Do you know someone who died due to LapBand surgery?!


Question: Do you know someone who died due to LapBand surgery!?
I have been considering lap band surgery, most information found online is positive, but I read that 1 in 300 patients die after the surgery!. I've also read here on Yahoo Answers of people who have passed away after the surgery!. I would like to know - so I can make an informed decision - what the complications were that lead to death of the patient!. Dr's want their money, they won't tell you the bad stuff, I want to know from real people, please help!. Thanks!!

BTW!.!.!. on diet alone (no excercise) I've lost 20 lbs since January of this year, but its too slow, I'm only loosing about 1 lb a week and I'm very tired of being hungry all the time - this is why i'm considering the lapband surgery!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
http://www!.lapbandsolutions!.com/aboutthe!.!.!.
Website that could answer most of your questions!. I had lap band 4-16-08 and I am doing great!. My doctor informed me of what could happen and I needed the surgery because I would die without it!. I have had no complications!. Sure I have been tired but I am up doing a lot during the day!. I walk several times a day more than I could before the surgery!. I have lost 50% of the insulin I was having to take!. I lost 12 pounds since surgery and lost 8 (on a diet) before the surgery!. With the lap band you can lose 2-5 pounds a week!.!.I didn't put the weight on overnight I don't expect to take it off overnight!. I have several other health issues and not having the surgery was to me a death sentence!. I don't know where you are from but I had a doctor (first) surgeon to me all he wanted was the money and I got teed off and went to another surgeon and he was a God send to me!. He sat down and explained everything, the good and the bad and I did make an informed decision and it was right for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

The opposite, I know someone who died because he didn't get lapband surgery!. He was weighing about 500lbs when he was put on disability (I knew him from work)!. A year later, he died in his home, 800lbs, they had to cut a wall out to get him out of his house!. I know what I am saying sounds like an urban legend, but it is true, it happened to my friend, now he is gone!. If you really need it, I'd discuss it more with you doctor than with a bunch of yahoos on Yahoo Answers!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It is very uncommon to die from the lap band surgery!. I have worked in insurance claims for the past 3 years, and I have never had a claimant that died from the Lap Band!. I have seen many complications resulting from gastric bypass, like infections, but nothing major from lap band!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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