Well everyone is different however, my doctor told me the same thing and I insist on the band because it was easy n not as risky as the others however I ended up removing it after 2 yrs n I'm happy I did I lost about 45lbs that's it gained back 20. I went to sleeve in July n lost 50lbs in just 3 months I feel good. The bypass is a bit too much the sleeve was great I had less complications as I did with the band not to mention a foreign object inside me wasn't sitting to well with me. But as I said we are all different. I wish u the best of luck