I've been reading a lot of old posts and I often see on this site statistics about lap banding have equal weight loss to RNY when compared over a 5 year period. I wonder if someone could tell me where I could find the study that these statistics were taken from. I found one seemingly credible site that gave the statistics for amount of excess weight loss from lap banding at 5 years at 36-38%, half of RNY. I like seeing actual studies as we all know statistics can lie. But just reading many posts and reading peoples individual stories it does seem that many people don't lose that much of their excess weight with lap banding. I am in the process of trying to decide which is best for me. And I would so like the lap band to be, mostly because I could probably have the surgery and be back at work in one week as opposed to 3-6 with RNY. Also the tiredness expressed by RNY people doesn't ever seem to be expressed by Lap banders. And after reading so many threads it is obvious that some people can indeed lose all the weight they need to with the lap band. I would love to think I could be one of them, however in the back of my mind is a statement my aunt made to me when I had successfully lost 71 pounds and was down to a size 12 clothes. I was revealing in my weight loss, very proud of myself and sure that I would never again be fat, when she said simply " it will come back". I was very mad at her at that time for saying this, and she is not normally a mean spirited person. But looking back I realize that the reason she said that is because her own daughter had lost and regained so many times. I want to lose it and have it be gone for good this time, whatever it takes. Thank you everyone in advance for your help.

This might help:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15623442&query_hl=18

Thank you for leading me to that website. Its great.