AriI was banded on the 9Th of Feb by Dr. Coburn. My price did not include any taxes on top. The only extra I had to pay for was the Optifast. I lost 13 lbs on the Optifast since the 26th of Jan.....with a little cheating and today I am 1 week post opt and have lost 20 lbs in total. I can say the the insicions are sore but the gas pain was the worst. It felt like someone was ripping my shouldher out of its socket. I had 2 children naturally. My daughter weighed in at 9lbs and my son at 11lbs but this gas was out of this world........but each day it gets better thanks God. Good luckRyta