New Band Option...

[2BtinyinTN 1]

I am scheduled for May 9th with the Realize band...which was approved in the US last year sometime. The main difference is less erosion and less chance of slippage. The support system they provide is also supposed to be great! My surgeon is actually being proctored by the manufacture on my surgery. You should look into it.

[strikeuptheband 16]

I am going to get the Realize band. After getting nowhere with my insurance or the VA, I am going to dig under my couch for money to self pay. I see the dietician and physical therapist on May 8th and Dr pre-op consult and hosp preadmission on May 22 and surgery on June 1st or 3rd. Its amazing how quickly things start to happen when the doc's smell cash. To my understanding, the Realize band has a flatter port and less prone to 'flipping.' In exchange for being one of the first to get this one (he's done gobs of other lapband surgeries, tho), I get free fills for life if I go to the Realize band website and keep track of my food and exercise there regularly. Sounds fair to me! Can't wait to get banded!!