This is incredible!!! If the band for this girl didn’t work, its because she never followed the diet, didn’t have the fills done on time. After a couple of years or less, even after she just got the MGB, she will gain all the weight back again, because she really doesn’t have a commitment with herself to be thin and healthy. She will fail again. SO sorry for her 🙁
Edandlu,
I am an RN with a lap band and I’m getting ready for RNY-GB. I think you’re being a over dramatic here. Your organs are not “literally chopped off” Yes, they are altered by cutting through the superior portion of the stomach and stapling it closed to form the pouch, but the whole stomach remains inside the abdominal cavity and it can, at times, be reversed by a well trained surgeon. As far as you giving out info on forums, blogs, or chats, why don’t you leave it to the educators.
3 to 6 inches of fattie tissue!? Eahahawwee,Do people relize that you have to change your diet in order to lose weight and these sugerys are for aiding in that?
What to expect from the Band? French study shows Poor Outcomes! Erosion, slippage, and esophageal dilatation are widely acknowledged as typical long-term complications of lap banding. Dr Dargent reported that Food intolerance caused 1/3 of band removals. He concluded that “Food intolerance after lap-banding is likely to represent the most common cause for band removal in the long run”
In a recent study from Basel, Switzerland the Band is not looking to good. After follow up of about 5 years, of the 380 patients, 128 (33.7%) had their bands removed. 1/3 of Band Patients had their band removed by 5 years! Yikes!! Even more bad news: The weight loss of the remaining 2/3’s of patients (66.3%) with the band still in place was poor, only 1 in 4 (25%) lost even half of their excess weight.
I am in Texas and have been banded since 2001. I throw up all the time and think I might have actually damaged my body from this. I watched a video of you and a woman that had a failed lap band procedure with good and bad eating days. That is exactly what I have experienced for the last 7 years, good eating days and bad eating days. I was just wondering if you can help my situation and if insurance is taken to cover the procedure.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
hey beth this is my mothers account but its my video I’ve now lost 135 pounds. Thank you so much for your support. I couldn’t eat with the band I was literially starving. people need to critisize me to feel better about themselves. I know the lap-band does work for some, just not me.
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
The Mini Gastric Bypass sounds pretty simple, especially because the word MINI is used, therefore it is a no-way back surgery considering that your organs will be literally chopped off and altered. I have friends who now suffer from depression, have to eat 2 oz every hour, suffer risk of the dumping syndrome among other severe symptoms. With the Lap Band the weight loss if gradual, I have had it for 10 months and no problems at all.
Obes Surg. 2004 Nov, Laparoscopic conversion of lap band to gastric bypass: a review of 70 patients. Paris, France. Results of conversion of failed lap band to gastric bypass (GBP). 70 pts converted for: insufficient weight loss, gastric pouch dilatation, band migration or band intolerance. 4.3% converted to open surgery. Mean operative time was 4 hrs. Hospital stay 7 days! Early complication rate was 14%. Laparoscopic conversion of LapBand to GBP is a technically challenging procedure
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Surgery. 2002 Jun;131(6):625 Lap-band failure conversion to gastric bypass Medical College of Virginia Study patients who had failed LapBand converted to a gastric bypass. 50% of LapBand have been removed. Median time to conversion after LapBand was 38 months. The LapBand is associated with a high frequency of inadequate weight loss. Conversion to gastric bypass in this subset of patients is technically challenging but results in superior weight loss in a shorter time period.
Poll Results FROM Web: “Lap Band Talk Forum”: How is your band?
Fine, no complications so far 73%
Removed NOT erosion/slip 2%
Slipped but unfill repaired it 2%
Slipped, I was rebanded 5%
Slipped, removed, no new band 3%
Slipped, revised to bypass, ETC 2%
Eroded, unfill repaired it 1%
Eroded, removed, no revision 4%
Eroded, revised to bypass, ETC 1%
1 year + band isn’t working 7%
I hope this MGB works for her. How mean are you to bash her. She should have been educated better from day one! Just because it worked for you doesnt mean it will work for everyone.people who lost weight from weight watchers or jenny craig they think you took the easy road so before you play god and judge. Think of all the weight watchers and jenny craig people who think you should have stuck to the program and you would have lost.
If Dr. Rutledge is listening – can we hear back from this young lady? And to the others who are being so hard on her – just because your surgery was successful doesn’t give you the right to bash this woman. Can’t you show a little compassion? She lost 60 pounds, so she did something correctly to start with, or else she just couldn’t eat. Fat people are always blamed and shamed. Lay off. Seems like a former fat person or a recovering fat person would be less likely to judge. Shame on YOU!
Actully it was the doctors and her fault I work for My Lap Band Surgery and my Doctors have been preforming this surgery for over 10 years and there are hardly and removals only if the patient follows the dietary plan that the doc. is sapposed to give them.
To DrR: “Hi…I have had the Lapband for 3 years and I have lost 32 pounds …”
** Read it and Weep;
Go to the internet;
Google “Lap Band Failure” and
Read over a Quarter of a Million stories of People with LapBand Failures!
Wait another Year and the Number will rise by the Hundreds of thousands
Actually she has done Great after her MGB
The hardest part has been people’s nasty and insensitive comments.
