- i had the worthless lapband removed months ago

i no longer throw up - at all - after 3+ years of doing it daily

my hair's growing back - it isn't lack of Protein - it's restricting the most oxygen rich organ in your body

i am pain free - the stupid doctor placed the port up against my ribs and wouldn't fix it because 'he's never had a complaint before'

i can eat in public again -

i can go out again

i survived for three years on cheetos, chocolate and ice cream - the only foods i didn't throw up from - i hated them all

i am now back on a healthy diet and have lost more weight in the last four months than i did in 3 years with the lapband

my blood pressure is back to normal - they were getting ready to place me on bp meds for life

thank god i've only lost 2 teeth to the constant throwing up - i've met others who have lost them all

my belly looks like i've been clawed with-in an inch of my life by a bear

think before you do it - you're surgically implanting foriegn objects into your body - as you lose weight - the port starts to be a protruding bump

i could go on - but who's going to read this anyway

My thoughts exactly.

Well, apparently I'm being called out along with Melolo in PM as being arugmentative on this topic. I felt I had been as diplomatic as I could be considering the ugliness of some of the posts, but somehow I'm being lumped in as being the same as Melolo so I guess my time on this thread is done. :tt1:

Beth I found you very calm considering so I don't why people are complaining about you, Nancy:smile:

Well, I feel the same as you so I guess I am arugmentative too. I feel very attacked for no reason.

In the lap band world it's more "PC" to attack the people with lap band problems than the other way around but you eventually get used to it, Nancy:smile:

This is obviously a topic that has evoked a great deal of varying emotions from all involved. However, upon agreement from LBT moderators, we have decided it is time to close this thread.

Thank you to everyone who provided valuable input.