Went to the seminar last night and when I went there I had my mind set on the lap band. But after the surgeon went over all 3 procedures (band, sleeve and gastric bypass) the sleeve kinda sounds good too. I guess my question is how did you guys decide on lap band over any other procedure?

The lap band with plication is the route I went. I originally wanted just the stomach stapled. But it all works depending on the person getting the surgery. It all works if you want it to! Best of luck!

For me, I didn't want to be cut up. I saw two different surgeons. The first one I saw was insistent on the sleeve. The 2ND one let me choose. The thought of being cut and having organs rerouted scares me. How will I know if staples come out? If I have a leak? If I'm bleeding internally? Scary stuff....

My thought on the band was it was not physically changing my anatomy, less invasive and reversible.

I personally chose the Lap Band because it seemed like the logical starting pointing. If something goes wrong with my band I can have it removed, but if something goes wrong with the Sleeve, you can't get back the 75%-80% of your stomach they cut out. I simply couldn't justify hacking out the majority of my healthy stomach.