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Thanks, where do you live T2L?

Thanks for your respnose and good luck with your surgery on July 8............oooooooooooooo getting close hey? exciting. Hey, who is doing your fills in Calgary? A surgeon getting trained? or your regular doctor?

Can someone tell me why a banded person can eat toast and not bread? tia

Good for all of you. I am pre op, did the teeth whitening, did some nice hairdo. Gonna get new clothes as soon as I need a new size. How about some pics of your makeovers.

I like recipes you don't have to write down. Here is what I made last night and my 3 young kids loved it and it was stoopid easy. Bought boneless cod fillets. Put in a baking dish with a bit of butter, layed sliced lemons on top sprinkled it with asaggio cheese. Takes very little time in the oven served it with veggies and rice, voila. It is amazing the lemon taste that seeps in to the fish. Another one my dear friend uses all the time. No recipe recipe. 8 eggs 2 pkg frozen spinach, thawed and pressed handful of feta dash of dill Bake in pie plate until knife comes out clean, Eat warm or cold. my kids love this too. I don't tell them it is good for them.:biggrin1:

Yep, good for you. It is SO hard to really see ourselves the way others do. Don't let your mind play tricks on you. Enjoy your success. Sometimes it helps to see yourself in a 3 way mirror, or a window. But congratulations on your obvious, even for me to 'see' successes.

SEE? It's slim pickins in British Columbia. I can't believe how hard it is to find someone, and not feel like you have to travel to another province or another country.

I am pre op, but my goal weight is based on experience. I am sure my doc or some height/weight sheet would put me lower. But I am not after a bikini body, I am after a healthy weight that I know I can maintain.

Curious again....

..same, curious.....

Curious! I am preband and I love carbs for Breakfast, toast, Cereal etc, and I know I may have to change that after banding.......

Silly question, but I really want to know.... I am just shy of 6ft. My goal weight is 180-190, any lower would just be a dream. You?

Stunningly beautiful!

Good decision. My doc and I decided together that I'd try an antidepressant for both handing a loss and keeping control of my weight. I have now gained 45 pounds in one year and I swear that little pill helped put it there.

Good luck Buffie. Let us know how you do when you get home.

I dunno? I am one who wouldn't be bothered too much by that. There is a certain procedure, certain placement. As you have said, he has done other surgeries and if he weren't confident that he couldn't do the procedure, 'doing no harm' that he would have a more experienced surgeon present to assist and observe.... eta.......What you could do is ask 3 of his patients to contact you for moral support or referral or guidance. I had contact with a previous patient before I went in for surgery once. I can't remember how we got to contact each other, but I think the doctor asked her to contact me. It was comforting to email back and forth with her.

I'd like to start a thread naming surgeons in British Columbia. I googled, I searched, I checked the yellow pages. It isn't easy finding a surgeon in BC. So I'd like a list to help others searching. I am being banded by Leung W M Dr 13798 94A Ave 200, Surrey, BC V3V1N1 (604) 581-2515 Dr. Woodhead Ladner, BC (604) 946 6500. Dr. Amson Victoria BC I can't BELIEVE there aren't any surgeons in the interior of BC, (where I live) So surgery and fills will have to be planned very carefully and travel is necessary. Please list any other BC surgeons. Dr. Leung is near retirement, and I will hvae to find a fill doctor replacement one day.

Kathi, I don't believe for a minute they are getting their wish. Your journey has just begun my dear. Stay on the path and the weight loss will follow. hugs

Well, recently my female obese and middle aged doctor, WHO I JUST LOVED, retired. The man who bought her practise LOOKS 12! No kidding. His wife took me on as a patient and she looks mabye 20 something AND IS SKINNY AS A POLE. My first visit was last week and I had to tell her that I was referred for lapband surgery. I was so embarrassed to tell her, I had butterflies. I told her that previous doctor had referred me for lapband surgery and that unless she had some magic advice that I was going to go ahead with it. I was actually very pleasantly surprised that she fully supported me. I was so relieved. Dont' know why I was so nervous except to have been given a reaction like some of you got. IF MERIDIA, OR WW, OR SOME OTHER GIMMICK WORKED, THERE WOULD BE NO FAT PEOPLE!!!!! I am very lucky to feel support from my doctor, I hope you all find some strength in your decision, even if your primary care doctor doesn't.

Ya, I wish my pants would fall off

Excellent advice. Lisah, we ALL wish there was just one more diet, just one more try and maybe we could find the answer. hugs hugs and good luck with your journey.

Hahahahaha, that made my day, I came in here expecting to hear some bad news. HEY SCOTT! YOUR PANTS ARE TOO BIG...... That is awsome. Cinch in your belt another notch.

I am pre op, but I like those teeny tiny cans of salmon and mayo. Just open and eat. And no, I don't sell the product, I just like them and so do my kids.

Sorry, but I am still laughing at the bottle brush up and down the esophogus analogy..... Ahem, yes, sorry, but with experience in low carbing, you CAN do this. There IS life beyond bread. I think......

Wow, you have worked hard and deserve much praise. AWSOME!