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Scared

Can anyone tell me if they know anything about band replacement. My surgery date is set for march 6th and I've been scared the past few days cause I have found research that claims the band will need to be taken out and replaced at least every 10 years if not more.......makes me not want to do the surgery if that's the case

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  • ☠carolinagirl☠
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    did you discuss this (research) with your doctor? nothing is guaranteed in life..but i accept this..i expect my band to be with me forever...wasting time worrying about something that may or may not

  • Cassandra James is not a health care professional and knows nothing about the lap band. She's one of those typical naysayers who will call you lazy(it's in her article) for using surgery to lose weig

  • Can you post the link to this "research"? There are some disparaging studies around that only use patients/cases from the mid 90's when the band was first introduced. Many revisions to the band have

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