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Hi all

I had a lapband placed in May 2006, and had lost over 50 pounds until last Labor Day weekend (2008), when I had a motorcycle accident.

Had a lot of trauma, multiple breaks on 6 different ribs, collarbone, shoulderblade broken, all on the left side. Had a chest tube, and a splenic embolization. Then after several months recovery, they determined they needed to remove my spleen.

All this time, i'd not had any problems with the band once I got to a good restriction level.

But during surgery to remove my spleen, they saw that the band had popped open, brought in a bariatric surgeon to consult, and determined the band was too damaged to replace. Also my insides were too injured to place a new one, so the band was removed.

it's more than 6 months later now, and I WANT MY BAND BACK!! But, the surgeons are encouraging me to also consider Gastric Bypass, primarily due to my age (44), and my very bad diabedes (A1C at 8.8 and 8.6 the last 6 months). According to them, most insulin dependent diabetics leave the hospital after a gastric bypass taken off of all insulin.

I wondered if anyone has any advice on this decision - band versus bypass - I made the decision once, for the Band, but now several years later, my health is not as good, and the main reason to do weight loss surgery is for my health. Doctors seem to think that the bypass would be better for my health.

i'm doing my own research, of course, and will make my own decision, but wondered about advice from all of you, as this board was instrumental in helping with my first Band decision.

Thanks for listening!!

Jill

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