What Made You Decide To Choose The Lap Band Over Other Weight Loss Surgeries?

[jen_1381 446]

Thank you!! It all feels very surreal - like I can't believe this is actually working! Then I remember, it's not really a "diet" or "program", it was my lifestyle change, and it's permanent!

[bigenuff 302]

Thanks everyone for the responses

Just wondering' date=' when you googled "lap band" and saw all the horror stories, were you at all deterred? This morning I started to freak out when I read a story of someone who got the band and gained everything back after one year. Then she said that the real statistics show that long term lap band success is only hovering at around ~10%

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Every WLS surgery has this story. Its unfortunate but that is the risk.And more people go online to complain than to Celebrate.most successful folks are out there living there new skinny banded lives.Do ur research snd do what's best for u .

Here is a chart comparing band sleeve and bypass.thus may be helpful.good lucknon whatever u decide.

Weight loss surgery site for info

http://www.trueresul...-loss-surgeries

[alicesandra 98]

I spent years running around trying to get approved for WLS (15-21). In those six years, I got exactly nowhere because the behaviorist had a problem with my parents and refused to allow me to go ahead, but I was determined. After he sent me the third rejection letter, reason being because he didn't believe I had the right support system, I gave up. It wasn't until my dad had found this article in a local newspaper about two women having amazing results after getting lap band, about 5 months ago, that I considered going down this route. I am now a week post-op and I could not be more prouder of my decision. No matter what way I wanted to go with the surgery, I had massive amounts of support from friends & family.

I am so thankful that I went this way. As others have listed, I am sure I would of regretted ruining my stomach in the future if I did get approved for the other surgeries.

[slojo67 125]

I chose the lap-band because it is less invasive than the sleeve (my other consideration) and because I felt like I would be better able to stop the loss-process when I wanted to better than with the sleeve. My bmi is only 32,so the band seemed like the better choice esp. for me. I don't like the idea of having 80% of my stomache gone forever...But I think the sleeve is an awesome tool for anyone needing wt. loss surgery with a little higher bmi than me.

[HaleyJ 4]

I had the band and the sleeve done at the same time and he didn't remove any of my stomach...he folded the edges around underneath and sewed it up...I've lost 23.5 pounds and I haven't had any trouble! Love it! I was just banded on the 24th and have nothing but good things to say about both!

[Edan Ren? 25]

Well I was all set on the LapBand and then I met with my nutrionist who started to sway me towards the gastric, because I will lose more, and lose it faster. So I met with the other surgeon and I told them I wanted to ponder my decision and so I went to work and talked to three people who had had gastric bypass (2) and one person who had the lapband.

One of the two people who had the gastric looked sickly and emactiated and the other one was ok. However, she told me she did not "mean to" lose all that weight but she did, the bottom line is that you can't control the weight loss. How much or how fast, and with lap band you can control both so I decided to go that way.

I have 200 lbs to lose and that seems to be a challenge on the lapband, but I know it's possible,

So that's why I chose to have it...August 16th is my surgery date.

[slojo67 125]

Cool, there's a line through my words. I've heard of the plication, you can have double benefit, that's awesome...Take care and good luck...

[Desdemona 48]

I agree -- it was a tough decision. I did LB for the same reasons you did but a few more as well. Research shows that if a person is more than 100 lbs -- they will probably be more successful with bypass (but there are certainly a lot of people who were over 100lbs and did fine). I was about that. If I was much more than that -- I do believe I would have done the bypass. Research also shows that people who tend to eat junk food when they are hungry do much better on bypass whereas people who tend to want to eat a real meal when they are hungry are good candidates for LB. I like junk food too but when I'm hungry I want real food --- not junk. Now -- when I look back on it --- I think I was overly afraid of the idea of bypass. I'm glad I did LB but if someone over 100 lbs cared to ask for my opinion -- I would tell them not to be afraid of the bypass.