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Big John · 03-19-08, 01:54 AM

Thanks everybody for your replies.

MikeB- I've had 45 years to learn to eat/exercise. I've lost in excess or 100lbs three times in my life the latter 5 years ago with 187lbs. lost only to gain back 130 of it. I've been on every diet that you've ever heard of & a few of my own you haven't heard of. I've never had any kind of surgery before & that's why I did a lot of extensive research on the lapband before making my decision. The surgery is done laproscopically with small incisions & long narrow tools & the least invasive of all weight loss surgeries. With all the co-morbidities involved with my obesity I stand a much greater risk without the surgery than with it. I disagree whole-heartedly with the concept of the lapband being regarded as a crutch, it's a tool that you have to work with in order to be successful. Good luck to all of you. BIGJOHN

03-19-08, 01:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Big John Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12	Re: Finally approver for lapband Thanks everybody for your replies. MikeB- I've had 45 years to learn to eat/exercise. I've lost in excess or 100lbs three times in my life the latter 5 years ago with 187lbs. lost only to gain back 130 of it. I've been on every diet that you've ever heard of & a few of my own you haven't heard of. I've never had any kind of surgery before & that's why I did a lot of extensive research on the lapband before making my decision. The surgery is done laproscopically with small incisions & long narrow tools & the least invasive of all weight loss surgeries. With all the co-morbidities involved with my obesity I stand a much greater risk without the surgery than with it. I disagree whole-heartedly with the concept of the lapband being regarded as a crutch, it's a tool that you have to work with in order to be successful. Good luck to all of you. BIGJOHN