Aloha From Hawaii

I'm a nubie to forums and blogging so please be patient with me. I live on Oahu and I'm trying to decide between banding and Bypass. The doctors that I'm seeing seem to want to push Bypass over the Band and I'm trying to understand their reasoning. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who lives in Hawaii who has been banded, how long, how much weight have you lost, who did your surgery, etc.

Thanks!
Helilover

I've only ever seen one person on here from hawaii well you make two lol as for banding over bypass, I've heard alot of accounts of doctors preferring the bypass, I dunno why, overall it is preference, I think if people need to loose a huge amount of weight quickly for a certain reason definitely go with the bypass but if you want to loose slower, less saggy skin, no vomitting if you eat 20g or more of sugar lol then go for the band. As for me I haven't had the band yet but hopefully next month =) Good luck

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Price. They make a LOT more through bypass. And always remember: bypass is PERMANENT.

Hello! I'm also new to this WLS world and I live on Oahu (Kapolei to be exact).

Who is your doctor? I'm looking at Dr. Cirangle (but he only operates in San Fran) and I just started looking around to see who is good here on island. My husband is concerned (as am I) with Dr. C. being so far away if I needed him. I know there are a lot of people who have done it (I met a few in a support group meeting last week) -but there is still a lot of stress surrounding the decision.

As for bypass vs. banding - I think that is a lot about how YOU feel about both procedures. There is good and bad for each. My advice (for what it's worth) - research, research, research! Don't let anyone talk you into doing anything you are not comfortable with.

Good luck! Keep us posted!

Agree with the reply to research research research and make your own decision. The main things I found after a couple of yrs research was that the band is less invasive and less tramatic to the body. And it is reversible if some sever illness or complication occurs. The bypass is not reversible if there are severe problems. I chose banding because of existing medical conditions and felt it would be less of a risk of complications for me. However the results have not been what I expected so I decided to join this forum to see what others have experienced.