Lap banders - Where are you?

[Twice Shy 0]

I keep looking on here to find someone who has had the lap band and are happy with it, but haven't seen much. I see forums to go from that to the sleeve, so maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place.

Frankly, if I had my choice, I would go for the sleeve all the way. But I have already had a gastric bypass and so apparently the sleeve isn't an option for me. My only option is either the ROSE treatment, which I have heard bad things about, or the lap band.

I'd really like to hear some positive things about the lap band, because I am determined to get back down to where I was 18 years ago after having my bypass and so if the band is the only way I can do that it would be good to know that at least someone is having success with theirs!

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Good luck with that. The people here who had the band had it removed because the band causes so many problems. I did lose weight with the band but I would have gained it all back because of band problems. I started gaining it back and have my revision to sleeve.

Go to lap band talk.com and you'll find some people who have the band but most of them have not had it long term. There aren't a lot of people out there who still have bands after a few years.

[M2G 1,836]

This is just my personal opinion (and no I have never had a band) but I really *wish* the makers of the lapband would market it as TEMPORARY.

Seems like that is exactly what it is....hence why I chose the sleeve. Permanent. People like the fact that the band is "reversible" but sometimes the damage it causes is permanent. When I was in the very beginning of starting my WLS path, I was headed down the Band path, and at my first nutritional counseling visit I told my NUT...I just done *see* myself as 80 years old and still having a device inside of me. I think I knew right then and there that I couldn't go through with the band as my choice.

That being said, I did meet someone at my support group who had bypass and then a band-over-bypass. Maybe you can google that and find some others out there in your same situation. Best of luck to you.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/

The above website is for lap banders who are currently banded. This website you are reading right now is for the vertical sleeve. HTH

[Ter72 3]

Google lapbandtalk.com

I had the band . In all fairness I had good results until it slipped, twice. The band was a nuisance but when it was positioned properly, and had the " sweet spot" I hadn't too many issues. I lost about a hundred pounds with it. After the slip, though, I developed quick weigh re-gain and severe reflux to where I was waking up in the midlle of the night cooking on acid and having it spill out my nose. It was horrendous. I was just sleeved three days ago and looking forward no longervdealing with the band.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Google lapbandtalk.com

I had the band . In all fairness I had good results until it slipped, twice. The band was a nuisance but when it was positioned properly, and had the " sweet spot" I hadn't too many issues. I lost about a hundred pounds with it. After the slip, though, I developed quick weigh re-gain and severe reflux to where I was waking up in the midlle of the night cooking on acid and having it spill out my nose. It was horrendous. I was just sleeved three days ago and looking forward no longervdealing with the band.

My band never slipped but I was still waking up every night puking up acid and choking. It got to where I was afraid to go to sleep.

Sure don't miss one thing about that band!