ladyofthelake

Hi everyone, I am new to this journey and I have a tons of questions. I was dead set on having gastric bypass until I went to an informational meeting at Hershey Medical Center. Now, I think I am leaning toward the band. I would love any opinions especially from people who have Diabetes. I learned today that the resolution/improvement for DM with the band is actually much higher than is being reported and that 5 years out, banders are even with bypass patients as far as weight loss. I'd love some opinions:sad_smile:

I think I posted my response in the wrong thread so I'll start here. I wanted to have gastric bypass surgery but now that I went to my initial session, the band is starting to sound like a better choice. I'd like some input especially for people with Diabetes. My BMI is 43 and I'd like to lose about 110 lbs. I'm just learning about lapband and would love some input

Guess I am just afraid that the weight will not ALL come off. Not that it's a guarantee with bypass, but seems to be more successful. However, there is a study just out that shows that at 5 years, lapband and bypass level out and at 8 years. lapband actually does a little better than bypass. I think they said it was the New England Journal of Medicine. I'm looking for it now. It was written by an Australian doctor

James, Gastric bypass with adjustments? I'm confused. Do you mean you had the lapband procedure? Thanks. Also, those of you who are banded, are you still hungry all the time?