Lap Band near Babylon, NY
Shawn Garber, MD, FACS, FASMBS
David Buchin, MD
Arif Ahmad, MD
Eric Sommer, MD
My new life began that day. Recovery was quick, no stitches. Learning how to eat was a challenge and still is, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Sometimes, eating too much makes me vomit, but then it Keeps me conscious of what I eat. I get full much faster and stay full longer. lost 100 pounds and I hope I never find it!
I decided on the lapband before insurance guidelines stopped paying for banding over a BMI of 40 or so do to the low success and satisfaction rating and used the band a a scientific aid to study how to overcome its failing and exploit its capabilities with behavior and eating adjustments on an adhoc basis to see what can optimize weight loss. Now, 6 years later, I weight 165 and a BMI of 27...
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