After the surgery it is important for the stomach not to stretch. Therefore, very light food like clear broths, soups, low fat yogurt and milk should be eaten. After some time the patient can start incorporating softer food and eat three small meals daily.
The lap band procedure is the safest of the weight loss surgeries, but it does have known side effects, and all surgery is risky. It is safest and most effective when the patient adheres to the prescribed diet.
Well there are two types of lap band surgery diets, the pre-surgery and post-surgery diet. In the pre-surgery diet your doctor wants you to eat a diet high in protein and low in fats and calories. This helps your body prepare for the surgery and makes recovery time faster. The post-surgery diet gradually takes you from a liquid diet, to purees to softer foods until your body is ready to handle regular foods. Then you should still be watching what you are eating and making sure you keep small portions.
http://www.lapbandsurgery.net/ has lots of great information about diets after weight loss surgery. It gives you advice on things to eat and what to avoid.
There really isn't a lap band surgery "diet" per se. What there is is a change in eating habits that is necessary before the diet in order to prepare for surgery and then a gradual change after surgery from a mainly liquid to soft food diet to one that reflects "normal" foods. The diet can be quite healthy if you make good choices for balanced nutrition. Conversely, it is not healthy if you do not make wise choices.
what are the weight requirments to qualify for the lap band surgery?
The difference between gastric band surgery and lap band surgery is the type of procedure which is undertaken and the complications which may arise from the surgery.
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If the lap band breaks the only option is to have surgery.
This does not generally cover lap band surgery. This is not a medically necessary surgery so it is not covered.
Although lap band surgery is a very serious, major surgery, the mortality rate for lap band surgery patients is low compared to most other surgeries. Recent studies have shown that as low as 1 of 2000 lap band patients will experience any sort of lasting complications with less than 5% of lap band patients requiring re-operation. The actual morality rate of lap band surgery patients is less than 1%.
Who does lap band with medical card in springfield il.
It's more dangerous than the lap band.