sipgel.biz 0 Posted September 27, 2007 All, In 2001 my former spouse was Banded in Dallas by Lap Band Solutions Dr. Benavides, M.D. 7920 Belt Line Road, Suite 175 Dallas, TX 75254. Due to a high risk pregnancy and high blood pressure she was bed ridden for the last 4 months of her pregnancy due to her blood pressure. We had our baby in the emergency room because of the stress on her Heart. My former spouse looked like a pin cushion in the emergency room of St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa, OK. This a little bit of the story and I have much more I can tell. At one point she was 278 lbs. She gained most of the weight as she was not able to exercise during the last stages of our child’s birth. I almost lost the mother of our Son in March of 1998. This was High, High risk with her blood pressure. After our baby was born we tried all sorts of diets and exercise routines. Nothing would work as my former spouses Knees could not handle the stress of the workouts. We went looking together for answers. Finally in 2001 we heard about Banding and Gastric Bypass. It was only available in a few areas. We made the decision and traveled to Texas for this procedure. This is where our nightmare began. List of troubles: 1. Fill Port twisting and not able to get fills. Or if we did get a fill in the port we would get too much and having to spend time and money driving back and forth to Dallas to unfill. She was also getting bruised from them twisting on her stomach to fix the port that moved out of place and finally taking trips to College Station to replace the Band. 2. Not able to get proper nutrition as my former spouse could not eat anything as the fills would be to much or not enough. Never the perfect balance. (Remember this was something that was not in all states at that time) This is why I am with Agel.... Positives: 3. Finally cutting the Band and having Gastric Bypass. She is now 150 pounds and normal for her size. 4. We divorced and I have since remarried. My sons mother and I still remain friends and co-parent our 9 year old Son. I enjoy being with our son in Cub Scouts as the Scout Master and watching him grow and learn. My former spouse has more time on this earth due to her making the decision to have diet surgery. I am proud of her! My main purpose on this website post is not to share the negatives but to help with my knowledge as I have lived through what everyone in this forum is going through. I am referring my friends and those who I know to this forum for help and answers to there questions in regards to diet and proper nutrition. If you travel to my sponsored advertisement you will find I am requesting your name, email and phone number which is not given to anyone outside of my business and is kept confidential. I am able to set up Preferred Customers without involving any of you in Network Marketing. As with most of you, I am a business person who learns from the past and also mistakes. My goal is to educate as I feel knowledge is something we all seek. many of you are going through the exact same things that we went through. If I can help please call me as my number is listed on my website. If you have questions or comments please email me at ronnie@sipgel.biz . Thanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites