Last night after I lost my connection, I was thinking about this thread and I did remember one side affect of the old procedure that this reminds me of..... it was mal-nutrition......and now that i think about it, i do remember our office treating patients that suffered from mal-nutrition....particularly one that almost went completely bald because of it......are there those kinds of side-affects with the lap-band???? Is that sumpin that's monitored??? Seems like the mal-nutrition could be a problem with it too.