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lapband after gastric

by Sunshine4768, Feb 12, 2008 12:27PM

I had gastric bypass done 10 years ago and in the last 3 have been gaining the weight back. I am wondering if I can have the lapband done to make the tummy pouch smaller again?

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by kitkat5491, Feb 19, 2008 01:08PM

To: Sunshine4768

I am in the same situation, only I had mine 6 years ago and it's like I've never had the surgery and was wondering if I would qualify for the lapband surgery. Did you get a response to your question?

by blondeshel, Feb 28, 2008 04:15PM

To: Sunshine4768, kitkat5491

You'd have to talk to a doctor about that (revisions). Generally, if you've had the Roux en Y procedure, they'll do revisions to it if needed (which is fairly common for those who had their surgeries a long time ago) but it's probably unlikely that they'd give you a lap band. You'd need to talk to your doctor.

by Barb925, Mar 14, 2008 06:30PM

To: sunshine4768

I asked about it a year ago. They said that since I had the gastric, they will only do it that way, but they couldn't guarantee a large weight loss. I would still talk to your dr and see what they say. All drs are different.

Barb

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