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Veteran of the Band - Almost 10 Yrs.. DONT DO IT. I Beg You.
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I doubt I can convince anyone reading this to not...
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I doubt I can convince anyone reading this to not go through with this surgery if your mind is already made up and you are looking for validation on your choice...
The band cost me so much and yet I never really had any major issues with the device itself, but the destruction having this inside me is irreversible.
GERD, IBS, Chronic fatigue, scar tissue that has attached who knows where (it all hurts). I knew back in year one this idea of "sweet spot" was bullcr@p. There are too many variables and you wont enjoy a sweet spot long enough to get you skinny. No you will go back and forth freaking out bc of no restriction and barfing on a crumb that gets stuck bc of too much restriction. The SHEAR CONSTANT PAIN of one thing or another will inevitably just wear you down.. Fear of getting stuck and puking at a restaurant.. now that one will tork your mind after a while. Also, nothing like driving and barfing... nope you wont be able to do much more than catch it in a bag and clean it up if you are lucky. Got a busy life? HA! don't even think you will have time to eat and by yr 2 you will be DYING for carrots, and SALADS and so sick of protein shakes..you will wonder wtf you did to yourself since you aren't skinny like the RNY folks and you are silently suffering such embarrassing bulimic like side effects STILL.. if you are like me you get it unfilled and resolve to fix yourself yourself.. ahhh...but you never stop totally being a bander..add some stress or an illness and whammo you get stuck. Good old lap band and not a slippage one! Then what is really fun is that if you are like me and finally get diagnosed with something..GERD! its never enough to force an insurance company to cover the removal unless the issue fits in there their small little criteria. Until you are so sick of being hungry yet barfing ?!?! wtf.. and having heartburn every second and fatigue and living like an insane person you quite literally quit life and cry uncle for 6+ months losing so much financially ..to finally win against the big insurance and yet really lose bc the fight was not free....
Canada is launching a class action suit.. USA is so messed up the supreme court took our rights away to sue these b@stards. But yes, by all means put a stupid lap-band in your gut and have your stomach sewn into all kinds of contortions while telling yourself: "meh. I can just skip back in to get it taken out if I ever need to.." since lying to yourself has always worked so well for you in the past..
Medical devices are not safe and without harm simply because the FDA approved them! The FDA approved a dang ball in your gut and a food expelling trap door port >.< lord when will we learn they are in the politicians pockets.. use your head.
Best of of luck.
The band cost me so much and yet I never really had any major issues with the device itself, but the destruction having this inside me is irreversible.
GERD, IBS, Chronic fatigue, scar tissue that has attached who knows where (it all hurts). I knew back in year one this idea of "sweet spot" was bullcr@p. There are too many variables and you wont enjoy a sweet spot long enough to get you skinny. No you will go back and forth freaking out bc of no restriction and barfing on a crumb that gets stuck bc of too much restriction. The SHEAR CONSTANT PAIN of one thing or another will inevitably just wear you down.. Fear of getting stuck and puking at a restaurant.. now that one will tork your mind after a while. Also, nothing like driving and barfing... nope you wont be able to do much more than catch it in a bag and clean it up if you are lucky. Got a busy life? HA! don't even think you will have time to eat and by yr 2 you will be DYING for carrots, and SALADS and so sick of protein shakes..you will wonder wtf you did to yourself since you aren't skinny like the RNY folks and you are silently suffering such embarrassing bulimic like side effects STILL.. if you are like me you get it unfilled and resolve to fix yourself yourself.. ahhh...but you never stop totally being a bander..add some stress or an illness and whammo you get stuck. Good old lap band and not a slippage one! Then what is really fun is that if you are like me and finally get diagnosed with something..GERD! its never enough to force an insurance company to cover the removal unless the issue fits in there their small little criteria. Until you are so sick of being hungry yet barfing ?!?! wtf.. and having heartburn every second and fatigue and living like an insane person you quite literally quit life and cry uncle for 6+ months losing so much financially ..to finally win against the big insurance and yet really lose bc the fight was not free....
Canada is launching a class action suit.. USA is so messed up the supreme court took our rights away to sue these b@stards. But yes, by all means put a stupid lap-band in your gut and have your stomach sewn into all kinds of contortions while telling yourself: "meh. I can just skip back in to get it taken out if I ever need to.." since lying to yourself has always worked so well for you in the past..
Medical devices are not safe and without harm simply because the FDA approved them! The FDA approved a dang ball in your gut and a food expelling trap door port >.< lord when will we learn they are in the politicians pockets.. use your head.
Best of of luck.
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