harringm13

All i'm saying is studies are now revealing that the surgies for BAND & SLEEVE are proven to have caused an increase in esophageal cancer. Have the surgery if you want, it's most certainly your choice.
I just think not everone is considering this and i wanted to do what I could just to share it with folks...
yes there are risks for everything, but sometimes afterwards the risks are so great they stop prescribing or performing the procedures that caused them...
I'm just sharing the info I found and my experience, do what you will. I am only trying to be helpful.

n support to my decision to have mine removed, I had no damage prior to my surgery and since then I’m a stage away from Barrettes esophagus.
I just don’t want to be that girl to develop esophageal cancer as a result of being naive pretending the band did not bring me there.
I know the band was causing the damage despite originally being told that was not the case, as the doctor states in the slide and his video it’s practically common sense when you think about it.
I just hope it isn’t too late for me and I hope other people are made aware of this information so they too can rethink the risks.
As it is, everyone who had the surgery is at high risk for developing esophageal cancer.. I believe that is what further studies will show… we are the guinea pigs and further research will reveal the truth but at such a high price.
http://www.slideshar...ophageal-cancer
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=4sBRDaH2gJA
http://www.bariatric...phageal-cancer/
I have an appointment to meet with GI specialist again once my band is removed, hopefully there hasn’t been much progression since my last visit with him.
More patients should know this and be made aware of this prior to having the surgery done. As I said, I would guess eventually these surgeries will no longer be an option.