I was just wondering if any of that you that used Dr. Rod for your surgery could tell me if he uses the Swedish band or the Inamed band. From what I read on his web page it is the Swedish, but just thought I would ask some of you that know the facts.

Thanks,

Shelley:cheeky

Are you talking about Dr. Arturo Rodriguez?

He prefers the Swedish band but if you request the Inamed he will put that one in for you.

Thanks Tricia,

That is who I was talking about, wasn't paying attention when I spelled his name, and I am not feeling very well tonight.

Did he tell you or do you know why he prefers the Swedish band over the Inamed band.

Thank you,

That's OK

There are two Dr. Rodriguez', so that's why I wanted to make sure we were talking about the same doc.

I would email Dr. Rod to ask him directly why he prefers the Swedish band over the Inamed.

He showed me both bands and explained the difference and why he preferred the Swedish. It made sense to me. My husband is a scientist and researched both bands to death before I was banded. He came to the conclusion that both bands have their positives and negatives. The one difference in the bands that most talk about is that the Inamed band is FDA approved and the Swedish band is still in the process of obtaining FDA approval.

Alot of people believe that if you get the Inamed band that you will have better luck finding a physician in the U.S. to fill your band. What I personally found out is that it doesn't matter what band you have, a doctor usually makes his decision on filling you based on if he was the one to perform the surgery on you or not. Not one time did a doc in the U.S. that I called about aftercare ask me what kind of band I had, when they found out that I didn't have surgery with them, that was the deciding factor. But that's just my experience.