I just received my Self magazine today. It is the August 2008 issue. I was flipping through it and notice and article that said "The weight loss miracle that isn't." It talks about the scary things that can happen with bariatric surgery. It mostly talks about the bypass procedure and the complications that some people have with it. Like malnutrition and needing to have the procedure reversed so they can live. It also gave a least one negative example for the band but over all it shows the difference between the two. If you get a chance you should pick it up and read it.

My mom had bypass 8 years ago and is doing great but has to take alot of supplements to keep her numbers up. She said she would not do anything different that the consquences of the surgery out way her being fat. But it shows what works for one peron might not work for all.

I am still glad I got banded. I think doing things slower will work better for me.:scared2:

What did it say about Lapband surgery?

One of the reasons I decided against gastric bypass was because of a story I saw on MTV about a young mother who had it and she was deathly ill afterwards. It scared me.

It talks about a woman who was banded in 2003. Right after her surgery she had trouble keeping food down no matter how small a bite she took or how long she chewed she said it felt like she was having a heart attack. Then the food would come right back up. "It was like surgically induced bulimia." She managed to tough it out for 20 months because her surgeon urged her to stick with it and chew her food more thoroughly. After getting a second opinion the new doctor agreed to remove the band.

Seems like the woman in the article may have had bad medical advice from her first doctor.