Well...Just FYI...there is ALOT and I mean A L O T of misinformation about the AGB going around. Tons of it is outdated and half made up...lol. Boy..the horror stories I have heard. You can get more real information from the thousands of people that have actually gotten the AGB. For example...ME :o) I love my band. Absolutely love it. And belong to a group of OVER 450 people that have been banded and probably 425 love it too. They range from people up to 500lbs to 200lbs. They have lost up to 100% of their excess weight to 30%. The band is awesome if you know how to work with it...and you don't get ANY of your insides stapled or cut.
Check out my site at:
http://thekarmalounge.com/myband.html
or Bandsters at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandsters/join
or
http://www.geocities.com/laylaburd/AGB/laylaslapband.html
or
http://members.home.com/adjband/jessie.htm
or
http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=agbwebring&id=4&hub