Lap band gastric bypass surgery improves insulin resistance

Insulin resistance and gastric banding surgery A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery on insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic risk ... via EMaxHealth

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[nilda rodriguez]

Hi!
I am from Puerto Rico and I am searching for a Lap Band Surgery Doctor. I have earhed everywhere and I don't think nobody does it overhere including Dra. Ana Santos from Cayey only does the Gastric ByPass surgery.
If anyone out there knows of a Lap Band surgery in Puerto Rico please contact me at [e-mail]....thank You!

[hortense]

HI! I am from Puerto Rico and I am searching for a lap band surgery Doctor.
If anyone out there knows of a lap band surgery in puerto rico please contact me al
[e-mail]
thank you!

[nilda rodriguez]

Anybody knows about a lap band surgery doctor in PR?

[Acuario]

Hi...There is a surgeon in PR: Dr. Rafael A. Iglesias in Guaynabo, PR. You can do a search in the American Society for Bariatric Surgery: www.asbs.org and you will find 3 surgeon in PR but only Dr. Iglesias does Lap Band. I'm considering doing my Lap Band in Mexico because my insurance won't cover it but Dr. Iglesias doesn't work with outside patients...Don't know what to do...In Mexico is less expensive there is also a Dr. in Dominican Republic. You can contact me at [e-mail]

[Acuario]

I also recommend visiting www.lapbandtalk.com it's a forum where you can read lots of information from actual Lap Band patients.

[nilda rodriguez]

thanks for the info...i went to see Dr. Rafael Iglesias but was dissapointed cuz he said that i will lose 70 to 100 pounds BUT in 3 to 4 yrs.Lap Banding u will see results very SLOW. Gastric Bypass is much faster but i am afraid. I started to do the atkins diet again and lost 11lbs. in 2 weeks.Wish me luck.....

[nilda rodriguez]

Oh, by the way Dr. Rafael Iglesias is in San Juan u can find him at Ashford Medical Center 5th floor, he performs all kinds of surgery including gsatric bypass, lap banding, etc. Look alo in certified lap band surgeons

[Henry]

nilda rodriguez wrote:

Hi!
I am from Puerto Rico and I am searching for a Lap Band Surgery Doctor. I have earhed everywhere and I don't think nobody does it overhere including Dra. Ana Santos from Cayey only does the Gastric ByPass surgery.
If anyone out there knows of a Lap Band surgery in Puerto Rico please contact me at [e-mail]....thank You!

Hola:
Yo recientemente me realice la operacion, pero lamentablemente no fue en PR. Si quieres info ve a www.lapbandsurgery.com

[KGlz]

Nilda, I´m from PR too and I have an appointment with Dr. Iglesias, can you tell me what to expect?

[DAMARIS]

Saludos,

Pienso hacerme la operacion gastric by pass en Bogota, Colombia, atraves de turismedic.com alguien tiene referencias sobre este lugar?
mi email es [e-mail]

[kglz]

Yo soy bien miedosa en cuanto a eso, y hacerme esa operación tan peligrosa en un pais que uno no conoce... no se a mi me da un poco de temor....

El Seguro no te cubre?
Hay una Dra. Santos en Cayey que creo que es muy buena...
Hay un website... se llama www.obesityhelp.com y allí te aclaran miles de dudas... etc.

[DAMARIS]

Saludos,

Lo que sucede es que el seguro no me cubre,
pero cuando si tenia me iba hacer RNY last year with Dr Suarez in San Juan but I didn't receive the help I expected from an internista in UPR Hospital, so I couldn't do the surgery, and without insurace it costs aprox $23,000. In Cayey it costs aprox $16,000 w/o pre-op exams, etc. tengo entendido q en cayey no hacen laparoscopia con RNY. tenia en consideracion de hacerlo en Mexico pero me intereso mas el paquete de Colombia por aprox $11,000 que incluye hotel, enfermera las 24hrs y entre otras cosas, se oye bastante bien y he recibido referencias pero me gustaria conocer un poco mas.

[KGlz]

WOW...la verdad que la diferencia es mucho dinero...
Siguiendo tu referencia entré en la página que dijiste de Colombia y se ven bastante profesionales.... Espero que todo salga bien...

DAMARIS wrote:

Saludos,
Lo que sucede es que el seguro no me cubre,
pero cuando si tenia me iba hacer RNY last year with Dr Suarez in San Juan but I didn't receive the help I expected from an internista in UPR Hospital, so I couldn't do the surgery, and without insurace it costs aprox $23,000. In Cayey it costs aprox $16,000 w/o pre-op exams, etc. tengo entendido q en cayey no hacen laparoscopia con RNY. tenia en consideracion de hacerlo en Mexico pero me intereso mas el paquete de Colombia por aprox $11,000 que incluye hotel, enfermera las 24hrs y entre otras cosas, se oye bastante bien y he recibido referencias pero me gustaria conocer un poco mas.

[Rose]

KGlz wrote:

Nilda, I´m from PR too and I have an appointment with Dr. Iglesias, can you tell me what to expect?

I was wondering if you went to your appointment and what you found out.
Any idea about cost?

[Raquel]

Rose wrote:

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I was wondering if you went to your appointment and what you found out.
Any idea about cost?

After looking for many months for a Doc. that does the Lap band surgery in PR I ended up having my surgery done in Tijuana,here's their website

www.golap-band.com

[Rose]

Raquel
Thanks for the link.
I am looking at Dominica Republic as well.

[Puerto Rico]

Estoy buscando informacion acerca de este procedimiento y trate de buscar ese medico en PR y no lo consigo(Rafael Iglesias) vivo en PR y nesecito este procedimiento.....por favor si alguien encuestra algo escribame a [e-mail]

[Jennifer G]

Another great resource for Lap-Band Surgery Information.

http://www.lapband.us

[Mikey V]

Learn to manage your Diabetes and get a FREE* Glucose Meter at
www.diabsguide.com

[JekJek]

Has anyone read the free report Julianne Kennedy is giving away at her site?
It's for morbidly obese people considering Weight Loss Surgery but it’s really IN-YOUR-FACE to non-obese people. She kind of attacks them or society at large for persecuting the obese. I'm 'big' so I really enjoyed it - LOL - she says all the things I want to say but don't have the nerve to. Anyway, its a really good argument she makes about why modern society is setup for obese people to fail, she gives 7 reasons which are very strong.