Cmott1972

Hi there! I didn't know that JHU and UMMS did Lapbands? I have a family physician at UMMS and she told me to go to their bariatric doctors who said they don't do lapband - hence why I'm planning to work with Dr. Singh at St. Agnes. Besides, I'm practically down the street from St. Agnes, so I'm looking forward to my banding before the year is out this year. Good luck!

Hi, I'm Candy. I am currently at 38 BMI with no medical issues, so I'm somewhat hopeful that I would qualify eventually for the LapBand. I am over 100 pounds overweight. I used to hang around 105 pounds - and because of smoking cessation 3 times over the last 5 years, I've gained weight that I have not been able to take off. I weigh 217 now. I have quit smoking again - last month and plan to make this quit a last time. Has anyone ever been in the middle of the 35-40 BMI range without medical issues and how have they handled it? I am hoping that Dr. Averbach, St. Agnes Hospital, will do the approval and banding. I think I have to go through a 6 month supervised program, does anyone have any experience with that? Does anyone know what is expected out of the 6 month program? Is there a certain number of pounds that have to be lost through this supervised program?

St. Agnes Hospital at Caton & Wilkens Avenue has them I believe 3rd wednesdays for post lap band. You can call 410-368-8725 to find out especially when they are held. I'm planning to get banded if I'm approved at St. Agnes (Dr. Averbach), in however soon I can go - which will probably be sometime next year before I can get banded.