Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 >Still, even with minor inaccuracies about things other than the Band, >Allergan is doing an excellent job gewtting the Band more into the >public knowledge. There have been more articles and reports on the last >3 months than in the previous years under Inamed. >It's essential that people realize that there is a safer alternative to >a bypass procedures. Well, the inaccuracies didn't come from Allergan, but ignorant or careless reporters. Locally I've seen a TV ad for the band, and another from some local docs who only do bypass, promoting how " the bypass is the gold standard of weight loss " and all that crap. They also take a dig at the band.....grrrrrr.... I'll be the first to admit that the bypass IS the right thing for SOME people, but not for most if they know the whole story on both. dan Lord, I never complain, never ask why, please don't let my dreams run dry.... www.mylapband.tk or www.riverofdata.com Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana, 4/27/03 355/323/210/190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 CORRUPTED MESSAGE This is the Courier Mail Server 0.53 on MAILPROV.cableone.net. I received the following message for delivery to your address. This message contains several internal formatting errors. This is often caused by viruses that attempt to infect remote systems. Instead of blocking this message, I converted it to a safe, text-only attachment that can be safely read with a text editor. This sometimes also happens when the sender's mail software has a bug that creates improperly-formatted messages. Although these kinds of formatting errors may often be ignored by other mail servers, this server detects and intercepts improperly-coded messages in order to prevent viruses from taking advantage of bugs in E-mail programs: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message contains improperly-formatted binary content, or attachment. See <URL:ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2045.txt> for more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Received: from lblcsdl ([::ffff:132.178.155.77]) (AUTH: LOGIN danlester) by MAILPROV.cableone.net with esmtp; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:17:29 -0700 id 000180C4.45E86A39.000052C2 From: " Dan Lester " <honu@...> Reply-honu@... Subject: RE: Re: Band in the News Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:17:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset= " ISO-8859-1 " Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Intellect Version 3.0.2.4 X-Account: honu X-Mailer: Intellect v3 Message-ID: <28CFA1B0$03020B111A1C$004008@lblcsdl> Re: Band in the News >Hi Dan, >I thought the same thing about the EasyBand's remote control >adjustment system: wouldn't they need to periodically re-operate just >to change the battery? Apparently not, as the following from >http://www.endoart.com claims: > " The Easyband® telemetrically adjustable gastric band incorporates >Endoart's clinically proven proprietary Flowatch technology. The >easyband is the only telemetrically controlled gastric band. Because >the device is powered, programmed and controlled remotely, there is no >need for a battery, which would necessitate periodic change. The >Easyband® simplifies the patient follow-up session, eliminating both >patient pain or discomfort associated with hydraulic band adjustment >and port site complications, like infection or fluid leakage. " I found the information of transmitting power to be interesting, too. Yes, it is possible to transmit power without wires, but if you're transmitting very much power, you'll injure flesh, too. (for example, your microwave transmits power to the food). >I suppose the big advantage might be that with no saline, there is no >chance of a leak. Time will tell whether the rate of weight loss, >slips and erosion is any lower than with saline-adjusted bands. Well, it will also be interesting to see how they adjust the band if they're not using fluid. My mental picture had been of a band with fluid, a little reservoir of fluid, and a pump that moved fluid from the reservoir to the band and vice versa. But it does indeed sound like they're using some other mechanism. >And now that Allergan has bought Endoart, I have to wonder if the next >step is for Allergan to develop a Lap-Band that has this Endoart >remote control technology? Oh, I think that goes without saying. That's the only reason that they'd buy them, most likely. It'll probably have some other " cool name " like " superband " or " wonderband " or something else more creative, to distinguish it from the current product line. Of course it has to get a few years of trials first, so that the FDA will approve it. Guess we'll have to see if MX or other docs start using it sooner. It would mean, however, that you'd probably HAVE TO go back to your doc for adjustment. You couldn't find a nurse or doctor to " just do it for you " or have an ER able to pull the fill out if you're too tight, stuff like that. Should be interesting. dan " Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. " -- Will www.mylapband.tk or www.riverofdata.com Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana, 4/27/03 355/323/210/190 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I was definately put off by the amaturish way the info was presented. Very slanted. N -------------- Original message -------------- From: " george " <georgezimme@...> julie, i find the article disturbing as well. however, you failed to mention what about it disturbed you. on the one hand the article may have put you off lapBanding or on the other hand, you may be disturbed by the amateurish way the date was presented. i fall into the latter. i hope that's where you reside as well because nothing in the article as written could shift my faith in this appliance. clearly people who are timid and have let the article talk them out of being banded are the losers. frankly, i wish i had stock in the manufacturer before it went public. george > > I find this article very disturbing N > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: " moonshadow_sandy " <Moonshadow.sandy@...> > I wondered initially if I should post this, and even asked a couple of > you for thoughts, but I decided that there was some good knowledge to > be gained from what was learned. > > This is report of very poor band results and higher than usual death > rates, from a very INexperienced, new program in Australia. > THis is why we stress so much that it is essential to choose only a > highly-skilled Band surgeon and fill person, and very thorough followup > care and ongoing teaching. > > They also point out that the emotional /psychological issues were not > addressed in the people who did poorly and had unusual problems. > > http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23287759- 2862,00.html? > from=public_rss > > Sandy R > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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