
Hi everyone my name is Tabitha and on December 31, 2010 I had lap band surgery. I received a 14cc allergen band. On surgery date I weighed 340 and lost 10 pounds by doing the pre-op diet.My thoughts and views on the lap band have changed dramatically since that day. You see I didn't realize how much work and change was going to take. Yes my lap band did some of the work for me but I do had to...
Even though I put NO - not worth it I have to admit that the procedure did what is promised. I went from 268 down to 235 within the first 3-5 months. I went to the adjustment appointments for the first year with little weight loss as a result. The first issue I have is that I was promised no additional charges....ever. Even for the adjustments. I started getting very large bills and...
On September 12th, 2012 I had a routine Lap Band surgery with Dr. Liu. 24 hours later I was rushed to the emergency room in extreme pain. My stomach had been perforated and I needed emergency surgery to remove the Lap Band. I was in the hospital for 8 days and it took months to recover. My follow ups with Dr. Liu were disappointing. He forgot about that near life ending incident and asked...