Guest bigger Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 It has made my life absolutely miserable. I cant travel, if I am stressed it causes me to throw up. I have actually gained weight since I have been banded where if I had not I probably would be the same or have lost. The Drs do not do any testing to see if there are medical reasons for you not losing weight. My current US physician thinks what they did to me is criminal. There is a reason you go through a long weight and counseling before having this done. I have never been so miserable. DONT DO IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubankitten9 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Its interesting to me, Bigger, that you are blaming someone else because you didn't get the results you wanted. I'm sorry that you haven't had the sucess you hoped for. As far as your endocrine system, that's pretty much something anyone in the world should look at BEFORE they even look into surgery. Not to question if your issue is glandular first is just plain immature... everyone (doctors AND lay people) in the industrialized world knows you ask that question first. I think if you had done your due diligence before you elected surgery, you would have sought out a medical opinion here in the States and discovere that your problem was resolvable through medical treatment... any GP that you consult will absolutely run tests to see if the issue is glandular FIRST, or send you to an Endocrinologist, to rule that option out... Either you didn't seek out a GP or an Endocrinologist here, or the doctor you did consult with wasn't on the ball. It's not a Bariatric surgeon's place nor responsibility to see why you are not losing weight... Surgery should always be the last resort unless you have a progressive disease. It's the responsibility of the GP/Endocrinologist to see why you aren't losing weight. If your issue is glandular, then no band or surgery will help you. Also, that you can't live a life because of a band sounds overly dramatic to me... stress hits everyone, but how you handle it is your own responsibility... you can't blame a band because you get stressed and can't handle your own responses... its obvious the band doesn't work for you, but my guess is that's more about you than the band... I've never heard of not being able to fly in a plane because of a band! I can fly, go to dinner with friends, eat generally what I want, am still losing weight, and NEVER puke up... because I take care of myself and dont stuff myself... throwing up is from eating too much too fast and is COMPLETELY CONTROLLABLE... totally the responsibility of the eater... Can I gorge on a full plate of pasta, bread and salad? No... but isnt' freedom from overeating part of the goal as well as weight loss??? If you want to be slimmer, you have to let some of that stuff go... and no, the band doesn't work without our participation. You can eat, but in small portions. That your US physician thinks this is criminal is ridiculous, and that not only sounds neanderthal, but untrue as well... any doctor worth his salt will ask you if you consulted any doctors here first before deciding on surgery... my guess is, you didnt and that you saw the band as a way to fix you without you having to make any changes in yourself... when it didn't work, you looked to a doctor, or a band or a surgical procedure to blame... how about looking at your participation, or lack thereof, and seeing where you stack up??? Im not trying to be mean here, trust me, I know what it's like to struggle with weight and I know what it took for me to get banded... but I also knew it was not without cost... I worked out religiously with a trainer 3 times a week, had every endocrine test in the book run and worked my behind off to lose weight... the bottom line was, my eating was out of sync with my goals... simple as that... but I had to accept responsibility that I wasn't able to manage my eating to get the results I wanted, but I tried everything else in the world FIRST... I had to give up certain foods, temper my way of eating and make a lifestyle change... have there been challenging moments? yes... might there be moe ahead? yes... but the difference is, when something isn't working for me, I go right to the mirror and FIRST look at what Im doing... then I would consider if the band needs adjusting/filling... but either way, Im not placing the responsibility on anyone else's shoulders... if you blame others after the fact, its simply because you were looking for them to fix you long before you got banded... That, my friend, is a recipe for disaster. I hope your doctor has helped you find the meds you need to resolve the endocrine issue, and that you will start losing weight. In the meantime, if you cant get the band removed, get it unfilled... an unfilled band is practically like none at all... problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyg Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Ditto what the last poster said. Blame game gets no one anywhere fast. There are many booklets that are handed out to prospective bandsters and also seminars that are held for those interested in the band prior to surgery. Support groups are everywhere and some people do need A LOT of psychological counseling for this type of surgery. Being in the medical field the surgeon is a surgeon, not a family practice doc or endocrinologist and most rely on referrals from other doctors about their patients and why they need the surgery. In fact I remember sending over charts and charts from my GP and an endocrinologist backing up the reason for my banding. Sorry for sounding so blunt, but the band is a tool for weight loss, not a direct cure for obesity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jas Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 It has made my life absolutely miserable. I cant travel, if I am stressed it causes me to throw up. I have actually gained weight since I have been banded where if I had not I probably would be the same or have lost. The Drs do not do any testing to see if there are medical reasons for you not losing weight. My current US physician thinks what they did to me is criminal. There is a reason you go through a long weight and counseling before having this done. I have never been so miserable. DONT DO IT. hi my name is jas may i ask who did your lapband,and where did you go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennaR Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 To me, it is all sour grapes. That is terrible that you haven't had a good experience but MANY people do have good loss with their bands. For you to generalize just your experience against the thousands that do have good loss is unfair. Plus, you are new to this forum and have posted 1 time and you post this? And then don't ever come back again? No credibility in my mind. I am sorry for what you went through, but your negativity about what other people should do with their bodies is not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubankitten9 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 hi my name is jas may i ask who did your lapband,and where did you go? JAS... Im pretty sure we all went to Tijuana, Mexico and Dr. Ariel Ortiz did our lapband surgeries... He is a great, great doctor and you will be treated very very well by him and his staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennaR Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 JAS... Im pretty sure we all went to Tijuana, Mexico and Dr. Ariel Ortiz did our lapband surgeries... He is a great, great doctor and you will be treated very very well by him and his staff. Actually, there are MANY people on here that come in because of the site. This is Dr. Ortiz's forum but not all of them are his patients. Many of the people that post here that are researching into the lapband have no intention of going to Mexico for it. This site just comes up on a search and they go into the forum. The fact that there is only one post by this person leads me to believe they were just surfing and posted and isn't an Ortiz patient at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jas Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 To me, it is all sour grapes. That is terrible that you haven't had a good experience but MANY people do have good loss with their bands. For you to generalize just your experience against the thousands that do have good loss is unfair. Plus, you are new to this forum and have posted 1 time and you post this? And then don't ever come back again? No credibility in my mind. I am sorry for what you went through, but your negativity about what other people should do with their bodies is not right. hi its me jas,i will be getting the band on the 14th of april.i feel very good about it and cant wait and get back home to my kids.thank you all for your surport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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