janef357

I live in the UK and am travelling to Orlando Florida in 2 weeks for a holiday. I would love to purchase some books on the Lap Band especially Lap-Band for life by Ariel Ortiz but I have searched the internet and can only find it on Amazon. Can anyone tell me where I can get this book and can anyone recommend any others and what stores I can get them from? Are there any bandsters on the site from Florida ? I would love to hear from you. Jane in the UK

hi everyone I live in the uk and had a SAGB 2 years ago and have had nothing but complications. My pouch is stretched and as we get our health care free here my surgeon has refused to see me. I have now been discharged from his care and that of the dietician. I did not eat for the first 9 months as I was always sick then once I started eating I have never felt any restriction. I have 6ml in a 10 ml band but x rays show my band is very tight and tht my pouch is very enlarged. I now can eat anything and back to large amounts, I always feel hungery even just after I have eaten. Has anyone come accross this in the US? I am travelling to Florida in 3 weeks and would like to buy some books on the Lap Band as there are none printed over here. Can anyone recomend any books and where I can purchase them from? One book I woulod love to purchase is by Ariel Ortiz called Lap-Bnad For Life but I have searched the web but cannot find a bookstore that sells it. I would really apreciate any support that the members on this site can give me. Jane

The reason that I have been discharged is that my surgeon only provides a two year aftercare package. This applies to all his patients, The dietician suggested that I write to him, my gp has already done that and I have also had a second opinion and a bypass was recommended but the medical board will not finance it. No one has suggested an unfill or even removal of the band, I only found out last week that it is my pouch that is stretched they kept telling me that it was my osophogus not my pouch. I have tried every avenue now and have hit a brick wall, if I had money to pay for it then I could have a revision to a bypass but with our free healthcare they will not pay for it, Becasue I can not get my bmi down to 25 I cannot have the necessary plastic surgery and other health surgeries because they say my bmi is to high it is 36 at the moment. Jane