Yoda

I feel your pain Cloe. The company of BELL is an evil, sneaky, insiduous empire and all their employees are nothing more than SOBs who are lower than the dirt under the belly of a newt. I won't even get into the issues I've had with Bell...it raises my blood pressure too much to even just think about it; making my veins turn purple and my head wanting to explode. I HATE BELL too.

Dodie, Argon is correct..this isn't an "exclusion" thread...omigawd, as if the mods would be upset!!! Have you BEEN to some of the other threads??!!! :paranoid Seriously though, this is no different than soooo many of the other threads....such as I belong to the "April 06 Bandsters" thread....same thing!!!! WHEEZY: my thoughts are a definitive nooooooo to being "too tight" to lose the weight. Of course, what constitutes "too tight" differs with everyone, I'm sure. But, my feeling is that if you are too tight to eat or too tight to enjoy your food/drink or too tight to have whatever you want without serious issues (in moderation, of course) than that is NOT good. Your body can't sustain that (nor can your mental health) over a period of time.....The TLBC docs also very adamantly espouse this line of thinking as well. So, all that to say, if you feel you are "tight" enough, don't go for another fill...investigate other causes etc and talk to your docs. As far as the fickle thing......oh yeah, baby. I know I have very good restriction and yet last night (first time this happened) I was able to eat almost 3/4 of my HUGE bowl of Pasta that I got a East Side Marios (normally I take 3/4 home).....boy was I a happy camper!!!! LOL. But, I know that is rare and was just (for whatever reason!) an abnormality!!! Here is another example of fickleness....a friend who is banded (she doesn't come to this site) was last filled in Aug....well, a couple of weeks ago she was all of a sudden sooooooo tight she couldn't eat at ALL.....she was in serious trouble ...couldn't even drink anything.....nothing would stay down. So, she went for a fluro looksie and she was now sooooo freakin' tight (and this after 7 months!!!) pretty much nothing was going down...so they removed some and she is now fine. Who knows why/how that happens......the docs couldn't give a satisfactory explanation either. But kinda freaky that you can be great with your restriction for so long and then WHAM!!!! So, I'm prepared now if that ever happens to me.....at least I have the knowledge now that it CAN happen!!! Ooooops, there I went, a ramblin' again!!!! I'll stop now...besides...if I don't leave now I'll be late for work!!! :nervous

Happy Birthday to my fellow Leprachaun!! Have a good one!!!

Yeah, I remember coming to the Canuck thread a year ago and there were maybe 2 whole posts on it!! I'd check every once in a while and there would be nothing new. Then, around 9 months ago or so, there were 3 or 4 of us who would "chat" on here and then ever so slowly, but surely, more and more Canucks would join us. Really, this particular site has come a loooooooooong way.....thanks to all those who have come out of the woodwork and made their way over here! (a good thing!). Long gone are the days when there were no threads or posts to get "caught up on", even after a week!!!! Ahhhhh, how far we've come in that time, eh, Canuck oldtimers?!!! :girl_hug:

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Hey all... I posted this in another thread but didn't get a response so thought I'd try it in the "general" thread where I know there is more traffic!! <HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Hi everyone. My husband is a chef and he is considering getting the lapband (note: I have the band, I got it in Apr 06 and I'm very pleased with the results so far). He is wondering if anyone out there who is banded is in a similar circumstance (ie. works full-time in a kitchen & is therefore surrounded by food all day long!!). If so, we would be curious to hear from you re. any special challenges/obstacles you may have faced. Was it (the curbing your eating and food choices etc) more difficult for you? Do you think working in a kitchen environment made the whole process harder or more challening to go through or did it not make a difference? His inquiring mind would like to get your perspectives as he goes through the decision making process of "to band or not to band". Thanks all; looking forward to hearing some feedback!!!

200 - 1 = 199 FINALLY.....ONEderland!!!!!!! When I started this process I hoped but was never "sure" I'd get there...but here I am! Though I am happy about it.....oddly I am also a little sad (not sure why). Even though my goal seems that much more achievable now, it also (for some odd, unexplainable reason) seems much further away than ever before. Mr Yoda says it is just my PMS rearing its ugly head....lets hope!!! :nervous Anyways....I'm in Onederland now...though I would prefer more of a buffer zone away from the dreaded 200....but I'll work on that!

