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CAROL! Goal!? and pictures!? Geesh, what's goin' on!? You don't post for months, then don't even come and share you meeting goal with us in the Canadian area?! I'm hurt :eek:

nope, nope, it wasn't the CC&Y that did it... I credit the latest fill. I haven't been feelin' the greatest lately, and using that as an excuse to not got to the gym for the last week or so. But I was back at it today... if I keep doing what I say I'm gonna do, I'll be going 3 times a week (1.5 hrs, about). :eek:

you're doin' good Susan... a little indiscretion (the WHOLE frozen yogurt) but not the worst you coulda done! (*cough cough* stay away from the Haagen Daaz vanilla Swiss Almond!) :eek:

Wheezy, I don't ever recall gettin' the full dish on you! I think I recall talk of you having kids... how many, how old.... tell us stuff about you! And yes, that's definitely irritating about the fill. Andrew, I hear ya. I don't even want to follow the state of WLS coverage anymore, for fear of hearing things like that. I can guarantee though, the wait would STILL be years, and now that it's made front page news, it's only gonna get worse. You know there's TONS of people who had no clue that the lapband even existed, and now they do, and it's covered, they're gonna be alllll over it. You made the right choice. Just like me. Right? :eek: Right!? :mad:

hehe, you say that like it's the "old fashioned way"! Not all of us have the luxury of having anytime access to the flouroscopy machine, so we gotta take our fills 'free hand'! I honestly don't think having it done by flouroscope would make any difference for people who have delayed reactions (tightness) after a fill. If you can drink and drink and drink fine right after your fill... even thick liquids, that shouldn't be much different that drinking the barium during the flouroscope. I'm sure people still experience overfilling, even getting their fills under flouro. (and I'm gonna look around on here to see if my suspicions are true!)

www.unjury.com sells samples as well. I think everyone should at least give their 'unflavoured' a try.

Welcome Kwalla/Andreea You made a good decision, and you're in good hands here and with Dr. Yau!

Wow, what a pain in the ass! You should be sure to tell Dr. Cobourn (or were you done by Dr. M?) about this crap, so they can make sure that these people who are reflecting on the SWLC don't continue to pull this sh!t. So I take it you're not feelin' too much from the fill?

(just in case you're thinking I'm a jerk, I only didn't post the link to the TLBC cause I assumed she'd known about it because she'd been there?! Not a jerk! I'm not!)

Absolutely, and as much as I hate to say it... get used to it. Strive to avoid it! But it almost certainly will happen again, and your responsibility will be to do whatever you have to to avoid it, and figure out why it happened! Maybe you didn't puree it enough, maybe you took it too much at one time... maybe it has spinach in it, and that's something you can no longer tolerate (I say spinach specifically, cause thats something I put in my lasagna!)... who knows. It's gonna take some trial and error. When it happens, your best bet is to just try to wait it out. Walk around, jump up and down, bend over, whatever happens to work for you to 'unstick' that stuff and make the pain/discomfort stop! (short of vomitting, you don't wanna do that!) And anyways, Welcome! You're new!

Oh my, you've got alot of posts asking the same question! I hope eveyone just picks this one! If you're in the Toronto area, I'm sure you're only gonna hear raves about the TLBC and the SWLC (www.lapband.ca). The SWLC/Dr. Cobourn is who I went with, and I'm more than happy with it. I'd give them a visit and decide who you feel more comfortable with. Good luck!

hehe, I think it is the fill doing the trick now! That CC&Y helped a little, but I couldn't stick with it long!

Chapman's, that's the kind I was gonna say to pass on, not as good as the Breyer's!!

hehe, Yoda, that's why I never asked! There are some really good 'frozen desserts' out there. I am in love with Breyer Smart Scoop. You should try it. I've got some 'Fat Free' double churned, chocolate something or other in my freezer right now. 100 cals for half a cup?! Sounds good to me!

yeah, I don't think that would get you turned down. They MAY not be able to do it laparoscopically though. I guess it would depend on what stomach surgeries you've had. I saw someone on here asking if she'd be eligible, because of some kind of thing she'd had done because of some kind of stomach problems she'd had (haha, vague, I know!), and she was told that most likely she wouldn't be a candidate for the lapband. I'd contact whomever you're thinking of going with, and asking if whatever surgeries you've had would make you an exclusion.

I'd say yes. Whether your dr. would or not... I don't know. Personally, I wouldn't ask! (and didn't!)

I think those 2 things would be the RNY and DS surgeries... the VBG is referred to as stomach stapling, I believe.

Ok, I believe they're talking about the VBG, and I don't think there IS anyone in Canada doing them anymore. (but really if anyone knows otherwise, do tell!) But that doesn't really matter, I'm sure your provincial health care (like everyone else in Canada) covers other bariatric surgery, such as the RNY or DS (which I think the only guy in Canada doing them, in Saskatoon, is no longer doing them). Even if there was anyone doing the VBG in Canada, the waiting list would be YEARS just like it is for the RNY. Fact is they don't cover the Lapband, that they cover one and not the other is the point you want to argue!

My Dr. wasn't supportive. I never saw her after that time I mentioned it. "That's for REALLY big people.", and "You just need to stick to 1200cals a day." and "Weight Watchers!? Of course that wouldn't work, they let you eat too much!" I left crying, and never saw that 90lb ho-bag again. Luckily I didn't need her approval or referral. The Dr. I had to see for the pre-op tests/physical was just a clinic Dr., and I doubt he had any idea what I was getting it done for, nor did he care. It's too bad, I would have like to have someone supportive and interested in keeping track of numbers and such. I have no idea how my levels of so-and-so have changed, and prob. will never get to know.

DUDE! If I can wear 12's, ANYone can! (and at 175!?) I think you'll be surprised when you reach the size 12's and beyond! How tall are you?

Oh man, that's an awesome picture(s)! You look great, Yoda! Especially the face... and your neck is so much longer and thin!

oooh, been so long since we had the monthly goals! I've been so discouraged the last couple months anyways, it woulda been a downer for me anyways. But now, I'm BACK, filled, and ready to lose! - I wanna see the 160's!!!

You know, I think I did get that for the first little while. It's probably just you not getting in enough calories. See if it gets better with you starting full fluids. I *would* ask your clinic though, just to be sure.

Good luck Janice!!

Mr. Yoda musta been delusional! Wait, this was before surgery, so, what's the excuse??! Agreed, it does something weird to my screen so that I can't see things (like emoticons) on the far right, and I can't even scroll over to get to them. This is on my laptop though, on my normal computer, I can see everything. I think the ads need to be on the right.