Can anyone help me think of questions that I need to ask.. I have my first pre-op meeting Tuesday

They will probably give you a pre-op packet that has 90% of your questions answered. Most answers outside of the specifics of your particular doctor's procedure and pre- and post-op protocol you can get right here on LBT.

Well, you do need to ask how long the dr. has been doing lap band surgeries, and how many he has performed. You might also ask what his complication rate is for the various ones (slippage, erosion, flipped port, etc.).

I asked my surgeon the usual - procedures complication rates, etc. I also asked him why he does the band. I also asked him - if he wanted to talk me out of the lapband, what would he say? I wanted to see what he considered to be its weak point. Another of his patients asked, if she were one of his family, which of the two surgeries would he want to do on her, and why.