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Mistake of the Week #9
I will not single anybody out, but it seems like every weekend one of us docs gets a call between midnight and 4am from a patient who says they are too full. The most common thing they say is that they’ve felt too tight since their fill earlier in that week, but that they thought [...]
Mistake of the Week #8
28. November 2009
I have a magnet on my fridge right at eye level. It has a picture of an extremely fit/athletic woman and it says, “What you eat in private, shows up in public.” I thought about this when a patient came in recently, angry because she wasn’t losing weight. She had eaten a large fast-food lunch [...]
What has weight loss given back to you?
18. November 2009
I don’t know how many of you out there are on Facebook, if you are please sign up for mafia wars and add me, but it is really a great place to connect with people you haven’t seen for years. I was looking on there this morning and saw how many comments there were about [...]
Lori’s Thankful for….And wants to know what you’re thankful for!!!
13. November 2009
I don’t know how many of you out there are on Facebook, if you are please sign up for mafia wars and add me, but it is really a great place to connect with people you haven’t seen for years. I was looking on there this morning and saw how many comments there were about [...]
You’ve Got a Lap Band – Now Rock On!!
31. October 2009
So, you went to this big seminar thing….learned all about the surgery, what it takes to get you insurance to cover, how much it costs if you are not insured, what requirements you have to meet, do you just have to be overweight or do you have to have an illness along with the weight. [...]
Mistake of the Week #6
28. October 2009
This one comes courtesy of Debbie-Doo. When I asked the nurses what common mistakes they heard people making, the Doo immediately said, “eating Kentucky Fried Chicken right after having a fill!” I asked if KFC was really all that common (since I”m looking for general principles here) and she said that while KFC itself may [...]
What is the best thing you’ve lost besides weight?
16. October 2009
I was lurking on a Lap Band support forum and noticed a thread that really inspired me. The initial poster asked people to respond with comments on what else they’ve lost besides weight. I’ll reprint a few of them now, but I want to hear from all of you: what have you lost? Or, if [...]
But I don’t wanna come in…..
13. April 2009
I’ve heard some patients ask why they have to come in every 4-6 weeks. There are several answers depending on why you think you shouldn’t come in. In no particular order: “I’m losing weight, why should I come in?” Remember the scale is not the only judge of whether or not you’re successful. Some people [...]
LapBand Loosening part two
31. March 2009
I want to re-iterate what Dr. Hekier said in an earlier post about loosening the band. I recently had a patient who had their band loosened after almost a year of frequent vomiting and PB’s at every meal. Every time they came to the office we pleaded with them to let us loosen the band, but they [...]
Loosen your Lap Band and lose some weight
15. March 2009
Every few weeks we see a patient who had fluid removed from their Lap Band on the prior visit, and they lost weight since that time. Patients say “How can that be? I thought you need to tighten the Lap Band to lose weight, not loosen it.” Remember remember remember: The Lap Band works best [...]
28. December 2009
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