Hi everyone. My husband is a chef and he is considering getting the lapband (note: I have the band, I got it in Apr 06 and I'm very pleased with the results so far). He is wondering if anyone out there who is banded is in a similar circumstance (ie. works full-time in a kitchen & is therefore surrounded by food all day long!!). If so, we would be curious to hear from you re. any special challenges/obstacles you may have faced. Was it (the curbing your eating and food choices etc) more difficult for you? Do you think working in a kitchen environment made the whole process harder or more challening to go through or did it not make a difference? His inquiring mind would like to get your perspectives as he goes through the decision making process of "to band or not to band". Thanks all; looking forward to hearing some feedback!!!

That's great....congrats with your decision and journey! I'd just like to say that at TLBC, I had my consultation with both the coord AND the surgeon (ie. one after the other). So I don't want folks to think they don't have a consult with the surgeon at TLBC. I also want to point out that TLBC also uses Inamed. They have use of all the various bands, including Inamed. They pick the best suited to YOUR body. I just don't want folks to think TLBC doesn't use Inamed when they do. As far as Optifast....I agree, it is either a negative or a positive. Personally, I went thru the entire optifast program a few yrs ago and I was more than happy to NOT use optifast for this surgery and my yogurt/cottage cheese diet was highly effective. Obviously, the effectiveness depends directly on the individual's compliance.

uh.....well, big surprise there. That is the standard response. They don't investigate. I hope you weren't expecting anything other than what you got.

Hang in there Doriana. I don't know if this will help but I think most people (who were junk food eaters before) have had this problem and so I do think it is "normal" and a necessary evil stage to some extent. Of course I can only speak from MY experience and I will tell you that I have been where you describe about 3 or 4 different "serious" times since being banded. The "phases" are shorter and shorter each time. The last one was over Xmas and I gained about 6 lbs but it all came off fairly quicky (& and then some) once I got "back on track". It does keep you honest for sure....as you said, it is not a cure all and you still need to "mentally behave". We'll all have slips. But the beauty of the band is....though you can "eat around it" you can also cooperate with it. So, don't beat yourself up....just re-focus and march forth. And be prepared for this to happen again. Don't fret too much about the bad spurts....overall it is still working for me (despite the junk spurts) and it will still work for you to. :myscared:

That is so very awesome Green!!! YAY for you! Be proud!! (wow...size 14 pants!!!!!)

Glad to here ur band is okay Loriely and you made it to and from TO okay in the nasty weather! Good luck with the gallbladder issue. GREAT that Dr J said he'd do it! Yes, it should be covered by OHIP.

That is good news....in the long run. But, personally, I wouldn't have lined up to be one of his first few hundred patients!! But....it is a personal thing...and that is just me. Logically, I know these surgeons have to start somewhere and start on someone....but it wouldn't be me!

Congrats on your success Green. ummmmmm.....but....ahhhhh...the clinic must know what your starting weight was...n'est pas?

No regrets. Best Part: it's working and I see light at the end of the tunnel; more importantly: permanent light. Worst Part: I still (even after almost a year) get really PISSED (& sometimes super sad) that I can't eat more than I can. But that feeling is less and less all the time; I don't think it will ever go away but will get to the point where it won't bug me as much. Still no regrets though.

Oh...and thank you "Miss Encyclopedia" Mandi!!! :rolleyes :biggrin1:

Loriey: Dr J. did my first fill by fluro and Dr. Y did the second one. Since you aren't going for a fill but just for a "looksie" I'm not sure if one of them will be there or not; I hope so. BE CAREFUL driving tomorrow ....is is supposed to be wicked bad. We are getting stomped right now....nooo visibility, tons of snow and squalls and tonight and tomorrow is a continued storm warning with more snow, freezing rain, ice pellets and more snow again......so just be VERY careful. Hopefully it will be okay along the 401 & into TO; maybe it is just us up here (Barrie area) that is getting it. Good luck and feel better. I hope it isn't the band.

Take care Loriely...thinkin' of ya!

No probs....I just wanted to make sure you were talking (leaving messages!) with the right person! Glad you got a call back!!! Good luck with it!! You will be in awesome hands at TLBC.

Just your bad luck....I have never had any problems. Who are you leaving messages with?

(((((Hugz))))) for Bandiva!

Thank YOU Mandi!!!

Take care Loriely...glad u r ok!

That's why I married a chef!!!! I also forgot to mention....the refried beans (you know...the ones that come in a can) actually are much yummier with the sour cream/salsa than the regular baked beans! They are also "mushier" so you don't need to mush them up anymore as you would with the baked beans. Adding black beans (any bean really) is a good idea. Also...on that note....for mushies....you can have chili....just blend it a little bit (or mash with a fork).....