I've read this for years and thought the address should be available for those interested.

http://mendosa.com/diabetes_update_191.htm

He sends a monthly newsletter to your email. I've never found any downside from it, no advertising etc as far as I can tell.

Never met the man but am very pleased with his ongoing updates.

I went in for a fill on Friday and chatted with my Dr about the band and some of the conversations we've had here. He said the band is still popular with his practice but he is very selective in who he recommends the band to. But he did say that he's seeing a lot of diabetics who are only 40-50 lbs overweight opting for the band just to lower their insulin doses or drop them entirely?

I don't know the statistics on that question.

For myself, preOp I was on insulin shots twice a day, total about 200 units of some horrid blend of 2 types that had considerabole side effects.

PostOp after 10 months I dropped all insulin completely. For about 6 1/2 years I was only on oral meds. My A1c kept rising though and 2 years ago I had to return to insulin shots along with oral meds.

Lantus once/day at about 28 units is keeping my blood work looking nearly perfect. Of course insulin IS a growth hormone and makes it hard to actually lose weight....yet I remain "only 28#" up from my lowest weight.

I didn't do the Band for insulin control, had multiple issues.