I lost a good friend about 10 years ago to this stupid idea but no matter how I tried, I could not convince her it was a stupid idea.  A BAD IDEA, to say the least.  Then, in January of this year, I lost another good friend to the same surgery.  Three years ago my youngest son lost his very best all-time friend in his life (they'd been friends since kindergarten) because his friend had this surgery and 2 days later died from a "heart condition". 

If you want to lose weight, here's my suggestion: push away from the table sooner and then go take a 2 mile walk.  Mankind needs to stop being stupid and get off their dead asses and move around.  Get moving - do anything, but walking is still the best idea for overall health.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/05/22/bariatric-surgery-is-not-an-obesity-cure.aspx