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Thank you I am going to see her in September:)

I would never do anything other than board certified surgeons, PS is a risk at its best and people die at the worst. I can do think of a case in Toronto where post simple liposuction the patient died and the cosmetic surgeon and several other medical pros lost their licenses to practice. (As they should of) thanks for the reminder.

Silly kitty, If you don’t mind me asking, where did you go in Columbia? One of the things I liked about this surgeon is he is board certified in the US and is a teaching surgeon and maintains US credentials as well as Columbia credentials. it also included onsite nursing care hotel stay for two weeks and some other items. I am just starting my search for plastic surgeons. I knew all of them in Toronto and Philly when I was there. so it was easy now it is a whole new ball game

Looks like he is a baritric surgeon I have those looking for plastic surgeons now

Thanks ladies, I will check out the docs, Miami is a little far for follow up and driving post surgery I remember what it was like with my tummy tuck traveling two hours post surgery and for follow ups.

I am a long time lap bander and flipped to a sleeve in 2016. In there I lost and gained weight and am back around my goal weight where I have been for a while. I recently moved to the St Petersburg area and am looking at plastic surgeons in the area. I want one who understands weight loss patient skin is different, more damaged than a standard patient. I am looking at arm lifts, thigh lift, some abdominal lips, breast lift and reduction and because I am feeling saggy maybe a small face lift. I did a tummy tuck and breast lift 20 years ago and the boobs took the hit on the weight regain I had the tummy tuck held up well. There are a ton of options in the area was wondering if anyone had experiences and recs? I am also looking at maybe going to Columbia to a practice there the quote is appealing and the doc is American board certified and teaches in the US. All the work there will be 20-25k and that includes a 10-12 day hotel stay, nursing care and transport to and from the hospital as needed.

Sweet, It is not a waste you just need to find what works for you. I have a simple diet most of the time. Breakfast I start with skim milk for Protein, then i have a skim milk steamer later in the morning along with some fruit at some point in time. Lunch is just whatever I feel like some cheese and crackers, some Soup, I can eat bread so I might do 1/2 a sandwich... whatever I have I want a focus either on the protein or on the Fiber count. I love a spinach salad with some egg. Dinner is similar I look at the protein first then move on to fiber in the form of veges etc. In my losing phases I was very disciplined I didn't eat in my car, or after 7pm, I ate off of side plates and I do the rules the way they worked for me. I kept a honest food log and I didn't eat any junk in my losing phases etc. Talk to the clinic they have people on staff just to help you with some of these issues. Good luck Heather

EMEP, I am not a huge Oprah fan but then again I do respect her

If it is the face I would go to someone who is an expert on faces... bodies and faces are different in my head.... George Bell is supposed to be the best as per a Dr I used to date. I would use Sammy in a heartbeat for any body work but I would investigate the face specialists. Heather

I love my PS who is extremely experienced with Band Patients Dr Sammy Sliwin he is in Forest Hill and he did an amazing job on my Tummy tuck and I have the best boobs ever.... midline belly button etc. If you want his number let me know Heather

If you want to do it go ahead I have made my stance on this known time and time again... Before you get it going you may want to check in the Dec 2007 legislature records for the ON legislature who has passed a bill saying that the band will not be eligible for coverage by OHIP. It was in the Globe along with the Bill it was passed on it at that time. The band not being covered was a direct result of a lawsuit based from an appeal so to prevent any more potential payouts and lawsuits they passed it in the legislature as a codicil as part of another bill. Don't remember the exact date but it is there somewhere if you want to search. Heather

I really am not a fan of the listing on the side... is there a way to switch it back?

I know whole foods in the US carries it, try a deli they usually have some of the european items. Heather

Doddie, Actually the incidents I was talking about happened long before you were a bandster.... but they were offering different things in different formats and whether they were conferences or face to face the clinic would set it up, people would confirm and never show up.. so one of the reasons they stopped them was it was wasting their money at the time because regardless if someone showed up for the call or meeting the Docs were paying for the nutritionist etc. I haven't done a teleconference so I can't speak for my experience I can speak about the conversation I had with Dr Yau and why they stopped offering some of the services that they offered at the beginning. Heather

Doddie, Sorry it wasn't clear in your first post you were looking for the distance sessions. I agree with you it shouldn't be too hard to put on a conference call or webcast. I will caveat the conference call with this though.. I spend 8-10 hours a day on the phone for my job and if I didn't multitask I would never get real work done. With that said... multitasking on a call like Dr Simon's would never work and the reason they may not offer it is that in the past when they offered things like call ins, or chat sessions they haven't been taken seriously or taken advantage of by the patients and it hasn't been worth the investment the clinic made since people say they will show and no one does so they end up paying for a resource to do something and no one uses it. I talked to Dr Yau about it a few years ago this was before the clinic had a full time nutritionist and they brought one in who did conference calls and set aside time for patients and people would make appts and never show, the same for the calls people would confirm and never show for the calls. Based on that they stop offering some of those options because they were wasting money on them that experience has to weight heavy on them when they start offering new programs that cost them money to host. But overall a podcast should be simple, much less interactive but not hard to arrange and post for downloading. Heather