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Has anybody had the surgery performed by Dr. Adam Smith or Dr. Craig Farrara at the LBS Center for Bariatrics in Ft. Worth? My husband and I went to their seminar last weekend and are very excited about the possibilities, but don't know much about the doctors. If anyone has any success stories or general info on your experience with them (good or bad please!!), I would appreciate hearing it! Thanks!

My husband and I are considering the lap-band. After attending a seminar, we were really excited about the possibilities of a new life we have both longed for for soooooo long. My husband is the optimist and he is 100% on board with it. Me? I read all the negative things...the complications...the people who are miserable . . . people who regret doing it . . . etc. And now I'm starting to scare myself OUT of it, hearing all the horror stories! Some of them sound awful (gas, vomitting, MORE surgery, painful injections)!! And to top it off..some people aren't even losing weight with it! I'm so afraid I don't have the strength to do this right...much less now I'm scared to death about doing it, I've never had surgery or any type. Seems like the first few months are the scariest. Has anyone ever died from complications of lap-band? I heard of a girl today that ended up with a colostomy bag 6 months after hers because she got an infection and they had to remove part of her INTESTINES! I'm one of those people that seems to always have that "thing that never happens" happen to ME anyway. Help!

thanks! I am happy to hear you had a good experience with him. If we go with LBS, I think we want to go with Smith, too. It seems Ferrera only has like year of actual solo experience...even though he's been doing it with Smith. I'm sure he's a fine doctor...but he's young, has never had it done, and is actually a vascular surgeon by trade. I dunno....I think I'll research some other doctors in general just to be sure. With all the Kanye West's mom stories about her surgeon...I just want to be sure! LOL

you all have been a great help. Thanks for your advice and support. It's great to hear success stories. This process is both daunting and so extremely exciting to me..and my husband. I'm new here, but I'm going to continue to filter through all of these boards and read everything I can...I'm an information sponge when it comes to stuff like this. I'm with gwhite...my husband and I shutter to think about the alternative....dying young or having serious issues later. While we are still relatively healthy at the moment, we look at this option as a preventative measure. He was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and has high blood pressure and cholesterol. And since we are near-newlyweds (almost 1.5years!), we want to start a family. But my weight is not going to allow that, much less make for a healthy situation for a baby OR myself in pregnancy. I'm still pretty scared, but more excited than anything. I think my struggle will be more mental than anything. I can tolerate pain. But I know I'm ADDICTED to food, like many are. I don't feel strong in that front whatsoever, and I worry that I'm going to get really depressed or bitchy! ha. But....still, I know that will only be temporary. And my husband will be doing it with me, so that will be the biggest support EVER! Tell me...does anybody just absolutely miss the way they used to eat? I shudder at the liquid diet for 5-6 weeks...............I can't even fathom! Even if my stomach holds only 4-6oz of "food", I know my MIND is going to want that satisfying crunch of real food.

thanks Akat! Congrats on your success!! Are their offices hard to get into for fills, etc? Ferrara did the seminar...but after researching him, realize he hasn't been doing it long so it kinda worries me. Did you check into any other doctors before choosing them? Thanks!