Cross between a band and sleeve?

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Check out this procedure. It's investigational so don't bank on getting it.

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I have to admit, it's a bit too much like banding to me and the thought of another stoma, puking, sliming, and foaming would make me stay far away from it but those not afraid of a stoma ... might be kinda cool.

[Elisabethsew 50]

It looks like it functions VERY similar to an inflated band... NOT for me! I have no desire to go back to eating an unhealthy diet and dying with heart burn and gastric regurg.

[MacMadame 81]

I think this would be great for people who can't get around the idea of their stomach being permanently removed. But... I really wanted my fundus gone and a guarantee of limited ghrelin production and I don't see this procedure giving that.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

It looks like it functions VERY similar to an inflated band... NOT for me! I have no desire to go back to eating an unhealthy diet and dying with heart burn and gastric regurg.

The band causes soooo many problems that it is a good thing that the band can be reversed. This procedure is kinda sorta like a permanent band and I'm not so sure that would have fewer problems. But it is an interesting concept.

I don't get it though, why keep the Ghrelin? Ghrelin is our enemy. ;o)

[Elisabethsew 50]

Let's face it, the band is on its way out and that means a big loss of $$$$$$$$$$$$$ to the surgeons who have been getting rich doing several a day. All the other weight loss surgeries involve altering the anatomy in some way and that freaks a lot of people out. I see this as the next "big sell" to patients as THE improvement to the band.

[BeBop 0]

Nope, not for me! It's cool that they don't have to make incisions, but that's about the only good thing about it.

[Tiffykins 672]

Far too similar to how the band works for me. . . I wouldn't go through the pb'ing, sliming, and regardless if I had no incisions.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Far too similar to how the band works for me. . . I wouldn't go through the pb'ing, sliming, and regardless if I had no incisions.

Seems like...

First they had the mesh band, then the non-adjustable band, then the small adjustable band, then the mega huge adjustable band.. now the "no-band band"? The "Staple" band? The "Band without a band-band"? Heh... I don't know what to call it since it still seems to function like a freak'en band!

A band is a band... not for me. The gov't doesn't print enough money to pay me to get another one. I like my sleeve, wouldn't trade it for anything.

[MacMadame 81]

It seems more like the old stomach stapling operation to me than a band.