Saw a preview of Dr. Oz's show for Monday's and it is suppose to be about weightloss surgery. Not sure if he will talk in favor of it or against just wanted to pass that along.

Cheri

So true. I agree with what you said. I guess another plus would be much less excess skin issues to deal with.

Agreeing sorrowfully as I look down at wrinkly legs, bat flaps on the arms and we won't discuss the 'girls' who, if they continue to droop will be on talking terms with my knees.

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I was contacted by Dr. Oz producers a while back. I think they got my name from here, since I wasn't on any other WLS forums or sites. Anyway she asked me to email her my story and she would get back to me ASAP about "an upcoming episode on the lap band" I guess this was it and I missed the episode.

I emailed her my story, but she never contacted me (ASAP or slow) LOL

I was excited to tell my story but who knows what happened!

I will watch the episode on my lap top!

Thanks for posting, Joleen

I agree, this is what kind of disturbed me....she was six months out and eating spoonsfuls of "mushies" and broth! Her surgeon must be crazy if she is that restricted. I was sitting there with my husband (who is against me getting this surgery) with the hope that would enlighten him and all he could say was "see that is all you're gonna eat, just do that now"....first, duh, I'd be starving if I did that now without a band, and second, that is not what my doctor is recommending after six months of surgery. I think that part was a bit deceptive but I'm glad Dr. Oz kinda seemed in the corner of lap band surgery! I was pleasantly surprised but that.

I'm doubting that is what she eats.. she's only lost 50lbs in 6 months. I'm sure if would be much higher if that is all she ate

@ElfiePoo Yea to each their own, if they wanna do it fine. I don't see any harm in it. I just feel like it's a HUGE expense and a lot of work to lose 50lbs.

I don't care if they have 50 pounds to lose or 250 pounds...I'm not in a position to judge whether or not they should get the band. Statistically, the ones who do best long term seem to be the ones who have less to lose so if that's the case, by all means do it early before the really horrible eating habits set in. Let's face it...at one time we all were *only* 50 pounds overweight...and look where dieting got us. Wouldn't it have been nice if we'd had help early on?

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Gosh, you just have the best way with words sometimes! "at one time we all were *only* 50 pounds overweight" - AMEN. I really just wish I could get it through peoples thick heads that this isn't easy. Actually, if I wanted "easy" I'd probably go for the bypass because I think (for me personally) it would get the weight off faster and would probably train me faster (dumping syndrome and all) to watch what I eat. This band is not an easy way out and I guarantee that there aren't to many people that woke up one day and said "OOps, I'm fat, how about surgery." I don't think that a "skinny" person would be able to live with the restrictions a band puts on their lives. I'd like for them to try and see how "easy" it is!

I remember oh so well when I only had 30 pounds to lose. I told myself at one point, "If I hit 150, I'm joining Weight Watchers"...and I did. Then I lost 20 pounds. It came back....then I said..."if I hit 175, I'm going to join jenny craig this time" and I did. This time I lost about 40 pounds and it came back. Then I said to myself "I'm never going to hit 200 and if I do, Bariatric Center"....and I did and I only lost 30 pounds and of course it came back and brought more friends with it like it always did! I said "If I hit 250 I'm just going to jump off a bridge"...well, I couldn't do that because I was pregnant and my son changed my mind about the bridge....but never lost the baby weight and here I am...getting surgery on April 18th. I'm done and I am glad that help is out there now sooner than later.

I am looking forward to this journey and ElfiPoo's continued words of wisdom....

Agreeing sorrowfully as I look down at wrinkly legs, bat flaps on the arms and we won't discuss the 'girls' who, if they continue to droop will be on talking terms with my knees.

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LOL! I'm right there with you...I told my DH the other day that my body was starting to look like a melting candle...everything is sagging...and we won't even talk about the "girls"...

LOL! I'm right there with you...I told my DH the other day that my body was starting to look like a melting candle...everything is sagging...and we won't even talk about the "girls"...

:hurt: That's all I have to say....I don't even want to start thinking about this part.....

I didn't get a chance to see the show, but I hope to view the "snippets" posted on Dr. Oz's site in the near future, but really, his associates could have found people that more realistically represented how much a bandster can eat and what types of foods are encouraged. If I saw the amount of food visually these 2 people eat in a day I would never have had the surgery!

I can eat 3/4 of a patty melt at the local restaurant and be full. Toasted bread and all. People that do not know I have been banded would never notice that I have been. After this show, the ones that do know and have seen the show will wonder if I still have mine!

I feel very isolated from the negativity concerning obesity, that is until they post some stupid article on msnbc about obesity, WLS, and research findings about the two. Then the comments to the article reveal the ignorance and downright cruelty of people that don't honestly have a clue to the mental aspects of having issues with food and food addiction. I guess in the end I always feel like I have the last laugh in regards to the naysayers. It worked for me and I couldn't be happier. (And regarding the post of Oprah blasting her audience members who have had WLS, she should count herself lucky I wasn't in the audience - I would have gave her a earful!)

I watched the show I think they could have had more info on LapBand. That girl that only ate the yogurt had been banded 6 months ago. There is no way she would be healthy on just that amount of food.

I think they were trying to give examples of different stages of the process and didn't explain it clearly. When the other lady got ready to go I heard her say that is for the soft food stage...and Dr. Oz was like okay...lol!