Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I think if you looked at any Surgery performed under anaesthetic and the death rates and complication rates, then lap banding would be quite low. There is likely to be doctors out there performing the lap band surgery on patients who are not good candidates for any kind of surgery. therefor the morbidity and complication rates go up. It only takes one or two sensationalist journalists to misquote doctors and give things there own slant, to get the general public frowning. I am sure the mortality and morbidity rate for obesity and obesity related illness is exponentially massive compared to lap band surgery rates. J newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news. com.au/heraldsun /story/0, 21985,23287759- 661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi munchkins If these figures are so correct thennnnnnnnnn There are a lot of us in here who are really deadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd Hehehehehehe Hugs Leeanne -- Re: newspaper article I recon the typist or editor added a zero lol crazy where did they get the stats from/ newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23287759-661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yep, you are spot on Juzzy about this surgery being performed on patients who are, in a lot of cases, a bad surgery risk in the first place. I guess surgeons are weighing up the odds of that patient having some sort of quality of life or not, if the surgery isnt performed, its a difficult decision to make. I am glad I am a basically healthy person (even with a lot of weight on - I am lucky I had my surgery before my excess weight caused me serious health problems) but some arent so lucky. There ARE also patients who dont listen when surgeons tell them to only drink liquids and then move on to mushies etc after surgery...and that can land them back in the operating theatre. One of the things I take exception to though was that the article said that 90% of obese people would be opposed to weight loss surgery....there is SO much ignorance out there! Even my best friend Joy, when I told her I had just been to an information session about lapbanding and was excited about the possibilities, started sprouting off about 2 people she knew who had had such a hard time, blah blah blah. It turned out one had had her stomach stapled something like 20 years ago and the other one had the gastric bypass..... There are good reasons for selectively telling people about the fact you have had this surgery or are thinking about it. I ended up giving my friend a lot of info that the surgeon had given me to read, and also wrote down what my feelings were about myself and why I thought this was the best option for me. She has been nothing but supportive since. I am just happy that I have my band, even though we have a bit of a love/hate relationship, lol, and its the best decision I ever made! Mon From: SydBand [mailto:SydBand ] On Behalf Of JuzzySent: Thursday, 28 February 2008 9:27 AMTo: SydBand Subject: Re: newspaper article I think if you looked at any Surgery performed under anaesthetic and the death rates and complication rates, then lap banding would be quite low. There is likely to be doctors out there performing the lap band surgery on patients who are not good candidates for any kind of surgery. therefor the morbidity and complication rates go up. It only takes one or two sensationalist journalists to misquote doctors and give things there own slant, to get the general public frowning. I am sure the mortality and morbidity rate for obesity and obesity related illness is exponentially massive compared to lap band surgery rates. J newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news. com.au/heraldsun /story/0, 21985,23287759- 661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 What a load of crap... Sorry - but that is what I think! Again we are seeing sensational journalism at its worst. If you had to have a heart bypass would you have it... wonder what the mortality rate of that is as well as the ongoing complications and chances of having to have it done again. If you had to have an emergency appendectomy... you would have it, even though there is a certain amount of ongoing complications post surgery if they happen to burst or you get blood poisoning. I have emailed them and told them what I think... and to get out and about and ask 100 bandits if they would re have the surgery if they lost their bands and put all their weight back on... I bet 98 of them would say "you bet I would". Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008  That's a very good point. This article is getting some wider press so I wanted to throw it out there to see what those who have BTDT would offer. Thanks... newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news. com.au/heraldsun /story/0, 21985,23287759- 661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 ... I cannot believe the negativity of some of the comments that people have responded with. I am absolutely gobsmacked at their lack of sympathy for people who have a weight problem. Mind blowing it is that they are just saying - stop shovelling food in and get moving - not very nice people at all. Mel >> That's a very good point. This article is getting some wider press so I wanted to throw it out there to see what those who have BTDT would offer.> Thanks...> > newspaper article> > > > This is an article from today's Herald Sun> http://www.news. com.au/heraldsun /story/0, 21985,23287759- 661,00.html> > It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think?> > The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little.> > Regards...> > > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi munchkins If these figures are so correct thennnnnnnnnn There are a lot of us in here who are really deadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd Hehehehehehe Hugs Leeanne -- Re: newspaper article I recon the typist or editor added a zero lol crazy where did they get the stats from/ newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23287759-661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Do you think they have confused this op with some other kind of weight loss surgery? I have never heard this before, lap banding is thought to be the safest of all wls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I recon the typist or editor added a zero lol crazy where did they get the stats from/ newspaper article This is an article from today's Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23287759-661,00.html It doesn't appear to be the case with the majority of people on here so I am wondering what people with more experience and exposure to this think? The Medicare figures of 1 in 10 requiring revision, replacement or removal concerns me a little. Regards... No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1298 - Release Date: 2/25/2008 8:45 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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