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Weigh too much for band?

I weigh about 325 and the doctor told me I could not lose enough with the band. Anyone out there who has lost well and started out over 300 lbs, please respond!

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    BTW Teresita, what are you, like 7' 6"???

    Because you don't look ANYWHERE near your weight in your photos. :o

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    At my first consult with the doctor I was at 350 lbs. I TOLD him I wanted the band and nothing else! He is a major "pusher" of the by-pass, but I think he knew I meant business. On the day of surgery, after being on a pre-surgery diet, I was at 330 lbs. Today I am at 267 lbs.....feeling great and loving my band. So, making a long story short.....find a doctor who is band-friendly and talk with him/her about what you want. Good Luck!!!

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    Brenda DR.SZOMSTEIN is my doctor, I live in miami please call 786-252-1476. I am so sorry about your insurance. I know how you feel the doctor at palmetto hospital told me bluntly that he would not do the lap band for me.

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    Brenda DR.SZOMSTEIN is my doctor, I live in miami please call 786-252-1476. I am so sorry about your insurance. I know how you feel the doctor at palmetto hospital told me bluntly that he would not do the lap band for me.
    He is my doctor also. I assume you are talking about the Dr. Szomstein at Cleveland clinic.

    Getting back to the opening question of the thread:

    When I was banded in Brooklyn (Sept, 2002) I weighed 327. My doctor told me (through his staff) that the average weight loss for Lap-Band patients is 25% of the amount between starting weight and ideal weight.

    In my case at my height of 5'9", that would be 25% of 327-170 or 157/4 or about 40 pounds. The average for gastric bypass is 85%. So I could have expected to lose about 135 pounds.

    Weight after stabilizing with Lap-Band would be 285#

    Weight after stabilizing with gastric bypass would be 190#

    I do not know if the figures have been updated in the past 4 years since I had my surgery, but I would guess they have.

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