I peeked over at the lapband talk site and noticed a few posts about people asking lapband vs sleeve. How did you decide the sleeve was what you wanted? Why NOT lapband?

I'm still new-ish here but I haven't noticed as many people here considering lapband as those on lapband talk considering sleeve...That might be a false observation but if it's not...then why?

My choice was easy. My back was killing me, pcp put a big red OBESE on my chart and I got mad, get a referral to see what's out there, surgeon says " you need sleeve" I said, how skill are you in it, he proudly said" I think of myself as the best" my reply: where do I sign up! 6 weeks later, sleeved and happy. Went back to see him, he didn't even know that was me and end up flirting with him before my appt time. 21 months later, best decision ever.

All I knew, I didn't want no gastric, no foreign objects

I have been debating on WLS for over 10 yrs , at first I wanted gastric bypass then about a month after I started working with a clinic a friend of my friends died from complications and I felt it was a sign and decided to do the surgery. Then after I had my kids I was considering lap band and went into my first appt wanting that . Then I attended my seminar and just felt really uneasy about lap band an heard about the sleeve and knew it was the right choice for me! I prefer the sleeve because it is taking away the hormone ghrelin which causes you to crave food and the fact that it doesn't cause vitamin deficiency.

I started researching 2 - 3 years ago and first looked into the band, but soon realized (after my first seminar) that VSG made much more sense for me, and that was even before all the news has come out about poor long term outcomes for the band. My reasons for the sleeve:

1. No malabsorption or dumping like bypass
   
2. Better outcomes than lap band
   
3. No foreign objects like lap band
   
4. No continual visits for filling the band
   
5. Sleeve removes most of your ghrelin (hunger hormone) areas of your stomach, making long term success much more attainable (some hunger does come back I understand)