waiting

well i attended dr.. gibbs seminar yesterday,  he sounded very confident of himself.  laid back , easy to understand kind of guy.  i turned in all my paperwork and im waiting for the ins. approval which i dont think will be a prob.  im on the fence still about which surgery but leaning toward lap band.  anyone out there used dr. gibbs for banding and have some long term information for me and does he put u on a diet before surgery.  thank you.  apprectiate any information  

i used dr gibbs for banding.  i did about 2 weeks of liquid diet before surgery to help shrink my liver.  what kind of long term information do you want?  the reason i like my band and why it was right for me was that i didn't like the idea of malabsorption.  my weight loss is much slower than rny'ers, but i didn't want to give up sugars and fats--i just wanted to eat them in smaller portions!  i have never had a problem binging on sweets.  if you do, then the band is not for you.  you can "cheat" the band by eating soft, sweet thigns--ice cream, cake, etc.  you will not lose weight if you eat all that.  if you ahve rny, you can't eat those soft sweet things or you will get sick!   i wanted to be able to eat some of those thigns occasionally, and i like the idea that my band stays in forever and doesn't lose its effectiveness.  and i like that it's adjustable.  that's why it was right for me.  and i loved dr gibbs!