would lap band surgery be the best for my husband?
My husband has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, has high blood pressure and wants to get help losing weight through the lap band surgery. He does not want to have the gastric bypass but we have been to the seminar and the doctor pushed the gastric for diabetes patients. we watch the biggest loser where those guys get taken off their meds all the time. I am asking for serious answers from anyone who has had this type of surgery and has been able to get their weight under control enough to decrease their dosages on their meds and how much weight was lost in the first year?
My husband had both lapband and gastric bypass done. The lapband was pretty much useless to him and caused him nothing but problems for 2 years until they removed it and gave him the bypass. The bypass is working out so much better for him. He got it done about the middle of Jan. and so far he has lost 74 pounds. We did a lot of research on this ahead of time and thought we would try the lapband first because it was less invasive and didn't have all the problems such as dumping, malnutrition, etc. which can happen with the bypass. The band worked for a little while, then it slipped which made it quite miserable and he had no weight loss.
A lot of doctors like to do the bypass on people that are morbidly obese instead of the lapband since it seems to work better on them for losing the weight and keeping it off. That is someone who needs to lose more than 100 pounds.
A good friend of mine that had the bypass had bad diabetes and all the other things that come with morbid obesity such as the high blood pressure, backaches, knee problems, walking problems, etc. All of it went away with her weight loss. She used to take insulin twice a day. Now she doesn't even need a pill. The diabetes is totally gone. All the other things went away too. I must say that this has saved her life and I am so happy for her. She is one of the success stories.
My husband had to change his lifestyle completely. He still loves his food and loves to eat food. He just can't eat much of it which is a good thing. He does get sick if he eats too much, but he is learning how to manage his body to his food intake. He does not get hungry which is the really great thing about this. It was hard the first month when he was on the liquids, but it got easier after that. He said he never wants to look at a popsicle for the rest of his life. LOL.
My husband is just starting to get to the point of getting off some of his meds. His kidney doctor just decreased his Lasix in half. I think they will be decreasing his blood pressure meds on the next visit since it is starting to get too low now. He isn't a diabetic, so I can't say anything about that. His back pain isn't so severe now, and he can walk a lot further and a lot longer. I don't have to bug him to take the dog for a walk now. He enjoys doing it. He has no swelling in his feet and legs anymore. That's why they decreased the Lasix.
You need to really educate yourself about this prior to getting anything done. The reason the doctors push for the bypass for diabetic patients is because the bypass works better for weight loss and it's so important for anyone with diabetes to control their weight. We know that diabetes can actually go away many times once the weight comes off.
I can't tell you this is what is going to happen to your husband, but I can tell you what has been our experience with this. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.
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