I had a gastric band and for me it was a failure. They never found the ‘sweet spot’. The level of fill for the band to get the optimum restriction.
It was so bad that in the end it slipped out of kilter and had to be removed.
Funnily enough my sister also had a band and she couldn’t get on with it either. We both ended up with gastric bypasses.
Although to be fare my bypass wasn’t done right and I had to have two further operations to correct it but once it was working (almost as it should) it was, for me and my sister, much better.
I have a friend who had a gastric sleeve and because there is little to stop you over eating she hasn’t lost as much weight and is putting it back on quicker.
I would have preferred the band worked properly but for me it wasn’t to be.