Gastric Banding Effects
You had lap band surgery? ?
Was it worth it? side effects were tolerable? how was able to adjust to all the lifestyle changes? I heard it is less risky than gastric bypass and I'm thinking about it. I'm at the end of the rope in this time with my weight. I have some health concerns that worries me, and I'm depressed too. I tried for years to lose weight through lifestyle changes, but I have no success.
A lot of questions, good. Anyone who wants to know as much as possible before surgery is the right attitude. I'm like you. All the diets I've had was the same way. I would do great for 6-9 months. I lost 50 pounds. Then would gain all the weight back plus few. In my weight on it, I was 490 pounds. Yes, that's almost a quarter ton. I put the band on May 12, 2008. What was the best thing I've decided to do in my life. I'm down 87 lbs. My knee and back still hurts a little, but not as they once did. My health has improved greatly. For the first time in my life, I have real hope that my life will be different. I'm not going to end up dead of a heart attack or something else 40. "It was worth the effort? Yes, and I had to pay out of pocket ($ 16,000). I cashed my 401K because I was not going to be there for your retirement, if I did not. As for side effects. Mine were tolerable, but each one is different. What I can say is that in the five months I have had the band, just ONCE I meet someone who was considering having removed the blindfold. After some more adjustments, This woman returned to the support group is much happier and glad I had the band. She had not reached the "sweet spot" as my doctor called it. If you have problems, should have complied with the band, even to the point of taking all the salt, rest, and then start over again. If you have problems very, very wrong can be removed completely and his body will never know it was there. As for lifestyle changes, I take one at a time. I pick one thing and commit to that change, until it becomes a habit of long life, then choose another. The hardest thing for me was give up my three times a day, Dr Pepper. It took about a month to resist the temptation to the point now that it is customary to ask for water instead of a draft resolution when asked if I want a drink. However, remember that the band makes it much easier. Even if you do not eat something and you should not have, you are still limited in how much you eat, so the damage is limited. Instead of half gallon of ice cream, which is completed after a child's cone. You sure will not lose weight, junk food, but at least recover 10 pounds in a week. Is the band safer? Yes I am one of those people who have to find all the information about each option before acting. Everything I read says that the band is more secure. The main reason is that the laboratory band is 100% reversible and is adjustable. With the gastric bypass once it has done, is done. You can not change. The only vi advantage is that the average person loses weight faster with the bypass, but in the end the total average weight loss was the same. I think the fact that my surgeon, he has been doing weight loss surgeries for over 15 years, the band will now only says something about their safety. If you insist on gastric bypass will be referred to someone, but it will not. As for http://www.obesityhelp.com/ has a lot of good information about the band and sugar alternatives. However, I think the band is the best.
Wk 49 Post Op lap band
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