Hi. found your group by hunting around on the web. My father is 67, about 150 lbs. overweight, takes insulin for type 2 diabetes (3 or 4 yrs. now) , bad allergy athsma (aquired 10 yrs. ago) ,and has every problem that goes along with all this. He had to take early retirement for the athsma and now is so unhealthy my daughter (9) is afraid he's going to die, as are we. Going to the mailbox gets him winded. Anyway, he's a control freak and is so afraid that if he gets this surgery he will be conceding defeat to overeating. His main question is this, however: If he were to get this lap band procedure and the nutritional intake is so greatly diminished, where would the energy come from? I read some people need several adjustments and was thinking those are made as a person loses weight so they're not put right into starvation mode. Is that right? He thinks if he has the procedure and loses 40 or 50 lbs. he still wouldn't be able to ride a bike, etc. cuz he would have so little food in his body to provide nutrition. Any comments would be appreciated. Also, he lives in North Dallas. Any reccomendations on Drs. would be great. I know he would never go to a seminar. Thanks!
