DropOut

Studies have shown that people regain all their weight when the band is removed , even if it is years later. You will always be a fat person. Even if you are currently skinny. The fat cells are still there , empty for now but just waiting for you to replenish them. Never think you are truly cured from obesity, There is no known cure. I suggest you do whatever you must to obtain a procedure to prevent the fat cells from replenishing again. Otherwise it is only a matter of time , likely a short time , before you are as fat and miserable as you were before.

I am currently going through the 24 session bariatric surgery class in Fontana Calif for bypass surgery. Kaiser has approved the lapband surgery here as of a couple months ago. It is done in Long Beach but you still have to go through the 24 week class , psych eval etc first. I am wrestling with myself over which procedure to choose and am leaning lapband even though it appears to be rather troublesome. I can always convert to bypass surgery later if complications cause removal.