Hello I am 30 years old and diabetic .. I have 2 small children.. I decided in nov. I do not want to live my life taking pills and being over weight. I had my mind set on gastric bypass up until last week when I met with the surgeon. He went over risk and I chickened out and I am now considering the lap band instead. I am scared I won't get the full results I am looking for tho.. I have alot of weight to loose.. I am 268lbs (can't belive I even told that info!) and I would love to be 150. I am only 5'2.. So if anyone can offer up some good advice, pointers, and if any one had also back out of gasticbypass and went with the band!! please help.. lol thanks Barbie!

Hello I am 30 years old and diabetic .. I have 2 small children.. I decided in nov. I do not want to live my life taking pills and being over weight. I had my mind set on gastric bypass up until last week when I met with the surgeon. He went over risk and I chickened out and I am now considering the lap band instead. I am scared I won't get the full results I am looking for tho.. I have alot of weight to loose.. I am 268lbs (can't belive I even told that info!) and I would love to be 150. I am only 5'2.. So if anyone can offer up some good advice, pointers, and if any one had also back out of gasticbypass and went with the band!! please help.. lol thanks Barbie!

Hi there

I had the band done Dec 13th so I am new to all this but a cpl years ago I was determined to do Bypass surgery and I like you got almost to surgery and I chickened out....I finally decided I had to do something,,,, so I decided after having a 2nd stroke I had to do something,,,,,soo I went with the lapband.....I started out at 317 and I am 263 today,,,,,,,i weighed 290 the day of surgery so the weight does come off it is slower but I am glad I chose the band,,,,I have not really had any issues,,,,I go mon for my first fill......I seem to think i am doing well....we have to see what the dr says,,,,,,welcome to the site

Hi. Barbie welcome,

I decided to have the band because it’s reversible if something goes wrong or if later in my life I get sick. With the band they are not changing/re-routing anything in my body. My advice to you would be research them both, weigh the pros and cons of both and then make you decision. This site has a lot of good info on it. Some have had success with the band some have not. Good Luck

Ps: In my opinion with the bypass you may lose quicker but you will have more loose skin, and a greater chance of gaining it back.

Hi Barbie - after years of research and contemplation, I decided to go with the LapBand. I had my surgery October 2009. I have two people in my family that have had gastric bypass surgery. They got skinny quickly, but that was not what I was looking for. I wanted a weight loss that would be slower so that my skin would not sag, and so that I would not lose hair, and it seemed to be a healthier way of weight loss. My sister had gastric bypass and she gets sick when she eats certain foods; so she cannot eat certain foods. The LapBand has been a tool to help me to not over-eat. I went from size 22 to size 14. I'm 36 years old and this has been the best decision I've made second to marrying my husband. It hasn't always been easy, but it's definitely been worth it. I'm still losing weight slowly; I figure that by the end of 2011, I should be where I want to be. I hope that you make the right choice for yourself and that you are happy with the results. Good luck!