Odor

[monica235 0]

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:)

[anewvue 0]

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

[monica235 0]

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

[argon 3]

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!

[monica235 0]

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

[Woodys 0]

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

[threebeauties 0]

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????

[Persistance 0]

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.

[Persistance 0]

: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:

[marjon9 6]

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.