I am sorry to hear about your issues. I actually had a band put in August of 2009 and had issues similar to yours and was not getting the results from the band that we wanted. I had my band removed and gastric bypass all in the same surgery. I am 5 weeks post op. I feel great. I am losing weight and everything is healing well. I wa my doctors first "all in one" revision and she said it could not have gone better. She is thrilled with the progress I have made and how well I am recovering... I go back to work next week (6 weeks out) but I could have gone back after 4 if I wanted to....