Lap Band Doctors Advice

LapBand vomiting and ashamed to see the doctor

I am going into my second year as a lapband patient. I lost 74 total & have gained 23 back. I can not eat bread or meat at all. It gets “stuck” & i have to vomit to get it out. Because I have gained I am ashamed to go back to my surgeon. Why [...]

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Make your snacks count

Today is a typical busy day in clinic. We might see about 50 of our LapBand surgery patients. Don’t worry, I’m writing this on my lunch break; no patients are being delayed:) Most of the time we find that patients don’t necessarily need to have an adjustment to their LapBand. [...]

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More on Lap Band loosening

This is a repost of an old post we had on our old blog. It is a follow up to a previous post written that was called Loosen your Lap Band and lose some weight. This is one of the most important concepts for all Lap Band surgery patients to learn. Having [...]

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Loosen your Lap Band and lose some weight

Here’s an old post that is one of our most important teaching points for LapBand patients. Sometimes you need to get your LapBand loosened to lose weight. We’ve included the original posts as well as some patient comments and questions and our responses. Every few weeks we see a patient who [...]

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Do only one exercise. The deadlift.

Each and every week, Dr. Keilin and I will see over 100 LapBand patients on their journey to weight loss and achieving better health. Undergoing LapBand surgery is just one step in that journey. Proper nutrition is another important step. You know the other important pillar: Exercise. We often see potential [...]

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Feeling stuck with sinus drainage and the Lap Band

Here’s a post we put up about 4 years ago. It’s true every year; people with sinus drainage feel more restriction and sometimes get food stuck. It can be something as simple as a runny nose or more extensive such as sinusitis that causes problems. Around winter time and spring we have some [...]

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Choose high octane food for your body

We’ve been performing weight loss surgery for 9 years and one of the themes I keep returning to in personal health and weight loss is that most people take much better care of their cars then they do of their body. So I often come up with car analogies to help people think about ways [...]

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