Texas Lap Band Surgeons Talk With You

Gimme Some Ideas!!

Ok folks, you may have noticed that we haven’t been posting much lately.  On my part this is because I feel like I’m running out of fresh ideas.  So I’m going to ask you: what do you want us to talk about?  What questions, concerns or advice would you like answered by one of the [...]

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What Should I Eat With a Lap Band?!?

I saw several people today who asked if we had a list or book about what they should and shouldn’t eat.  The short answer is no, but there is almost an infinate amount of information on the internet and in the library on the topic so I thought I’d at least give you some guidelines [...]

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Lap Band Surgery and Pregnancy

This month, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) – the certifying board for Ob/Gyns – released a paper on pregnancy and obesity.  The paper has several different parts to it; some address the problems that obesity causes in pregnancy and one part addresses the specific concerns of pregnancy in patients who have had [...]

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Food Labels

It sometimes occurs to me while talking to patients in the office that things that I find second nature after doing them for years may not be either easy or obvious for somebody just getting started on this journey.  I was fortunate enough to go to France one summer with an exchange program when I [...]

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