Originally posted by mugsy
That's the bariatric surgery. They rubberband the stomach so it's about the size of your thumb and then bypass part of the intestine so everything pretty much slides right through. My friend takes liquid vitamins everyday and various other things. It is definitely a life altering thing.
Actually the procedure that Jordan is talking about is called Lapband surgery, it's not the same thing as a gastric bypass, also known as stomach stapling.

There is no cutting of any tissue and they do not bypass part of the intestine. That is what they do in the traditional stomach stapling; they create a small pouch and connect it directly to the intestine.

Lapband is also totally reversible and adjustable. Here's an interesting link with a neat "movie" that shows how it' done and how it works:

http://www.belighter.com/how.html