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LapBand Restart
Are you “off your lap band diet”? Are you outside of the box? Do you eat things that you know you should not have? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it is time for a lapband “restart”. You have been given a wonderful tool – but just like a hammer, your lapband [...]
No Scales
13. January 2009
We always tell our patients not to weigh on their home scales between visits, or at least not more than once per week. Why? Are we just sadists who enjoy the look of shock when you weigh-in at the office? No….at least not on most days. The reason is that scales lie – they lie [...]
Lap Band fills.
27. May 2008
While filling the band is certainly important, it is not the only reason we want to see you in the office and it is not the object of every visit. Based on what we hear you telling us about hunger, eating habits, frequency of productive burps (PB’s) and what foods you are-and aren’t-able to take in, we’ll decide whether to fill or not. Remember, sometimes it’s the mind that has to be adjusted, not just the lap band.
11. February 2009
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