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Department of Health says Weight Loss Surgery carry a risk

Weight Loss Hypnotherapy expert Claire Hegarty has said that having a Gastric Band fitted also known as Weight Loss Surgery is not always the safest way to lose weight an she is not the only one. The department of Health has also said that having a Gastric Band surgery can carry a risk. New research has shown that NHS operations to combat obesity has increased 10-fold which shows in the year 2000 only 238 patients had a Gastric Band operation while in 2007 it increased to 2453 causing major cost on the NHS.

Gastric Band surgery has become huge news since the likes of Fern Britton had it done and as a results she lots of great deal of weight but what people are unaware of is the complications says Claire Hegarty who is one of the leading UK Weight Loss Hypnotherapy experts.

“People have died as a results of having a Gastric Band fitted and other people have had serious complications where they have had to have the Gastric Band removed which means another operation while others have had to have adjustments due to pain which again has meant another operation for the patient.”

Claire said that she is not saying patient who has a Gastric Band fitted will have complications but the Weight Loss expert wants people to look more into the operation before having the operation.

“This week a women revealed that she had a Gastric Band fitted and it caused her a lot of pain as well as costing her, her marriage. The woman in question admitted that she did not do enough research into the operation and did not look into alternative ways to lose weight.”

Claire continued: “Not only has this procedure caused discomfort with patients but it has also claimed the lives of Gastric band patients including the life of Bernadette Reid, Suzanne Murphy 29, and Marilyn Wardrop 54, to name a few and one life loss to an invasive procedure is one life to many.”

There is a range of post-operative problems reported with gastric bands, and according to research over 80% of patients will experience one or more of the following symptoms:

Nausea and vomiting (50%)
Reflux or regurgitation of food (35%)
Slipped band (25%)
Obstruction or blockage (15%)
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Difficulty swallowingIf these complications cause you serious discomfort your band may need to be adjusted or removed. This involves further surgery, exposing you to all the associated risks once again.

Joanna McDermott who paid £8,500 to have a Gastric Band fitted to lose weight explained that she has regretted having the operation done and explain how unhappy it has made her.

Joanna who had never heard of Weight Loss Hypnosis, weighed more than 20 stone and wanted to be slim so she turned to having a Gastric Band fitted because she thought the operation was like a magic wand that would change her life forever, but three years on and she regrets having the operation which has left her constantly ill and has even resulted in her gaining weight instead of losing weight.

"Having the gastric band fitted has ruined my life," says Joanna. "Not only has it been a waste of money, but I've never felt so sick in my life. I wish I'd never had it done."

"Since the Gastric Band operation, I've never had a full week when I've been able to keep every meal down," she says. "And there have been times when I could not even drink anything because it would all come straight back up."

Joanna became stressed and as a result of all the stress that resulted from having the Gastric Band Bypass, sadly her marriage to her husband ended."I used to be a happy-golucky person. Now I'm a prisoner in my own home. I don't even like driving as I feel the stomach pains are so bad they make me unsafe."

"Ironically, the only food I can eat without being sick is chocolate," she says. "And I can only keep that down if I melt it first. The problem is that it's very high in calories."

Joanna has now arranged to have another operation to have the Gastric Band removed. The department of Health has said that the surgery does carry a risk and people must only use it as a last resort.
There are other ways to lose weight, which includes Weight Loss Hypnotherapy where a Weight Loss Hypnosis expert will make you believe you have had a Gastric Band fitted without having the actual operation.

A leading Journalist Ellen Arnison who writes for The Scottish Daily Record, which is a leading publication in Scotland, decided to try Weight Loss Hypnotherapy for her to find out the real reason why this weight loss technique has become popular.

Ellen a 43 year old woman with three children decided she wanted to try Weight Loss Hypnotherapy after finding that her maternity dresses still fit her ‘snugly’ and decided it was time for drastic action in her bid to lose weight

"I'm really not very good at diets, they just make me hungry and obsessed," says Arnison. "Exercise is all very well but with a crawling baby, two older sons and a job, it's not easy to find the time or energy."

Ellen decided that she did not want to take the risk of having an operation to have a Gastric Band fitted which carries a number of risks and decided she would go with the safer option of weight loss hypnotherapy.

Weight Loss Hypnotherapy convinces patients that they have had a Gastric Band fitted to help them lose weight-allowing people even with no self-control to lose weight.

Three weeks after having Weight Loss Hypnotherapy, Arnison says that she feels thinner; "My scales tell me I've lost seven pounds. I see myself in the mirror and think, 'it doesn't matter about the extra bits, they'll be gone soon," she says. "Almost every meal I've had, I've not finished and I have certainly not fancied sweets or cake."