Hello All,

I have been considering bariatric surgery for a few years now, and just found a group I would like to work with. Now that I found physicians, I need to decide between Roux-en-Y or Lapband, which I found out is not as easy as I thought.

I'll be visiting occassionally, as I homeschool and run a business, so I have limit my time online for 'other' things. I am, however, a voracious researcher, so I'll be reading a lot - but probably lurk most of the time.

I look forward to hearing both the positive and negative from everyone in my quest to lose the equivalent of my younger sisters weight.

Thanks,

Leelanau

Welcome to the forum! You are very smart to research your options thoroughly so that you can make the right choice for you.

Enjoy reading through the forum - hopefully you will get a lot of good information from reading the posts here. Don't ever feel shy to ask questions - there are a lot of veteran bandsters here, and also many others in the early research stage, so you'll get answers from all over.

Good luck!

HI I am new here too, just starting to think about surgery, a couple years ago the doc wanted to do the whole by pass, remove most of the stomach, I just couldnt do that, it just went against the grain. I didnt know about or perhaps it was not an option for the lap band, I feel better about that and think it is the way to go, I have not yet even discussed it with my doctor. can you fill me in more so I have info when I go in to talk to her?

Leelanau I felt the band was quite easy. I have had no complications at all. I am so happy I decided on the lap band!!!

Brenda in Attica MI

Good luck making your decision. This is definitely a great place for information and if you can't find what you're lokoing for, you can always just ask!

Welcome!