Question:
Pros and cons for AGB---total weight loss/ being sick

I am looking into having the AGB and I would like to know and pros and cons including total weight loss, being sick, problems, or complications. Anything that would help me make my decision. Thanks a lot!!! LK    — Lynn K. (posted on November 9, 2002)

November 9, 2002
i have looked into all 5 types of WLS now done and i would not want a gastric banding becuase of the statistics of the band breaking down. and the fact thjat they have the shunt thing in your belly to pump it up with, if needed. to me if i could choose which to have done it would be the DS (distal). only becuase with the RNy they totally bypass the lower part of the stomach, where in the DS they keep it and the food moves trough the way your body intended. but i may be totally off on this, it is my understanding of what i have read in articles and on web sites.
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