Hi dana67, It's funny that I found your post because I went to my surgeon just last week and I point blank told him that we are going to have to explore other options. That this band is just not working for me.. I was banded May 11, 2010 and I have only lost 34lbs. I have been walking, eating right, exercising, oh and throwing up.. My doctors nurse practitioner told me that I was to tight that if they loosing it then I will loose weight.. I'm no doctor but if you loosing the band doesn't that make you eat more? I asked him if we could go another route and he said yes that I would be a good candidate for either the sleeve or gastric bypass.. So I think I'm kinda in the same boat as you are..