ain't it?

[fflo]

This morning Loved One A writes that Loved One A is trying to talk Loved One B into "the lap-binding procedure instead of gastric bypass."

I hopped on the e-mail to Loved One B so fast there may have been smoke coming from where my fingers were hitting the keyboard.

I'm pretty sure Loved One B is not going to agree to mutilation. But not sure enough not to set aside Other Things There to get my arse right on it.

Plus Loved One B had just been touchingly loving earlier.

Shit is so complicated sometimes.

Comments

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

ugh.

what is a "lap-binding procedure"?

i do hope A has nothing tied up inside. it's not good.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

it's "banding," not "binding." though it's plenty binding, i'm sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_gastric_band

from that article:

Documented adverse effects

[From the FDA website]

Band & Port Specific

* Band slippage/Pouch dilation
* Esophageal dilatation/dysmotility
* Erosion of the band into the gastric lumen
* Mechanical malfunctions - port leakage, cracking of the kink-resistant tubing or disruption of the tubing connection from the port to the band
* Port site pain
* Port displacement

Digestive

* Nausea and/or vomiting
* Gastroesophageal reflux
* Stoma obstruction
* Constipation
* Dysphagia
* Diarrhea
* Abnormal stools / Constipation

Body as a whole

* Abdominal pain
* Asthenia
* Death
* Infection
* Fever
* Hernia
* Pain
* Chest pain
* Incisional infection
* Incision pain

Miscellaneous

* Abnormal healing
* Alopecia

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

gruesome it all is.

[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

I love how "death" is just sort of casually thrown into the middle of the list. Cripe! That's scary!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

that's EXACTLY what i was thinking!

sometimes, Willie, i swear--- either great minds run on the same track, or you and i are the same Cancerian brand of fool... ;)