Great!  You're still reading!  While bariatric procedures can help to dramatically change your life for the better, they aren't risk free.  Some people are uncomfortable with the idea of a foreign object inside their body, as in gastric banding.  Don't worry if gastric bypass was intimidating to you either though, gastric sleeve is another minimally invasive procedure that does not involve bypassing part of the intestine. So like banding, it also does not carry the risk of vitamin...