MY NAME IS NANNETTE AND I LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS. I WAS BANDED ON MAY 28, 2008 AND HAVE LOST ABOUT 60LBS TO DATE. MY SURGEONS NAME IS DR. BELLOT AT THE SURGICAL CLINIC OF LOUSIANA. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN GETTING LAPBAND SURGERY THEY NEED TO SEE THIS DOCTOR AND STAFF. THEY ARE EXCELLENT AND VERY INFOMATIVE. KAREN, A NURSE AT THE CLINIC, HAS HAD THE SURGERY AND IS THE MOST INFOMATIVE PERSON I KNOW. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OR THE THINGS TO EXPECT AFTER I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.:thumbup: