Lap Band near Yonkers, NY
Shawn Garber, MD, FACS, FASMBS
David Buchin, MD
Eric Sommer, MD
Jonathan Arad, MD, FACS
Edward H. Cussatti, MD
Marina Kurian, MD
Allison Barrett, MD
Okay someone requested i post my lap band experience here, so i will because if i can help one person that will make me feel like i have done something good. ok, i was not alway a really big girl. in high school i was at a size 10, i called it thick in all the right places. lol. well when i was 19 i got pregnant and instead of gaining weight i was losing weight. when i had my son i was...
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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