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has anyone read any good books about lap banding? i want to be like an expert on this stuff and love to read anyway (books are just better than reading a web page). i've seen a few on Amazon and in stores but was just wondering if any are worth while. thanks

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I know Muhammad Ali daughter wrote a book on her lap bad experience. That the only one I know about.

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"The Lap Band Solution" is a good one. Sorry I don't know the author.

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The book is "The Lap Band Solution: A Partnership in Weight Loss"....the author is Dr. Paul O'Brien. Hope this helps.

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I have Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray. It has SOME good information, but is mostly a cookbook with foods for after surgery. It is an OK book, I love to cook, but some of the stuff they suggest - wow, not something I would try.

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Achieving Permanent Weight Loss with Minimally Invasive Surgery by Jessie H Ahroni PhD, ARNP

This is a very basic book on Lap Band. I got it for my DH and children to read (adult children) so that they can be supportive and helpful as I transition to a new way of life. It is written in plain easy to understand language.

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thanks everyone for the suggestions. i'll deffinately check them out!

I have Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray. It has SOME good information, but is mostly a cookbook with foods for after surgery. It is an OK book, I love to cook, but some of the stuff they suggest - wow, not something I would try.

i got this one from my library and some of the recepies look ok but it killed me how there were instructions for each thing were "lap band, weeks 1-4: puree". yummm, nothin like a chicken milkshake:smellie:

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