Went to a nutrition seminar today. People having different surgeries were there. I was the only one having the band. One guy getting the sleeve said...and I quote. Uh. Why would you ever do the band? You know it doesn't work.

I just can't stand people like this.

I know you wanted to tell him just how ignorant he was.

I am the only one in my group sessions getting the band too...I had a couple of people ask me why not the sleeve and I flat out told them it scared the $&!^ out of me.....hang in there we will show them the band works!!

I always laugh when people say that, their ignorance is astounding.

I have a friend who had Gastric Bypass 2 months before me, and when I told her I was getting the Lap-Band, she told me I was nuts because it didn't work. We started out about the same weight, too.

Now, 5 months post surgery for me and 7 for her, she's lost 60 pounds. I've lost almost 100. She's not saying the band doesn't work anymore

Mis73, that is to funny!! I bet she is eating her words now!. I was talking to a gastric person the other day at the doctors office and listening to her describe what she can eat most 3 months out was depressing. I am so glad I got the band.

I have a friend who had the original gastric bypass surgery over 10 years ago. She told me while I was pre-op that she had known only 2 people who had opted for the band, and both of them had ended up having the band removed. She did not know the reasons why...

I never had any second thoughts, because my surgery had to be delayed for so long.

No regrets for my choice!