The idea of inserting a balloon in the stomach, and somehow inflating it to supposedly kill the appetite, is not new. It was first introduced as the state of the art, non invasive obesity treatment years ago but, I know patients who found the gastric bypass to be a lot kinder to live with than the gastric balloon and the bypass is not at all, easy to live with. But the earlier bad experiences with it which some describe as a nightmare, did not stop the providers from re-introducing the gastric balloon, a year or two ago.
Different this time, however, is the FDA put out a safety alert about it because five people have died after the insertion of the gastric balloon. I know I've written about this before, telling folks to run the other way. Hopefully, the word will finally get out that this procedure causes all kinds of problems in the stomach.
Reported on CNN,
History repeats!Three died one to three days after the balloon placement. The remaining two deaths could be related to "potential complications associated with balloon treatment," -- one was a stomach perforation and the other was a perforation in the esophagus, according to the FDA.
All the weight loss surgery procedures, assume that by mutilating or somehow disabling the stomach, the person will not have an appetite and people keep jumping on the operating table with all hopes of being "normal".
As Dr Livingston and others warned --- after weight loss surgery you are NOT normal, EVER, and people should keep in mind that the appetite centers are in the brain which is why, if the patient doesn't do the work - diet and exercise - which of course works fine without surgery, any weight loss surgery does not "work".
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