As many members are aware, advertising is against the rules of the forum. If a reputable person/medical group/organization, etc. wishes to pay for advertisement, they go through the proper channels. Thankfully, the great majority do just this.

Of course, people always find ways to "beat the system" and one of the latest is paying people to post. This occurs when members are giving opinions or sharing bad experiences that they had with a particular group/surgeon, etc. Obviously, this is bad for busine$$. To combat the negative posts, a few actually pay people to create an account and do battle with those who post negative experiences. Many of the paid posters are easy to "find" because they only post on threads that speak negatively about the person or group paying them.

Please do your own research and choose your surgeon carefully. The great majority are wonderful and it's sad that a few spoil it for the rest and make it necessary for a thread like this to exist. We have a GREAT forum and we intend to keep it that way. Please trust that paid posters will be dealt with.

Thank you,

Thanks for this...funny I was curious about all the band haters who had a signature posted with

"how to research a gastric sleeve surgeon" website emblazoned across their posting!

just an interesting point

Wasa was asked by the owner of this forum to provide that information because so many members were requesting it. If you have a problem with this, feel free to contact him (Alex) or an administrator (Susan).

I see this is your 4th post. It might be wise to "look around" and review the forum before posting something that, while maybe not intended to, is insulting.

Thank you and Happy Easter/Passover.

Definitely annoying, there was actually a woman in that chat room and I don't know whether she was one of those people but it sure seemed like it, she wasn't exactly bagging the surgery but the thing she said made her story sound completely untrue. She supposed had surgery and was 11 days out. Had 1.5cc in her band and could eat whatever she wanted. Now as we all know that isn't possible at all, at 11 days out your either still on fluids or at the pureed/mushie stage. But the thing is there where alot of people that where just banded in the chat room at the time that seemed like they believed her, it just annoyed me so much.

Unfortunately the sad reality is this has been around a long time and some even do it to pay their bills. It's hard to take the full advice of 1 person... I never trust 1 source on the internet... I reasearch over and over before I ever make a decision on something.

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