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Anneke | Lap-Band Surgery
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What Our Patients Say

Taking Control of Your Obesity is Power

So is knowing that UCSD Medical Center has the region’s most experienced Lap Band surgery team.

UCSD Patient AnnekeWhat prompted Anneke Terpstra-Feller to do something

about her obesity? In her own words, “I didn’t want to be

that mom who was too fat to fit on the rides at the

amusement park.”

 

Having had enough of fad diets and their roller coaster

weight changes, Anneke attended a seminar on the

Lap Band® procedure at UCSD Medical Center. She knew

immediately–this minimally invasive surgery with its

gradual, healthy weight loss was for her. With help from

her surgeon, a pioneer in the Lap Band procedure, Anneke

has discovered a way to reach her goal of losing 100

pounds–not to mention the power of academic medicine.