Thanks for the response, I hope he stays that way. That is how my x was in the begining. He was wonderful. Then I started wearing clothes in the twentys, he got a little shaky. and then I left the twentys and hit the teens, things got very shakey. Then I hit a size 9 and he lost his dang mind. You should have seen him the first time I put on a 7. I am kinda glad he is gone now because I just hit a size 5 (tight but doable). At the end he wanted me to quit my job and stay on the property only leave the property if he was with me. I didnt go there. I kept my job and lost him. I do pray that everybody else has a better go with the mate then I did. Thanks Dana

The divorce rate in the US is OVER 50%. I'd guess that post-ops get fed up and know they can do better, but I don't know. Then again, why would the divorce rate be any different in this population than the general population? Interesting... Nichole

a reversal is totally possible, BUT there are other risks involved. We do them on our unit and out of the 7 docs that we have only one haaas done one that I know of. There are other optiions if you are having problems that are that bad

Geez 13 years! Have you gained any back? Thank you for sharing with us all DId you have the RNY? I've never met any one thats been out for 13 years. Thats awesome. Thanks again for you info,I really dont eat to much carbs,but I guess I have to start writing down what I eat so that I may know for sure!. God Bless you. Rosie

I'm not sure if your reply was really meant for Karen or me, but it's a moot point for me. I was banded 04/14/05 - and must say it was much easier than I expected. No regrets here - except that I didn't do this much, much sooner!!! As to surgery itself, after reading the lapband forum daily for 10 months, I had complete peace going into surgery. While a few people had issues, they were the exception and not the rule. And none of them ended up in ICU.... Thanks for the sage advice for others though.