Repost: DISCLAIMER from a Band Success
While I am happy with and proud of my weight loss with the band, I know that it is not right for everyone. So, I offer the following . . .
DEAR READER:
- My postings, profile, comments and photos reflect my experiences only. I am only commenting on life after Lapband surgery as I have experienced it.
- No one weight loss surgery procedure is right for everyone, and no procedure will guarantee weight loss. You may or may not be successful with the Lapband or any other WLS.
- Any person who guarantees that you will lose weight - and never regain it - should be avoided like the plague and run away from as fast as possible.
- While the Lapband has proven to be highly successful for me and many others, it may or may not be the right choice for you, your lifestyle and/or your medical needs. Please carefully investigate all your weight loss options - surgical and non-surgical - to determine what course of action will be right for you and most likely to aid in your success.
- While each WLS procedure comes with specific basic rules that should be followed, bear in mind that your surgeon's or nutritionist's instructions for pre- and post-operative diets, etc. may be different from someone else's. Please follow the instructions of YOUR medical team.
- That being said, sometimes bending the rules will work better for you. If what you do is WORKING for you and is not adversely affecting your health, discuss with your surgeon and nutritionist as to whether you should continue that course.
- No one's experiences with weight loss surgery will necessarily mirror those of another. Your results and experiences may, and most likely will, differ.
- Remember that as each person's physiology is different, so will each person' rate of weight loss and possible improvements in and resolution of comorbidities.
- Please remember that you are reading information on a public website which is open to all people, some of whom may not have honest intentions. The people who make posts here may or may not have medical training. Please be careful when following "medical" advice from persons you don't know with 100% certainty are actual medical professionals.
- Please remember that it is possible that anyone posting on this or any other website may actually have had the WLS procedure they claim to have had, and may not have had any WLS at all.
- In the event of a medical emergency, please DO NOT post on this or any other website that you are having a problem and wait for assistance. Your first line of communication is to your own surgeon or, in the event of a serous emergency, 911 or other local authorities.
DEAR READER:
- My postings, profile, comments and photos reflect my experiences only. I am only commenting on life after Lapband surgery as I have experienced it.
- No one weight loss surgery procedure is right for everyone, and no procedure will guarantee weight loss. You may or may not be successful with the Lapband or any other WLS.
- Any person who guarantees that you will lose weight - and never regain it - should be avoided like the plague and run away from as fast as possible.
- While the Lapband has proven to be highly successful for me and many others, it may or may not be the right choice for you, your lifestyle and/or your medical needs. Please carefully investigate all your weight loss options - surgical and non-surgical - to determine what course of action will be right for you and most likely to aid in your success.
- While each WLS procedure comes with specific basic rules that should be followed, bear in mind that your surgeon's or nutritionist's instructions for pre- and post-operative diets, etc. may be different from someone else's. Please follow the instructions of YOUR medical team.
- That being said, sometimes bending the rules will work better for you. If what you do is WORKING for you and is not adversely affecting your health, discuss with your surgeon and nutritionist as to whether you should continue that course.
- No one's experiences with weight loss surgery will necessarily mirror those of another. Your results and experiences may, and most likely will, differ.
- Remember that as each person's physiology is different, so will each person' rate of weight loss and possible improvements in and resolution of comorbidities.
- Please remember that you are reading information on a public website which is open to all people, some of whom may not have honest intentions. The people who make posts here may or may not have medical training. Please be careful when following "medical" advice from persons you don't know with 100% certainty are actual medical professionals.
- Please remember that it is possible that anyone posting on this or any other website may actually have had the WLS procedure they claim to have had, and may not have had any WLS at all.
- In the event of a medical emergency, please DO NOT post on this or any other website that you are having a problem and wait for assistance. Your first line of communication is to your own surgeon or, in the event of a serous emergency, 911 or other local authorities.
Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.
This is a message that needs to be heard...thanks Bette! I hope I get to keep my band, but still having problems after a total unfill. I wish that before anyone replies to a post, they would look at the OPs recent post to see what's been going on, then reply.
6-7-13 band removed. No revision. Facebook Failed Lapbands and Realize Bands group and WLS-Support for Regain and Revision Group
Totally agree! And band problems are not always black and white, meaning that they MAY be mechanical errors, they MAY be surgical errors or they MAY be issues of non-compliance.
MY major issue was a hiatal hernia: NOT caused by me. It caused vomiting which I refused to address, which caused a slip: WAS caused by me. I was offered the chance to get the new and improved band for nothing. Why would I say no? But my NEW band and I do not get along as well as my original one. I am very close to the perfect sweet spot but just can't hit it, so I would call that a draw.
MY major issue was a hiatal hernia: NOT caused by me. It caused vomiting which I refused to address, which caused a slip: WAS caused by me. I was offered the chance to get the new and improved band for nothing. Why would I say no? But my NEW band and I do not get along as well as my original one. I am very close to the perfect sweet spot but just can't hit it, so I would call that a draw.
Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.
meaning that they MAY be mechanical errors, they MAY be surgical errors or they MAY be issues of non-compliance.
The other option is that there may not be any error, a persons physiology might mean the band is not going to be compatible long term...
The other option is that there may not be any error, a persons physiology might mean the band is not going to be compatible long term...
6-7-13 band removed. No revision. Facebook Failed Lapbands and Realize Bands group and WLS-Support for Regain and Revision Group
Because no matter of WHAT they call it, it's NOT a group for "Happy Bandsters". It's a group for friends of the two administrators and NO ONE ELSE. Doesn't matter if your happy or a success. Hell, there are people in the group who are vocally UNHAPPY (and make no bones about it) and HATE the band but are in the group because the admins accepted them.
Banded 10 years & maintaining my weight loss!! Any questions, message me.
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