....are really starting to scare me.

I appreciate all the honesty on this board, it sure makes me think. If I thought there was any other way, I'd do it.

This seems like the most effective, I don't care how slow my turtle goes, and it seems the safest, but damn, I wish there was another way.

I STILL am very appreciative of the fact that people share their complications.

Thank you all for that too.

Danger isn't just with the Lap Band, it's any surgery. If you were getting a boob job or back surgery you would hear the same kind of negative stories from patients that had complications. All surgeries are dangerous, but some save lives - like the band, for example.

Thanks DeLarla. I do appreciate hearing it all, and wish you much luck in your journey.

There are negatives with every thing in life...but for me I focused on the possitvie things my band did for me regardless of my erosion. I do not regret my band for one single second. Even though I NO longer have it I am happier and healthier then I have been in years. I am maintaining my weight loss without my band and I am damn proud of that !

Do not let the negatives scare you..think possitive

You should be proud! You should be screaming it from the top of your lungs, lady! Great job!

Paulax, good luck back at you. I had a lot of complications and way too many band-related surgeries, but in the end I'm down 77 pounds. I have problems with my esophagus now, but that's because I can't get my eating in order. I lost my band due to erosion and am stuck with mountains of bills from it. But before the band I didn't want to live, so losing over 75 pounds and getting my life back (even if it's only temporary) was worth it.

The negative is slow weight loss I'm impatient a flipped port and occasional pb but I have lost weight not gained and that is a plus I still want to lose 60 more but at 1/2 1 pound loss a week it will take awhile oh well our time will come

Delara has had such a miserable time. But most people on this board have had good experiences even if there are set backs. You can't expect to have a foreign object placed in your body and not have some consequences. Like I get things stuck - but it is my own fault for not chewing or eating bread. Otherwise, all had been well for me. Honestly, by the time you get to needing band, you've probably failed at a million other attempts and you probably can't do it on your own.