I was with a group of bariatric coordinators and surgeons recently as part of their ongoing commitment to share best practices with the bariatric healthcare community. It was a great opportunity to hear what’s going on in practices across the country and what tools and resources are needed for LAP-BAND® System patients.

I’d like to share some of the highlights of the conference:


1. Patients are waiting longer to schedule surgery. Patients know they want the LAP-BAND®®...

I've been reading many posts lately from members wondering about the differences between the Realize Band and LAP-BAND® System.

My first suggestion to these members is to contact their surgeon and ask them to explain their level of experience with each band and what the differences are for the bands.

I'd like to reiterate that both bands offer great online support programs and for more information on the differences, check out:
http://www.LAP-BAND®.com/get_informed/obesity_weight_loss/lapband_realizeband/...

We've added a few small features to LapBandTalk which should make your experience even more enjoyable than it already is

1. Album Picture Clicks to Next Picture in Album: This feature allow you to click on an album picture to go to the next picture in an album. This feature makes albums work just like in facebook and other sites in regard to what happens when you click on a picture.
2. New Thread Notifications: This feature adds instant email notification for entire forums. If you

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Thanks to our active and dedicated members, we received our 1.2 Millionth post just moments ago!

This is a huge milestone and LBT deserves a huge pat on the back

Just to give you an idea on the sites we're launching over the next few weeks:

1) Realize Band Forum
2) RNY Forum
3) WLS Revision Forum
4) Plastic Surgery Forum
5) Recipe Forum
6) Duodenal Switch Forum
7) One Main Site which will pull content from all sites together

I've found that having one web site serving the needs of multiple WLS communities isn't the greatest idea. That's one of the main reasons we're going to keep LBT focused...