Hi All - I am scheduled to have the lap band surgery in three weeks and all this waiting makes for too much thinking. Do you all really think that the body will accept a foreign tool being placed inside it forever? Do you think that a port being sewn to the stomach for years will not cause problems? I read all the literature and it all sounds so do-able but I can't help thinking about "down the road a ways" Any thoughts?

Thanks for any and all input

Mary

Scheduled for surgery August 19 !

Hello Mary. Yes bodys do accept forien objects. Look at silicone implants, pace makers, ect... Don't psyc yourself out. Good luck with your journey. It is perfectly normal to have fears about the surgery and how it will change your life. Your fears are showing in the worry about foriegn objects. Talk to your Dr. to make you feel better about the LB

For the most part yes the body will acept it. They have been putting foreign objects into people for years.

I just had this talk with my surgeon this morning ( I had to have a heart cath/angioplasty with a stint inserted, just got home!) He was saying the materials they use are deliberatly chosen and designed so the body doesn't regect them.

And that occasionaly it does happen that someone can't tollerate them in the body but thats a pretty rare occurance. He said I was more then likely to need the stint replaced several years down the line more from from collapse then rejection.