Hi All,

I am still in the early stages of prepping for the procedure and I have been doing a lot of reading from all sorts of different sources. I was on obesityhelp.org last night and was surpised to see so much negative stuff surrounding the band. A lot of people stating if they had to do over they would not get the band. I am trying not to let that discourage me and influence my decision but it's tough.

Question if you could do it over would you get the band or go in a different direction?

thanks,

Jim

I personally love my band and after losing 126 lbs, I am thrilled with how it worked for me, but I know it is not for everyone...Had I been any heavier, I would have done the sleeve over the band but I never would have done Bypass!!!

-Stephanie

I'm not trying to be rude but if all I could eat was mushy foods then I would be headed back to my dr. I'm 12 days post op and have to force myself to eat, but I wasn't a big eater before the band. What does the gastric sleeve do differently? I've been told you can't eat certain things with that too.

I did go back to my doctor several times only to cry all the way back home. All I was doing was throwing up and not losing weight at that. He even suggested that we put a very slight fill to see what would happen. I went home only chocking on my saliva everytime I would try to lay down. Another visit I asked if they had some type of diet program that I could follow since I am apt to follow a diet then try to figure out what to eat. They didn't even have a diet program.