Aries -“If the person has terrible eating habits, this isn’t going to help her because she will be sick after the surgery. She will continue to eat poorly and throw up after eating. She needs to work with a nutritionist and a therapist to understand why she is sabotaging herself. She would probably be better off paying for a personal trainer to work one on one with her to make sure she gets into an exercise routine she enjoys and can stick with and an eating plan she can enjoy and stick with.”
While you’re correct with all these things, usually the patients have tried all of this and now they are out of options. You must continue to do all these things after the surgery. The surgery is in addition to all these things. What happens is the patient wants to blame the doctor when things go wrong. The doctor did tell the patient all these things, but the patient got lazy and stopped all what he/she was supposed to do. It’s like a smoker who gets medication for his habit. If you don’t get rid of the cigarettes, nothing will ever work. The MD/PA/NP isn’t your policeman. Also, the lap band is safer than gastric bypass surgery.