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Tammie: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: May 06 in Patient Results by

Let me tell you what the lap band has meant to me. I was a mess. I felt completely out of control concerning my weight (and other things in life too) I knew that if I didn’t do something I would die an unnecessarily early death. [Read more]

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Jane: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Apr 07 in Patient Results by

Hi, my name is Jane and I began my journey at 323 lbs before having my lap band surgery on August 14, 2009. At the age of 59 I knew if I was ever going to lose weight it had to be now, and I wanted to do it before my health was so bad that there would be no turning back. [Read more]

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How to Do Sit-Ups with a Lap-Band

Posted: Apr 06 in Gastric Band Blog by

Lap-band surgery helps obese people lose weight by restricting how much food the patient can eat. An adjustable band is placed near the top of the stomach, creating a smaller pouch that holds about 4 ounces of food. Although lap-band surgery can help you lose weight by limiting how much food you can eat, adding exercise is suggested to achieve the best results. [Read more]

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Kim: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Apr 05 in Patient Results by

Kim talks to Dr. Bagnato about the changes that single incision LAP-BAND surgery and her 62 pound weight loss in the 8 months after her surgery have made. “Since I had the Lap Band when I eat sweets… it’s kind of turned off my sweet tooth. So now when I eat something sweet, I just don’t want that.
Reading story books to my girls and I don’t get out of breath. Playing with them. We play and run. They like to be my trainers, doing exercise. We exercise together.” [Read more]

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Jody: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Mar 23 in Patient Results by

Being overweight is like a prison you can’t escape from. Except when you finally decide to do something about it that’s when you make your escape and everybody can understand that. When you use that kind of analogy people can understand that. It’s something no matter how hard you try unless you decide to do something about it you can’t escape from it. [Read more]

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Jennifer: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Mar 07 in Patient Results by

Since high school, my weight has been like a yo-yo. Eventually, I stopped losing weight altogether and just kept getting bigger and bigger. Before I came to Dr. Bagnato, I was taking medication for high blood pressure and depression and had just been diagnosed as pre-diabetic and having high cholesterol. I was also told that I was morbidly obese. That word, “morbidly,” was a wake-up call for me. [Read more]

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Shirley: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Feb 09 in Patient Results by

After a lifetime of low self esteem and the shame of being obese my husband encouraged me to see Dr. Bagnato. Dr. Bagnato looked at me straight in the eye and said if you lose the weight I can help you with the tool to keep it off. [Read more]

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Charlie: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Jan 12 in Patient Results by

I have had an issue with my weight ever since I could remember. I am a young guy and certain problems started to happen, that were beyond me. Things like high blood pressure, diabetes and sleep apnea were things I thought only older people had, that is until it began to happen to me. [Read more]

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Betty: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Jan 02 in Patient Results by

A short video of Betty tallking with Dr. Bagato about her experience with LAP-BAND surgery. Betty lost over 100lbs since August 2008 and has seen her diabetes resolve completely following bariatric surgery. She has been able to discontinue her blood pressure medications and tells us about the changes in her life as a result of weight loss. [Read more]

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Debra: LAP-BAND Surgery

Posted: Dec 01 in Patient Results by

Hi! My name is Debra and I’m a member of the band. The Lap-Band that is! Let me start out by saying THANK YOU to Dr. Bagnato and ALL of his staff for my new life! On February 26, 2009, I was granted a new birthday – that’s the day I had my surgery. I [...]

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