I am contemplating the Lap Band...still deciding if I should go to a seminar about it. one thing that always sticks in my mind, is that one girl I know told me about a co-worker who had a gstric bypass and she said they now have an external odor that won't go away.

Please don't think I am making a joke. I was just wondering if this sounded familiar to anyone and if the lap band poses any kind of odor problems.

Maybe this was a myth??

Thanks and have a good day....Monica:)

Odor -- Well, I can speak for myself, DH, and Mother. We do not have an odor... Hope this helps.

Well good! Call me crazy, but I would rather be chubby than face the rest of my life with an odor problem I didn't have before.

--Monica

Noooooo, we don't have that. I believe what she would be talking about is the NASTY gas some of them can get. I wouldn't say it was a permanent, external odor though... just gas! I don't think any kind of surgery can actually change the way you smell.

So, rest easy, you will not stink!

Thanks for the reply. And by the way, I am so impressed with your weight losses! Cheers! --Monica

How silly! Like Argon said.....most of us experience a problem with gas in the beginning but it passes....pardon the pun.

Go to the seminar and get info from the professionals.....don't listen to people who don't know any better.

Carol

I wonder if the odor is when some people who lose a great deal of weight end up with lots of hanging folds of skin. I've heard these folds can harbor a lot of bacteria that causes an odor????

After gastric surgery some patients experiment extremely bad breath (not exactly body odor). This goes away after their eating patterns go back to normal again.

:grouphug: Yep Carol:

I'm going to smear it too (:hungry: ) I ate sooo much during the holidays that only following the "Carol Method" is the way to get back in track!!!

You are awesome !!!:confused:

Since I got the band people tell me that I smell like a blend of lavendar, lotus blossums, rose petals, a pine forest at dawn, and fresh-picked apples after a rainstorm.

It must be the Protein shakes.