Well, I thought for a while I was going to do the balloon weight loss procedure, non-surgical. Yet after even more research and inormation, I’m back to lap band surgery, which is still just a day procedure, goes in through a tiny incision and is easily adjustable and reversable. It costs about twice as much, but the effects are longer term, which is what I’m going to need. I didn’t originally realize that the balloon has such a short term effect, and would need to be replaced again and again if I continued to need the effect. Would end up costing me more in the long run likely. So, that’s pretty much settled. Sometime early this year will bring me stomach constricted, and making some big adjustments, I’m nervous, but hopeful. More »