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Default Hi everybody

interesting thanks, Lee
"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:42:00 -0500, "Storrmmee"
> > wrote:
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>>I have a question, why is removing part of the stomach and making the tube
>>prefferable to the, lap band, surgery. not sure if i got the name right,
>>but the stomach is bandaded and can be adjusted/removed supposedly
>>easily...
>>I am just more curious than anything else, Lee

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> The lap band is a foreign object. You need to have it tightened
> every so often, and they have to find the port under the skin, and
> inject more saline in it to tighten it.
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> Everyone I know who got it, is fat again. Making the stomach
> smaller can also result in getting fat again if you abuse it and fail
> to watch your weight, but it is less likely, and there is no foreign
> object to need removal.
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> There is a wealth of information on the internet. All the various
> options are out there.
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> Evelyn
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