I'm wondering, based on comments in another thread, how we all heard about the band?

A woman on another message board had posted about it and her success.

Forgot to say where I heard - my DH's aunt had a friend who got one. He was researching having a gastric bypass but after looking into it, we decided the band was a better choice.

I heard from my cousin. She has a friend that was banded and worked very good,so I went see my doctor and she referred me to my surgeon.

Saw Mohammad Ali's daughter on Montel Williams show talking about how she lost over 100 pounds with the lapband.

A co-worker who WAS over 500lbs had it done. I used him as my guinea pig! I saw how much he has lost over the last year or so and decided that it was going to be much better for me than RNY, which my sister-in-law had. Granted she went from a tight size 30 to a lose 10 in about a year, but her skin and hair and even her eyes dont have any luster to them.

I had been wanting wls for years and first my insurance didn't cover it, then they did but only the RNY. I was way too afraid of the RNY, so I put it off and out of my mind. Then the last week of school there were some parents decorating the gym for a dance. One of my co-workers introduced me to a lady who had had it. She was still heavy, but so enthused about it. I hadn't heard of the "new band" surgery. I did the research and found out how much less drastic it is and decided I had to have it. that was at the end of May. Now, in mid-July I am approved and going in to see the surgeon tomorrow. I dedicated my time off this summer to research and insurance approval and am so glad I did. I am looking forward to this so much. I miss being normal sized!!!! Look out size 12 here I come.....

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I read about Sharon Osbourne having it done a few years ago. It really appealled to me as far less dangerous than rny. Then I searched and searched until I finally found out about doctors in Canada doing it.

I saw it in a "FIRST" magazine. It wasn't approved yet and it was just a wee little blurb about an inch long. I got on the net and started researching, mostly austrailian sites. That was in 2001. I was banded August of 2002. I was pissed because I had to wait 4 months for my consult. Now he has a one year waiting list. Just for the consult! He also did my revision to DS.

My friend at work had it and she told us about it and we felt her port then I looked into further she told me who to call and 1 year later I had the band

I read about it in a couple of blogs I follow.

Marie

When "The Osbourne's" were popular on MTV, I heard about Sharon Osbourne having a band around her stomach to lose weight. I thought about it briefly, then dismimssed it. Then, while on a cruise in 2004 I was reading "O" magazine. There was an article in it about all different kinds of WLS, including the band. Of course the information was limited, but I was at a point where I needed to do something and RNY was not something I was willing to do. So, I researched and researched, then scheduled a seminar with the closest doc I could find. The rest, as they say, is history.

I read about Sharon Osbourne having it done a few years ago. It really appealled to me as far less dangerous than rny.

That's pretty much my same story.

I had ruled out bypass, and my husband said there was no way he would go along with bypass. So, I was looking for weight loss support on the internet and somehow stumbled across inamed's site.

I was watching the television while getting a pedicure and it just so happened that the friend I was with had mentioned trying to lose weight. Low and behold a commercial came up regarding it. I called first thing Monday morning...of course the wait for the seminar was like 2 mos.

I never really looked to deaply into weight loss surgery since my insurance doesn't cover it and besides, bypass just plain scared the steam out of me. Anyway, I got to the point where I had to do something and started searching online for solutions and found a site for someplace in Mexico. I loved the idea of not actually re-routing nature and the slower weight loss seemed healthier so I started reseaching local facilities and found a program close to home.