Your post is disturbing. I've only been banded for 5 months and so far so good. I know and I knew going in that there are no guarantees that this would work. Maybe it won't?

However, I've met dozens of people through support groups, Dr appointments and through this forum who would disagree with your heartfelt and passionate comments. Obviously you're disappointed that the band did not work for you and maybe it was the band, the surgeon, or, you? There are so many variables with human nature that it can't be difinitive.

People reading your post might interpret your motivation as an angry attempt at disparaging a product that has without question, helped thousands of people regain their dignity and health. But to state that they are "horrible" and they don't work, flies in the face of reality.

You're angry and you're striking back. In the future I'd recommend you state this: "Buyer Beware. This may not work for you." But I knew this long before I made the commitment and so did you.

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Nicely said

Very nicely said!!

2muchfun....Not to be a b***h but at 5 months out i was singing the praises of this thing even with the what i thought were mild issues-your 5 months out you have no idea what your talking about and i pray to god you don't go through what i've been through which is mild in comparision to some others,Speaking to the Surgeon today it was pointed out to me when i said that i felt like a failure that he's taken more bands out this year than he's been asked to put in and that removal rates were nearing 40%,4 years ago i was told 1% by my then surgeon.

Yes i'm angry i have esophageal dysmotility from all the vomiting which should have been looked at early on but i was told i was lazy/eating to fast/eating to much/silly/whinging/imagining i was also told today my post is totally flipped-it was always tilted and my band is severly slipped AND after having all my xrays(all my fills were dione under xray with barrium) commpared you can see it had slipped slightly whilst still seeing the original surgeon-I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY!

go look up all the failed band boards and groups!!

Lageniafaye,Stephanie81 and Theresa'smom415-Thankyou i appreciate your comments.

Im getting it Removed next week but because of how much damage the new surgeon is anticipating he thinks i'll need to wait three months to heal before i can revise he also wants to see how my osophegus goes in that time.