If I could do it over, would I get a lap band??

[Kelleigh710 0]

Absolutely! The first ones were actually done in 2006-2007. A very good band doctor in Ohio did his first one in 2007. Here is a link to show you an x-ray of what a band over bypass looks like, it's pretty cool: Trace W. Curry, M.D. - View topic - Band-over-bypass Xray

My surgeon has placed over 3000 lap bands, and recently, many gastric bypass patients have been seeking this revision. Feel free to ask anymore questions. As you can tell, I'm a research-a-holic

[uhmlaila 0]

thanks thats helpful because my surgeon did gastric bypass and revisions for 14 years and a Bypass reversal which took 24 Hrs in the OR, but is very new to lap band and I will be the first band over bypass for him there is another person waiting for an approval though in the same situation, I guess I'm just nervous about yet another surgery.

[Kelleigh710 0]

The surgeon that did my original gastric bypass recently started doing the band as well. I have to give you a ton of credit for being your doc's very first BOB (band over bypass) patient. Since he is well versed in the bypass, at least you can feel comfortable knowing that he'll know exactly where to place the band as opposed to the docs that have never done a bypass. Me? I'm going to Mexico, but my doctor is a proctor for Allergan (the makers of lap band system) and he's been doing bands long before they were FDA approved here in the States. 3000 of them as a matter of fact. Now he's up to 1000 bypasses and 100 BOB's. So I feel incredibly comfortable with my decision. If I had the insurance to cover it, surely I would stay in the states, but unfortunately that isn't the case. When do you start your liquid diet?