This is incredible!!! If the band for this girl didn’t work, its because she never followed the diet, didn’t have the fills done on time. After a couple of years or less, even after she just got the MGB, she will gain all the weight back again, because she really doesn’t have a commitment with herself to be thin and healthy. She will fail again. SO sorry for her 🙁
Edandlu,
I am an RN with a lap band and I’m getting ready for RNY-GB. I think you’re being a over dramatic here. Your organs are not “literally chopped off” Yes, they are altered by cutting through the superior portion of the stomach and stapling it closed to form the pouch, but the whole stomach remains inside the abdominal cavity and it can, at times, be reversed by a well trained surgeon. As far as you giving out info on forums, blogs, or chats, why don’t you leave it to the educators.
3 to 6 inches of fattie tissue!? Eahahawwee,Do people relize that you have to change your diet in order to lose weight and these sugerys are for aiding in that?
What to expect from the Band? French study shows Poor Outcomes! Erosion, slippage, and esophageal dilatation are widely acknowledged as typical long-term complications of lap banding. Dr Dargent reported that Food intolerance caused 1/3 of band removals. He concluded that “Food intolerance after lap-banding is likely to represent the most common cause for band removal in the long run”
In a recent study from Basel, Switzerland the Band is not looking to good. After follow up of about 5 years, of the 380 patients, 128 (33.7%) had their bands removed. 1/3 of Band Patients had their band removed by 5 years! Yikes!! Even more bad news: The weight loss of the remaining 2/3’s of patients (66.3%) with the band still in place was poor, only 1 in 4 (25%) lost even half of their excess weight.
Dr. Rutledge,
I am in Texas and have been banded since 2001. I throw up all the time and think I might have actually damaged my body from this. I watched a video of you and a woman that had a failed lap band procedure with good and bad eating days. That is exactly what I have experienced for the last 7 years, good eating days and bad eating days. I was just wondering if you can help my situation and if insurance is taken to cover the procedure.
Thank you
S
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
thank you so much for the support!
hey beth this is my mothers account but its my video I’ve now lost 135 pounds. Thank you so much for your support. I couldn’t eat with the band I was literially starving. people need to critisize me to feel better about themselves. I know the lap-band does work for some, just not me.
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
The Mini Gastric Bypass sounds pretty simple, especially because the word MINI is used, therefore it is a no-way back surgery considering that your organs will be literally chopped off and altered. I have friends who now suffer from depression, have to eat 2 oz every hour, suffer risk of the dumping syndrome among other severe symptoms. With the Lap Band the weight loss if gradual, I have had it for 10 months and no problems at all.
Obes Surg. 2004 Nov, Laparoscopic conversion of lap band to gastric bypass: a review of 70 patients. Paris, France. Results of conversion of failed lap band to gastric bypass (GBP). 70 pts converted for: insufficient weight loss, gastric pouch dilatation, band migration or band intolerance. 4.3% converted to open surgery. Mean operative time was 4 hrs. Hospital stay 7 days! Early complication rate was 14%. Laparoscopic conversion of LapBand to GBP is a technically challenging procedure
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Surgery. 2002 Jun;131(6):625 Lap-band failure conversion to gastric bypass Medical College of Virginia Study patients who had failed LapBand converted to a gastric bypass. 50% of LapBand have been removed. Median time to conversion after LapBand was 38 months. The LapBand is associated with a high frequency of inadequate weight loss. Conversion to gastric bypass in this subset of patients is technically challenging but results in superior weight loss in a shorter time period.
Poll Results FROM Web: “Lap Band Talk Forum”: How is your band?
Fine, no complications so far 73%
Removed NOT erosion/slip 2%
Slipped but unfill repaired it 2%
Slipped, I was rebanded 5%
Slipped, removed, no new band 3%
Slipped, revised to bypass, ETC 2%
Eroded, unfill repaired it 1%
Eroded, removed, no revision 4%
Eroded, revised to bypass, ETC 1%
1 year + band isn’t working 7%
Hey how many diets did you fail! Weight watchers is a tool not a miricle. Who made you god to judge her.
I hope this MGB works for her. How mean are you to bash her. She should have been educated better from day one! Just because it worked for you doesnt mean it will work for everyone.people who lost weight from weight watchers or jenny craig they think you took the easy road so before you play god and judge. Think of all the weight watchers and jenny craig people who think you should have stuck to the program and you would have lost.
If Dr. Rutledge is listening – can we hear back from this young lady? And to the others who are being so hard on her – just because your surgery was successful doesn’t give you the right to bash this woman. Can’t you show a little compassion? She lost 60 pounds, so she did something correctly to start with, or else she just couldn’t eat. Fat people are always blamed and shamed. Lay off. Seems like a former fat person or a recovering fat person would be less likely to judge. Shame on YOU!
Actully it was the doctors and her fault I work for My Lap Band Surgery and my Doctors have been preforming this surgery for over 10 years and there are hardly and removals only if the patient follows the dietary plan that the doc. is sapposed to give them.
I had a lapband, i’ve lost 86LBS and it was easy. Your fault that it failed, didn’t try.
Do you know Dr. Rutledge?