Hi Y'all

NO NO NO....never again!  I am glad it's working for you, but it absolutely didn't work for me at all!  I can't live a life of strange noises sitting in a meeting because my food is stuck, or waiting in a bathroom until everyone's gone so I can try to throw it up and get the pain over with.  I know it works for some, but mine was all messed up.  I didn't have it out due to a slip or anything.  I had it out because I got to the point I couldn't even eat anything healthy if I wanted to.  I saw a total of 4 lap band doctors before it was all over and everyone agreed that things couldn't get down, but no one could come up with a good reason why.  No erosion, no slippage, no swelling -- had 3 endoscopies and no good reason.  So I went to a doctor who agreed to remove it and encouraged me to convert to the sleeve.  It scared me too much after all i went through with the band and so now I am doing it on my own.

Thanks for your response though!