No, I would have gotten gastric bypass. The reason is because I am a sugar addict and with the bypass, you absolutely cannot eat sugar without vomiting. We were talking about this at our support meeting last week, and many of us agreed that bypass is better for sugar addicts because you can just about eat anything you want with a band, including sugar.

Another reason is because I cannot stand the way I feel after having fills in my band. The feeling of everything stuck in my throat, the nausea, yuck. Plus there is always a chance of the band eroding and having to have another surgery to get a new one. More insurance hassles. With bypass, the weight comes off faster too.

So knowing what I know now, I wish I would have had a bypass. I realize not everyone agrees with me though. I'm losing weight with the band,

thanks thats helpful because my surgeon did gastric bypass and revisions for 14 years and a Bypass reversal which took 24 Hrs in the OR, but is very new to lap band and I will be the first band over bypass for him there is another person waiting for an approval though in the same situation, I guess I'm just nervous about yet another surgery.

The surgeon that did my original gastric bypass recently started doing the band as well. I have to give you a ton of credit for being your doc's very first BOB (band over bypass) patient. Since he is well versed in the bypass, at least you can feel comfortable knowing that he'll know exactly where to place the band as opposed to the docs that have never done a bypass. Me? I'm going to Mexico, but my doctor is a proctor for Allergan (the makers of lap band system) and he's been doing bands long before they were FDA approved here in the States. 3000 of them as a matter of fact. Now he's up to 1000 bypasses and 100 BOB's. So I feel incredibly comfortable with my decision. If I had the insurance to cover it, surely I would stay in the states, but unfortunately that isn't the case. When do you start your liquid diet?