Hi all I was just recommended for surgery 3/3/07. I am so excited and cannot wait. I know this is the right decision but I am a bit scared as well. My goal weight is 150, the average weight for a persoon is 124-159, I am 5'6". I have DDD and my right knee is working its way to bone on bone. Loosing the weight will help both.

rrod0991, congrats on your impending surgery. You will love being banded. Good luck.

Thank you so much. I don't know what to think of all of this. I am so overwhelmed. I have been directed to a site where there are all of these horror stories about the procedure and the failure rate. something around 43% after 5 years will have put the weight back on. I hope we are all not in that percentage. God willing

It is good for me to hear from people who are having a good experiance with this because I tend to look on the bad side of things. i need the pos.