Hello everyone, please help with your advice...

[Rhonda39 0]

Hello everyone, I’ve finally gotten an apt. for the diet doctor and hopefully the surgeons. I’m very happy about this.:clap2: It’s been a long time and my insurance runs out at the end of November. The problem that I’m faced with is, my regular doctor said that I need to have the bypass surgery. I thought that I had my mind made up to have the lap band done. But now I’m undecided. I know that there are positive and negative’s for either one.

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If anyone here can tell me why you choose the lap band instead of the bypass it would help me with making my decision.

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Thank you in advance for anyone that can help out with this.

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Rhonda

[TerriDoodle 6]

Yep, ...what Jack said!

[LapBandit 5]

The only reasons I could think of for someone needing to have the bypass over the band would be this:

The patient needs to drop considerable weight really quickly for an urgent health issue.

The patient admits to being unwilling to follow the band's post-op program.

So, if I had to guess...the problem is exactly as Jack said...the doctor is too unfamiliar with the band to feel comfortable endorsing it, which is disappointing. My doctor was the same way a year and half ago...I don't know why I would have thought most docs would've gotten the news flash that the band is safe and effective by now!

[Rhonda39 0]

Hello and thank you guys. I'm going to talks more with my doctor. I have an apt. on next Tuesday.

Thanks once again!

Rhonda