had a gastric band fitted

[GoodTaste]

Does "gastric band fitted" refer to a surgery of weight loss?

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I had a gastric band fitted in September 2009. In november 2009 i started getting stomach pains. For the first 6 months they were almost continuous and nothing except Acidophilus would take the pain away (i have tried all painkillers and IBS medication).

Source: https://www.justanswer.com/medical/

 

[Rover_KE]

Gastric band surgery is indeed intended to encourage weight loss. [link]

 

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Does "gastric band fitted" refer to a surgery [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] for weight loss?

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I had a gastric band fitted in September 2009. In November 2009, I started getting stomach pains. For the first [STRIKE]6[/STRIKE] six months they were almost continuous and nothing except acidophilus would take the pain away (I have tried all painkillers and IBS medication).

Source: https://www.justanswer.com/medical/

Note how the post should have looked. I haven't been able to see how it was written on the website because you didn't actually make it a hyperlink and, when I pasted it into my browser, I found thtat it just goes to a homepage, not the page with the quote.