce myself. I am a 33 year old female. I am married to a wonderful man for 10 years now. Current weight of 340. We don't have any children, and of course would love to have one, but with the obesity its has become difficult to get preg. I have been doing some research on WLS. I was seriously considering the gastric bypass..But after reading about this lap band thing, I am leaning more toward that. For one I hear it is safer, lot less complications..The only thing that I dont like is I hear it takes longer to lose the weight with the lap band. I am trying to get it through our insurance, but if that is not possible, I thought about self paying. I hear it is cheaper in Mexico..Here where I live I found out it would cost about 18,000 to have the lap band. Does anyone know about what it would cost in Mexico? And what about refills after? Any info would be helpful. Thanks