I'm still in the process of deciding whether or not getting banded is 'for me'. I decided to make a pros and cons list. I folded a piece of paper in half. The front two sides are the pros and cons of having the band, the back two sides are the pros and cons of not being banded. The only pros I could come up with for not being banded were 1) Not having any restrictions on what I eat... but that's more of a con than a pro (that's exactly what I wrote); 2) No foreign object in my body. Number 2 shouldn't even be a factor because I've wanted breast implants for years (not because I'm small either... I'm actually a c/d... I just want a perfectly shaped hot rack!). My pros for being banded list is huge... I ran out of room on the paper. The only cons I could come up with are the cost (about $3K for my deductible I believe), and the little day-to-day bull crap that some (not all) people have to deal with. You know... reflux, vomiting... the little annoyances that aren't really permanent and are just a bump in the road. Of course there can be serious risks, but for the most part I'm not worried about them because they are so minor.

So with all these pros and so few cons... what's holding me back from just making a decision????? I mean, I've done craptons of research on the band. I have answered the majority of my questions. My next step would be to get my rear to the gastro doc to talk about surgery.

What's it going to take to make me feel good about this decision? I already know that the pros really outweigh the cons. I also know that losing weight without the band is going to be practically impossible thanks to a couple of health problems I deal with. So what's the freakin hold up??? Why is my brain still wary?

Had same thought process as you for quite a while. In the end, I thought about where I'd be, both physically and mentally in 5 years time with or without the surgery......

...am now 9 days post op and am really glad that I did it!

Good luck whatever you decide )