I'm not saying I'll never have the surgery, just that, right now, this very minute, I don't feel ready.
I did just do a questionnaire on the obesity control center website. They recommended surgery. My BMI is 41. Someday. Someday I'll be happy.
About Me
- Fatbutt McGee
- A menopausal 30 year old, over two years after hysterectomy, struggling with body changes and weight gain.
Hmmm. Grrr. I'm really sorry you have to go through all of this anyway. You're like seriously the only person I know who is unlucky enough to have all these medical issues. My dad has a lot too, but they've only come on since he's been older.
ReplyDeleteEvery once in a while when I read your blog after you've talked about a lap band I'll ask Mike about his ex getting one. He said they can be a very good tool, although like you basically said in your last post, they have a lot of downsides.
In addition to what you found out, evidently there are easy ways to cheat around one that will not allow you to lose weight. If you eat ice cream, sorbet, gellato, etc., those are huge ways to cheat that the lap band can't catch. Mike said you'd probably only ever be able to eat ice cream once per month as a very rare treat. He also said you'd basically never be able to eat bread again (and I know how much you love bread) because the bread gets stuck in the stoma. His ex-wife still tries to eat bread and still immediately pukes it up after having the lap band put in 4 years go.
Along with all of that, it's something they haven't done long term research on, and the lap band is basically putting a foreign object into your body; they have no idea what that does to you or how your body reacts over time. Also, the biggest thing is that insurance companies will fight, fight, FIGHT you over expenses related to it. Mike had to fight his insurance company for 2 years because of some of the times his ex had to go in and have the band adjusted. They didn't want to pay for some of them.
Just some other things to think about too that you may or may not have come across yet in reading about it.