Now this is a new one for me!!

reneekennedy11
on 2/10/11 6:24 am - CA

Yeah I read that too...freaked me out a bit....

rainbow_runner
on 2/10/11 6:31 am

I'd say troll, or the poster has misunderstood the information (which sounds about fourth hand). Unless I heard something like that directly from a doctor's mouth I would tend to discount it.

But hey, there are people who believe anonymous internet posts about HIV-contaminated needles being deliberately planted, point-up, in movie theatre seats across the nation. That's what posters like this count on - people's ignorance and gullibility.

Kate -True Brit
on 2/10/11 6:35 am - UK

Lap Band on 04/23/06

Oh, R-R, do you mean I have been wasting my time putting on thick rubber gloves and checking the seats berore i sit down?

Why did no-one tell me sooner?

Kate

Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

grannymedic1
on 2/10/11 6:51 am - Lake Odessa, MI

Revision on 08/21/12

Sorry to tell you this, Kate, but there really is a conspiracy to stick your skinny butt. You are a self confessed terminal Polyanna and those that hate you will stop at nothing even to running around the UK to theaters you might attend. Just thought you should know. This dastardly plot really is true because I have heard it from my hairdresser as well as reading it on the internet.

Highest weight: 212.8 Current weight 135 Lost 77.8 pounds

Kate -True Brit
on 2/10/11 6:52 am - UK

Lap Band on 04/23/06

Oh b*****r! You are all out to get me! I'll keep on looking at those seats.

Kate

Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

Bette B.
on 2/10/11 6:50 am

Lap Band on 12/02/03

Don't forget the HIV-infected computer keyboard from SOMEONE'S coworker who may or may not have died of AIDS . . . oh, wait. That was a real post by a real person.

Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.

Kate -True Brit
on 2/10/11 6:51 am - UK

Lap Band on 04/23/06

real person

You sure of that ! I have frequently wondered!!!!!

Kate

Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

Bette B.
on 2/10/11 7:34 am

Lap Band on 12/02/03

SOME real person had to write it. Computers may be afraid of viruses, but wouldn't be afraid of HIV/AIDS.

Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.

Stephanie M.
on 2/10/11 11:15 am

6-7-13 band removed. No revision. Facebook Failed Lapbands and Realize Bands group and WLS-Support for Regain and Revision Group

(deactivated member)
on 2/10/11 6:57 am - Minneapolis, MN

VSG on 10/23/12

Nope. I just replied on the other thread too.

Adjustable gastric bands are primarily made of silicone. Mainly because silicone, a polymerized siloxanes, had been shown to have great thermal tolerance (can be used in very hot conditions), it's resistant to UV, oxygen, or ozone, and is much more less toxic than other inorganic/organic polymers.

Main point: there is absolutely NO WAY a band can up and dissolve.

It can, however, break or erode (which we all know)... which is not the same thing as a slip and not even close to what the word "dissolve" means.

Now this is a new one for me!!

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