Yesterday I was reading another board (not LBT) and a banded gentleman was complaining about his doctor. This man is a large man, was banded about a year ago, and has lost 50lbs. He was explaining that he was annoyed with his doc for asking about his diet and exercise.

The guy goes on to explain he paid $10K for surgery and he believes as much as he paid the band should be doing most of the work. He went for a fill and his doc (a TJ doc) asked about diet and exercise and he was annoyed that his doc would ask such a question. The meaning was that it doesn't matter what his diet and exercise are, the band should be doing the work and not him. He was actually upset with the doc for suggesting he should be playing more of an active role in his own weight loss.

It makes me wonder what goes through the heads of some people. Does he think that the band does the exercise for him while he sleeps? What kind of exercise can a 2oz band do??? What am I missing? Dietary changes, doesn't that enter his mind? HELLOOOO?

He made a big issue about how he had plenty of money and $10K was nothing so he wasn't angry that the band wasn't working properly but if he couldn't afford the $10K he might feel differently. Of course since he has all this cash laying around the house and $10K is but a drop in the bucket - why would he go to Mexico for surgery to save a few thousand?

How do you even respond to such ... crap? Where do you start? Who in this day and age believes a 2oz band can do all the work for you? You can drink 4,000 calories a day but because you paid $10K for surgery it will still permit you to lose weight.

Another person, she called me on day #4 after surgery and explained that she was in pain from eating chicken and chewy candy. I asked why she ate that. She explained she wanted it. I asked if she was there for the lectures explaining the post op diet. She said she was. I asked if she knew she was supposed to be on Clear liquids at that point. She knew. But she wanted it so she ate it now it hurt and she wanted to know why it hurt. She was assuming the doctor did something wrong during surgery.

I asked if she did any research before getting surgery, she said no. It wasn't necessary. You see, others did research and they had surgery so the band must be a good thing.

Another... I was in Mexicali for a fill several months ago and there was a patient that already heard two lectures from the docs regarding how the band works, what to do, how to eat, the surgical process, the works. She *still* thought the band would go on the outside of her body and squeeze her waist so she couldn't eat much. The girl SAW the band! It's as big around as a quarter and she saw no problem with putting that on the OUTSIDE of her stomach!

Honestly, I don't know how some people survive to adulthood. Who the heck reminds them to breathe 16 times a minute?

Hey Wendell...

Are you paying attention to topics on this section of the board? :car:

When I was on obesityhelp.com I used to post a very long post that I had saved on my computer. I named the post "Lap-Band 101".

That one post answered the 50 most common questions that new people have.

Well, wouldn't you know that people on that website complained to the administrators that I posted it too many times.

Yet another reason that I like LBT.

If you haven't posted it here, you need to. I loved that post. It really did a great job at answering all of the questions that newbies SHOULD be asking.

Yes Wendall, post it here. I am sure it would be a great help to everyone. It should be listed as a must read for someone considering lap band surgery, or who just had surgery.

Do post it, Wendell. Maybe one of the moderators will make it into a sticky post. That way it wouldn't have to be bumped. It would always be available for the newbies to read.