Band Vs Sleeve?

[bigenuff 302]

PLEASE! Give me your Personal opinion my Husband has great insurance for me thank God no out of pocket expense at all. But he don't want me to get the sleeve we both want me to get the band. But he could be changing jobs in 6 months can't pay out of poket for insurance. So after 6 months I'll have to pay and I don't get surgery till next month. Pay out of pocket he say. I say sleeve no out of pocket! What would u do.

Here is a pretty unbiased chart comparing band sleeve and bypass.please use this to start your research.but dig deeper for each one.By pass has the longest history.sleeve has no long term referenced. I chose the band for many of the reasons on the chart and what others have said I'm not opposed to the sleeve but there is not enough long term study on it and I thought cutting off 3/4 of my stomach was a bit drastic for a first step.But if the band fails I may consider the sleeve over bypass.

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[jcrosland 48]

Very good idea, this is what Dr. Alvarez from Endobariatric says about Lapband vs Sleeve. He is one of the most respected bariatric surgeons in North America he has and does perform both surgeries, but I will say, he is does have his preference.

Ok, I realize this is an old topic, but..... If this guy is 'one of the most respected bariatric surgeons' then we should all be afraid, be very afraid. His website says he is 1 mile from the Texas border, conveniently, that's 1 mile INSIDE MEXICO! I'm fairly certain my 7 y/o daughter could have given a better presentation!!

Also, is it just me, or have we as a society become so dumb that we can't spell (or even use a spell checker) or produce a legible sentence?... I'm just sayin'