Creekwood: Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much for posting this. I get banded tomorrow and am freaking out that it is actually happening (I really feel like something could still derail me). Anyway, I have researched this dang thing for 6 years, talked to tons of people who have had the other stomach cutting WLS procedures and decided this is the thing for me. But, when I read the stuff about puking and slipping and eroding, I get freaked. I know that it is up to me to make this successful. Scared to death of the first time I get stuck, which I know might happen, but am so glad that this is the path I am taking. It is such a personal decision and I honestly think each person belongs to their own procedure. To each his own as they say. But, once again, this couldn't have come at a better moment for me to read it :-)