how many people wish they would have had rny instead?

 RNY was never an option for me....

I also wouldn't have gone RNY but would definaltely have gone with the VSG instead of the band. I regret ever having the band, biggest mistake in my whole life! But not interested in a malabsorbtive surgery like RNY or DS.

While I'm quite bitter about my band experience, I would not like the RNY either.

I do wish I'd have researched more, and been aware of the sleeve or DS.

Not me. I could have had RNY covered by my old insurance... but I was not comfortable with the procedure. Still am not. So I opted to self pay for lapband.

I am relatively happy with my decision to have the band. I am not where I thought I would be by now... but I am still working on it. Bumps and all.

I would be more apt to revise to VSG.

Knowing what I know now, and had any other oprions been available to me, I would have had a sleeve. 

If my band ever needs to come out now, I would consider the sleeve or a RNY, with sleeve as the first option.

It really depends on the day and mood I'm in.  There are times I think it would have been a better choice.  But it all worked out for me in the end...I lost 154lbs.

 I like the band because it almost forces you to replace bad habits with good ones in order to be successful. Where I see people that have the bypass and other surgeries living the same lifestyle they were prior to surgery. At the end of the day weight loss is weight loss, regardless of the method...who am i to judge? But I have to say if I would have not had such a difficult time losing the weight so slowly like i am...I probably would not make the lifesyle changes that I am making now.
If anything i wish i could have made these changes by myself without wls intead of wishing for a more drastic surgery.  

No free ride with any surgeries!  You get what you put in especially long-term.  No one, I repeat, no one gets to see the Wizard if they don't change their food selections, amounts, and adopt a body movement routine.

Many Blessings Shawniece

Laylah

 I do believe that some surgeries require more of a lifestyle change to initially lose weight. I agree that in order to see long term results with any surgery lifestyle changes have to be made. With the gastric bypass malnutrition does play a huge part in intial weight loss so i do think that is is of greater assitance to those that have chosen that route. I have known people that have lost a signficant amount of weight with rny that did not work out of change the foods that they choose to eat; however, they regained their weight. Where as if i do not work out of eat right I will not lose anything, I will actually gain weight. So i am not saying that its a free ride, but i do think that regardless with rny  u will see results wether you workout or change your food chooses, far as short term results are concerned. 

With the gastric bypass malnutrition does play a huge part in intial weight loss

Let's HOPE not!

There's a huge difference betwee malnutrition and malabsorption. Many MO people are actually malnourished, due to poor food choices. The malabsorptive forms of WLS (RNY/gastric bypass and the DS/duodenal switch) cause malabsorption of some calories, but they don't cause malnutrition---poor food choices do that.