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Where did you have it done? How much did you pay? I'm sorry you had a bad experience. Hope your follow up care goes better for you!

I know it has been a while since your post, if you haven't made any final decisions yet, consider Mexico. My husband and I were banded by Dr. Alberto Aceves in Mexicali. The experience was fabulous! The whole staff was sooo nice. They explained everything ahead of time. Each staff member came in individually to meet us and explain their role in the surgery, recovery and nutrition. EVERY time we walked into the hall way we saw someone mopping the floor. Very clean and very accomodating! They even took a bed from one room (very comfortable) and a couch from another (even more comfortable) and put them in our room because both my husband and had our surgeries 1 day apart. I liked the bed in my room, he liked the couch in his but they didn't fit in the room together well so they put them both in another room. They sent us home with detailed reports of our surgery and included xrays. I have never been so informed or taken care of in a hospital as we did in Mexico. If you do choose to do the band, don't waste your money in the US. You'll pay twice as much and may not receive as good of care. Good luck! PS I have a low BMI as well, 32 I think. I need to lose 50 pounds. Everyone thinks Im crazy for getting the band but so far I've lost 14 pound in 3 weeks and couldn't be happier. My husband had about 100 to lose and he's lost 29 in 3 weeks! We don't regret a single thing!

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. my

I was banded on the 4th by Dr. Aceves in Mexicali. I'm extremly happy!! I'm healing nicely, losing weight, and feeling great. I'm pretty tired of liquids but, hey, every day on them is one less left to be on them. Good luck to all!! :biggrin: