God knows how many Lap Bands have had to be removed because of the problems they caused let alone the fact that they rarely do what they are advertised to do!

There is no record and there should be.  It is that simple.  A company has been allowed to profit on a device that SUCKS!!  This is wrong, and they need to be held accountable.

The Lap Band is a device that isn't trying to replace a natural function, like a knee replacement.  It is a device that is meant to interfere with a natural function.  Millions of years of evolution in the most basic and necessary human function will win out over something that is, pardon my language, ******g with it.

Unless you have had a Lap Band, you have no idea what a truly bad idea it is.  Yes, I am BASHING the band.

Diana, I truly hope that the injured Lap Band pts. cane somehow get through all of the bureaucracy and scientific mumbo jumbo and have their voices heard and their issues addressed!

The battle heats up:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43943085/ns/health-health_care/

U.S. advisers call for rehaul of FDA device approval process

Institute of Medicine calls U.S. fast-track process fatally flawed

"The IOM suggested the FDA start collecting information to build the new process, including post-market data for devices. Congress should then enact legislation to design the regulatory framework, according to the report.

"A new system needs to be put in place that will be more effective especially in post-market surveillance," said Challoner."

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