Re: KAK - Banding Interview

May 1, 2006

Hi Mel

I too tuned in to watch this. But even the good Doctor didn't get

it right. The saline in and out of the band increases and decreases

the flow of the food from the pouch in to the stomach. It DOES NOT

as far as I know change the size of the pouch which is what both the

doctor and patient said it does.

Surely the doc should understand the procedure before going to air

with it. Or have I got it wrong??

Regards

Lorraine

>

> This morning on Kerry Ann Kennerley, she interviewed a girl who

also had

> a story done on her in Take 5 magazine last week. She has been

banded

> for 14 months and lost about 40 odd kilo. Very good and positive

story.

> Showed diagram photos of the lapband, and before and after photos

of the

> girl. Kerry Ann tried to get her to tell all the bad things,

vomiting

> etc... but she said, of course that happens in the early days when

you

> are re-learning how to eat, but you live and learn. It was quite

good

> and even with Kerry Ann trying to get her to say negative things,

it

> came over only as a positive story.

>

> Mel

>

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