Just read thru this. Sorry for all of my typos:( Its har typing on my little ipod. Also wanted to mention I will be 30 next month. I have 3 kids. I am a nurse. My insurance approved my surgety after my 6 months of dr visits/ nut eval/ psych eval/ etc due to my high blood pressure ans bmi of 35. I actually did almost a year of appointments because I was holding off till my insurancw was approving the sleeve other than band. Glad I waited. My mother has had nothing but troubles with her band:(