EmmaWang

Mountainmomma, did you also have do the all liquid diet 2 weeks before the surgery? Was it extrembly difficult? I don't know if I could last two weeks without any solid food before the surgery.

Thanks for the quick response, mountainmomma. I've discussed this with my doctor twice and he thinks that I am a perfect candidate for lap band. As bypass has the side effect on mal-nutrition, he thinks that it would have too serious of impact on my future life. It's just that my coworker keeps telling me that I should switch.

Hi Heather, Congrats on your weight loss and the pregnancy. I haven't had my surgery done yet. But I also plan to have a baby one year after the surgery. Since you've become pregnant, have you gained any weight? I heard you could easily gain all the weight back with pregnancy. Thanks.

Hi, I'm very glad to find the forum. I'm getting ready to get my band installed, but the surgery date hasn't been scheduled yet. One of my co-worker is also getting the surgery done, except her doctor recommended gastric bypass. She is trying to convince me that lab band surgery does not suppress appetite so it is very hard to lose weight via this type of surgery. She had a friend who did the lab band surgery last August and only lost 8 pounds so far (for about 6 months). She strong recommends me to do the bypass as well. My question is that after the lab band surgery, when you crave for sweets and carbohydrates again, will just 2 or 3 bites of the sweets satisfy you? In another word, even if you sneak on some sweets, you will not be able to eat as much as before, right? Does the band makes it much easier to lose weight than any other non-surgical methods (diet drugs: Xenical, Hoodia, Diet system 6, Jenny Craig etc)? Thanks. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>