Lap Band Testimonials & Success Stories

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Carolyn...

I had been fat most of my adult life. I had been diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension. My knees and feet hurt most of the time. I had been on every diet imaginable, only to lose some weight and then gain it back. Then in 2001, I heard about the Lap Band. I researched on the Internet for a year before deciding I would have it done. One name kept popping up in my research and that was Dr. Ariel Ortiz Lagardere in Tijuana, Mexico. My best friend, an LVN, was very skeptical about the whole thing, especially having surgery in Mexico. So, one Sat. we made the drive to Tijuana to talk with Dr. Ortiz and see the hospital and "check things out." He put us both at ease and spent a great deal of time explaining everything and answering all of our many questions... More

Dr. Lee Grossbard...

I was 50 years old and morbidly obese. At 5 feet 5 inches short (vertically challenged when you are obese), I weighed 265 pounds. I tried to lose weight so many times. I've lost 50 pounds at least ten times in the last ten years. Do they have a discount for the baker's dozen with Weight Watchers? I looked to the Internet for some of the answers. The Internet leads to many sites that are informative; however, many sites are filled with nonsense and misinformation. In fact, the worst part of the Internet resources that obese people are confronted with is disinformation... More

Gayle...

By golly I made it. Was banded on 7/19/02 at the ripe old age of 64 and with every co morbidity you could come up with. Type II diabetes (95 units of NPH daily) hypertension, degenerative arthritis, yeast infections everywhere Hi cholesterol. It was all going south in a hurry. Then I saw a full page ad by Bioenterics in the Diabetes Forecast magazine. That's for me. Started my investigation and like hundreds of other started running into the walls. Could not afford self pay. Found out about Mexico. Research, research, research. Found Dr. Ortiz. Thank God, because I was old, I wanted the best chance for survival there was out there... More

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