So I have my Lap Band seminar Monday and have a surgeon consult immediately following...

For all you LB Vets... do you have any suggestions for questions to ask, things to look for, etc.

Any input would help me out a great deal. I've started making a list of things that I want to know or am curious about.

Thanks so much for your openess in this forum group... you have no idea how much this means to me!

I went to a seminar and (thought) I was very impressed with all the information on bypass vs. band. There were 2 partner surgeons that each did both surgery, but they leave it up to you to decide what surgery suits you best. The reason I say "thought" is because they left out too many complications. I compared everything they said to all the other research & reading here that I did, and I concluded that the seminar was more of a "sales pitch" than anything else. The 2 surgeons now have TV commercials on primetime and are selling any type of surgery. It was really informative so definitely go, but just keep asking questions till your head falls off starting at the beginning: Who taught them how to place the Band/perform WLS, education, what they did prior, number of surgeries performed, how many deaths from WLS they each have, how many deaths/complications/erosions/slippage/port infections/replacments/after-care/insuance coverage/potential for revision if yours doesn't turn out right... I could go on for days. Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the oil!