I've been banded since November 28, 2006 and have lost 80 lbs. Since July of 2007 my doctor has retired and I've had 2 fills both by two different doctors that took over for him. When I had my last fill, it was by a plastic surgeon that is skilled in doing fills. He asked me how much I've lost, I told him 80, he then told me "I've never seen anyone lose over 100 lbs with lapband." I was pissed. I told him "Well I sure have" He said well I've been doing tummy tucks and liposuction for Lapband patients for over 5 years and haven't yet. He says you will only lose more with Gastric Bypass. WTF? Why am I paying 200 dollars for this fill and you talk to me like that and I've never even met you before in my life. What the hell is up with this negativity from a doctor whom knows nothing about Lapband just knows how to suck fat off of your body and give you fills?

UGHHHH!!!! I've been furious since Friday and am so much more motivated to just prove him wrong!

Comments please...

reply,

"Don't get out much, do you?"

or

"You should get out more often"

or

"Well, you will soon. As your practice grows you'll see more than that"

Well from personal experience...I have lost 100 pounds with the lap-band. There are good PS out there! I was lucky enough to find one in back a$$wards Central Oregon. But heck yeah...stand your ground. Don't take crap from any of them. Remind him that you are paying his salary!

Ok I kept reading through these posts to see if ANYONE would agree even a little bit with the doctor.....well I guess its up to me....1st ues whatever and ANY motivation you can to reach your goal...170 lbs is not asking to be super model thin so yyou have your head screwed on straight.....about me...took me 3.5 years to take off 120lbs, and 6 weeks to put 25 back on that I am fighting with again....anyway this site has GREAT success stories, but I think there are a lot more closet cases of 20 to 70 lb weight loss. Don't get me wrong any weight SUSTAINED loss is a victory. But our big numbers (100+) take longer to achieve then RXY, and from my own experience it is easier for us to put it back on......About putting it back on. My RNX friends that have lost 100+ lbs have all regained some, and they tend to do it AFTER year 2 or more years. The with the band what i am hearing more and more about is unexplained problems when there has been a history of smooth sailing.....My case was 3 years one fill and no issues....then BAM out of the blue the band was too tight and I had 6 months of nasty reflux, needed an unfill, then a refill.....still not right and I have an older band that is harder to adjust....so I am regaining....so your doc gave you a message you did not what to hear. Its delivery may have been crapola, but there may be some truth there. Information is power and file it away....so when if gets harder and harder to lose, and takes longer and longer do not get discouraged and become one of the patients he has experience with....Thanks for sharing

I think he is full of crap. I lost 114 and just had a TT 2 months ago. My Dr has seen several people with over 100 pounds lost. But I have to agree with another person on here. My plastic surgeon also has very bad bed side manners. I had heard from a few people that he is totally different when it comes to the girls who are in shape and just coming in for a boob job. It was proven when I brought my best friend with me to one of my follow ups and she is beautiful. Well he was so nice to me and just talking away. I could not believe it. I was kind of mad but had to just blow it off. They really can be such jerks.

The say that RYN is more successful is just wrong. At year 3 the lapband and RYN is the same at 65% of excess weight loss. Its 85% at year 2 with RYN but most gain back at least 20%. Seeing that the results are the same, I would pick lapband over RYN. Good luck.