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Shock & Awe?!

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RavenClaw779

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So...big church BBQ last weekend. Lots of family and friends including one who had the LapBand last fall...and has lost 85+ pounds...SINCE the procedure i.e., not including what this person lost in prep for surgery. There were whispers and it wasn't good as this rapid weight loss coupled with this individual's love of tanning beds has resulted in a look that someone described(unkindly but accurate) as a "...cross between a dried prune and a boneless walnut.."!

Couple this with this bandster's free admission(but not to their doctor or surgeon) that they often going on nothing but a cereal bar and some yogurt as a once daily meal...oh, and they've been in the ER twice in the past two months for illnesses directly related to improper nutrition/hydration, and a very different face of this potentially helpful procedure emerges. It also put me in the hot seat as some wanted to question why I haven't lost as much(in 4 months - are you serious?) and why don't I look "sick" like X.

If seeing the other side of this journey wasn't enough, I was blown away when my fellow bandster announced that after the last trip to the ER, a call was placed to the bariatric facility. Apparently the bariatric facility didn't feel that the ER doc(at a major medical center doing angioplasty, stroke intervention, chemo using ports...) was "qualified" to remove fluid from the band.

So - rather than sending a nurse or PA to the hospital or arranging to meet the patient at their PCP's office, a NP met the patient at a convenience store and withdrew all the fluid in the band in the parking lot...and told the patient they'd lost too much weight!:thumbup:

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WOW!:) There's just so much "wrong" in this post that i just dont know where to start!!! All i can say is "wow"!!!

(and you just keep doing what you know to be right!!!)

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OMG! Sounds like your friend is in grave danger. I hope and Pray you continue to do just as you have and be healthy and consistant with your health care through your physician. I am praying for both of you!

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Yet another reason to NOT tell people your business. But WOW and your fellow bandster and her parking lot unfill...there's so much wrong with all of this on so many levels... just WOW

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I know I have disordered eating!

I know this about myself with and without the band. The band has helped me with this in a better way. I have heard how some people develop eating disorders. Wow, I have heard a lot about this lately. Makes me want to follow the rules and follow them well. Best wishes as I try to stay off the chocolate today. imaluckydog

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Glad I'm not the only one who thought this was absolutely the craziest thing I'd ever heard. It was all I could do not to stare gape-mouthed as this story unfolded!

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