My insurance company told me that there was no way under any circumstances that they would pay for me to be banded. We (my wife and I) could not afford the $17,000 (each!) that everybody we could find wanted, and we ended up going to Mexico. We did a lot of research and came up with a great doctor, and for $8,000 it's done. We were worried about being able to afford it, but we really couldn't afford not to. We have small children, and we're not getting any younger. I figure that if the $8,000 bought me another 20 years with family, then it's the best money I've ever spent.
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