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A tool that does not work for many rendering it not a tool at all just a very expensive bad experience. I am glad it has worked for you though :)

Hey Mimi I'm good thanks. You have done so well. My band is about as much use as a lead balloon. I see you say you are hungry all the time yet I was touted it as a tool that will reduce hunger, make you feel satisfied on smaller portion and fuller for longer. Fails on all fronts. We're you told...

I am so glad to be done with this band. If only I had the money to have it removed I would be 100% happy again. I am happy for you all who have found it successful but for me it was a bad decision from start to finish. I hate my band, it's official lol... I just realised tomorrow is my two year...

Yup! I have five raised red keloid scars 2 years post op and they are permanent they will never fade. I Hate them. I tried it all bio oil, shark oils you name it. Every time I went for a fill the nurse would say oh that looks nasty. Like I just had surgery a week before.

Hey Mimi, remember me :D you look FANTASTIC!!!! well done you! So pleased everything worked out for. Just dropped by to have a look around again, saw your name and was thrilled to see your success. Well done you!

Friends like that you do don't need. She sounds self obsessed. All take take take but no give when others need her. Her opinions on your body both weight and fertility wise are really none of her business. The minute she raised her voice to me in a public place I would have been done with her as...

I would say NOT from the rooftops. I am almost two years post op and it has been as much help as a paper hat in a rain storm. I know it has worked for many and happy for them congrats to you but there are many, many of us living with regret. £5,000 and five scars worth of regret with no way of...

Even sticking to post and preop diets does not equal success or compatibility. I did everything I was asked to, everything I was supposed to and it still did Not help me in any capacity. Now I have a useless band and port in my body forever, not to mention the keloid scars and for what? A big...

Yes it was with the hospital group. As I said above I did not find it did what was promised. Filled it gave me nothing but physical pain and discomfort. I could not even eat a boiled egg without feeling like I was having a heart attack and all the while even though being able to eat very little...

I cannot post links here but if you google "I hate my gastric band" you will read so many stories like mine of people who have had so many problems. It is worth a read of anyone considering this surgeries, time.

I want to scream "DON'T DO IT!" Seriously I do, but I know I can't. What I would advice is please, please, please do our homework and read the horror stories too, don't assume it will be plain sailing that none of it could happen to you. I hope nothing but a wonderful outcome for you, but please...

I should add I know it works for many people and I am happy for them, kudos to you all who have found a solution for your weight loss. But, but... There are some of us out there who feel mislead, lied to and 100% unsatisfied. All I am saying is every coin has two sides and the other side should...

I did not see it but I am glad the other end of the spectrum has been shown. Somehow you get this public perception it's an easy option, you are cheating, you took the easy route out, it's effortless weight loss, well it is not and if it makes anyone think twice I applauded them. Personally I...

Cheese sticks

Yup, when I was weighing in every week it was more than disheartening to be putting 100'/, in and get nothing in return week after week after week. In the end it became a dread, I would hate weigh in day. From week 12 to week 36 lost not a pound!

WOW!!!! You look amazing! Well done you! And I do not know what age you are but your new haircut takes 10 years off you! You must feel on top of the world and rightly so, huge congrats :)

Black bird

Wow how utterly awful for you. What kind of symptoms did you have? If I had the money I would have mine removed tomorrow. I still get pains in my ribs even after having it defilled I am worried now what I should be looking out for. No one has ever said. I hope you have a speedy recovery :)

I have lost and gained I do not know how many times so I definitely feel you on that one. I believe the more diets you do, loose, gain it back, plus a few more for good measure is a cycle and dance we all buy into. And if that's the info that is feed to you over and over how did any of us stand...

Hi Mazza, yes I told my surgeon but I just got that "yeah right" vibe of him like I was lying. He did say bypass was probably the best option for me that I could only hope to loose 3/4 stone with the band but that is all I wanted to loose and a friend of my mums almost died getting a bypass and...