Lap-Band Surgery Might Bring Out the Worst in Friends and Family

Sabotage! The world brings to mind the grainy flicker of an old war movie, the kind where a small group of determined freedom fighters travel from place to place cutting telephone wires and blowing up chateaux full of partying Nazis.
But while the odds of meeting a real-life World War II saboteur grow smaller every year, those who are seeking to start a new life after having Lap-Band® surgery are almost guaranteed to meet another kind of saboteur: the obesity-recovery saboteur. An obesity patient without the strength of a dedicated Lap-Band support group can suddenly find a ?saboteur? has blown a hole in his or her best-laid plans for recovery.
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