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DancingFool, Thank you for your clarification. Allergan running scared sounds like one of those oft-repeated facts which gain their own currency! A bit like tweets which get re-tweeted!! May or may not be true but a bit of evidence wouid be nice!
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
Allergan sold its LapBand business to Apollo because Allergan's sales revenue for the product had peaked and was on a downward slide. Apollo acquired it because it saw a potential revenue stream from the product that they thought would work well for Apollo's business.
To clarify a point, Allergan was not losing money on Lap Band when they sold; they still had revenue from Lap Band when they sold to Apollo, although not as much as a few years before.
I have such ongoing issues with my gut since I had the Lap Band, I think this would be a disaster for me. I hope it works for others, however.
Avoid kemmerling, Green Bay, WI
I couldn't care less about the life expectancy of a Band.
But Do want others to know that Allergan SOLD the lap band to Apollo ENDO so they don't have to deal with the complications, and they were losing BIG BUCKS 
So In case anyone wants to contact them again here's the information.
APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC.
1120 S. Capital of Texas Hwy
Bldg 1, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78746
LAP-BAND® Products (U.S. Only):
Toll Free 855-551-3123
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Superior to Gastric Banding
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757100?src=emailthis%3Fsrc%3Dstfb%3Fsrc%3Dstfb
Not-Quite-Everything you Need to Know about Lap-Bands
http://center4research.org/child-teen-health/diet-weight-and-physical-activity/not-quite-everything-you-need-to-know-about-lap-bands/
High failure rate of the laparoscopic-adjustable gastric band as a primary bariatric procedure
http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(13)00392-4/abstract
Hi, Friend! I didn't particularly want Allergans's views on anything - although they will use scientific data to support their view, they are fairly obviously going to be selective in what they write! I just wanted to see if they had ever made that statement. And they say they haven't.
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
I agree and disagree! How's that for non commital?! The device itself may well be in good condition forever but what it does to the internal organs can cause removal long before that. I don't know where it started from and I stopped using that reference awhile back so I wasn't sharing misinformation.
However they are rather iffy on their explanation of maintenance, to me maintenance is repairing it not replacing or removing. When that happens it is because there is a problem of some sort including lack of weight lose. If it needs replacing or removing that means the appliance is faulty in some way, not that the person is at fault for it. Fancy legalese talk for "we can say what ever we want cause you layman can't prove us wrong"
Kate and I agree to disagree on the band she has had a great experience, me not so much. But see even we can get along in our little sandbox here because we are friends first and bandsters second and if not for this forum I wouldn't have near as many friends because I made alot of them right here!
Sorry but I think most of us are in the states You might try the Canadian forum.
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