AlienBandit

I put an emphasis on ANY doctors in Canada as anywhere in Canada would be a lot closer then me going to Korea every time I need a fill. I will be living in Ontario but if I have to travel to get a fill I don't mind. There must be a doctor somewhere that would take me.

Right now I do not have a band. I was banded in Korea, had band erosion and had my band removed. In 3 months I will be getting a new band. In one month I will be traveling to Canada and I plan at that time to try to find a doctor in Canada who will accept me as a patient for fills for future references. I was wondering if any Canadians or close to the border Americans can give me their doctors phone numbers so I can call and see if they would accept me as a patient. I am not sure what band I am getting next maybe ap-s or the midband so finding a doctor who will only accept me if I have one or the other band might affect my decision in what band to get. Any help would be great.

thanks for the website. I am going to check it out. How long is a long time?

The other day I got my band removed because of erosion and my doctor did some lipo while I was under. I was just wondering what after care advice other people were given. Of course I follow my doctors orders but all doctors are different so I think it is good to hear others experiences and what they did after having some lipo.

how has it been with your bands? Have you had any problems so far?

What is your height? There are many people on this forum that have started with low bmi's please check out Low BMI Bandsters - LAP-BAND As for me I started with a BMI of 33 but in Korea that is not really seen as being a low bmi because people are so skinny here so it is acceptable to have weightloss surgery at that weight. I am 5'6 and want my bmi to be about 23 or near there. Having the band is not going to make you lose weight. You must change your attitude and feelings towards food. If i wanted to I could gain weight with the band eating bad foods like ice cream pop beer fried food etc but I was dedicated to losing my weight and worked hard towards that goal.

So I had the swedish band and recently found band erosion so I had the band removed for 3 months. My doctor and I were talking about what kind of band I would get next and he mentioned the midband which is the french band. I was originally thinking of getting the ap-s next. So I am just wondering what kind of bands everyone has and if anyone has this midband so I can get more info about their experience with it.

I had a swedish band in my stomach. Apparently it is an older band I believe and the more fill you have the higher the pressure. When I get my new band it will be one of the two kinds that are approved by the FDA in the United States. I will get the ap-s. So begins my 3 months without my band. If you want to read more about my experience check out my blog which will have photos soon.

I am already banded but my band is being removed for 3 months. I am worried about gaining my weight back so I was thinking of following a pre op diet plan. However before I was banded I wasn't required to follow a diet before surgery so I am wondering what everyone else's pre op diet plans look like. What did you have to eat What weren't you allowed to eat etc Thanks

I lose weight in my face and stomach first, then my boobs then my butt, but my thighs are stubborn and i usually don't lose much there ever!

Sometimes my port moves a little. I can feel it and if my pants are tight around my waist and i move a certain way I feel a little pop. Is that what you felt? I have talked to my doctor about this and he said it was fine, there just isnt as much fat around my port so it moves a little but the stitches are fine.

i had that one before too but it doesnt work anymore :rolleyes2:

found it :thumbup: I have band erosion right now and getting my band removed in 9 days :rolleyes2: so I have been doing as much research as possible to find out why my band eroded so soon http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f78/lap-band-erosion-46721/

seriously? No one has been in my boat... wow its lonely in here

i have looked everywhere too with no luck :rolleyes2:

I really hope you have talked to your doctor and maybe a shrink about your thoughts and concerns. You need to remember that the first few months after surgery is mostly a time for healing. Small fills a few weeks apart are important to space out because your stomach need to adjust to having the band there. Sure you can ask for a big fill but even if you get it, big fills too often are thought to be a possible cause for band erosion. Would you rather have that? Trust me it isnt fun! I think even if you talk to a lawyer about a lawsuit they will probably tell you, that you dont have a case. I wish the best for you and that you can learn better how to use this tool for weight loss.

your stomach is still healing you probably have stitches around your stomach too making it more sensitive. If you get fills too fast that can lead to band erosion. Only a small percent of people can it but it is possible (*raises her hand*). Think of your stomach like a babys stomach. When a baby is first born they dont eat solid food right away right? They drink milk then have mushies then work on solids. No one is expected to lose weight right after receiving the band as the first few weeks are for healing. So let your body heal now and you will thank yourself later.

im 4 months out and my scars are still there but look almost like nothing. My friends who dont know about the surgery have seen my stomach and didn't ask what the scars were. They are really faded and unless you look really hard you wouldnt really notice them. I usually forget about them even when I look in the mirror

my blog is in my signature. I am having complications and being rebanded in a few months so it might be interesting for people to read about my experiences

yes you should go back to your doctor. I had a pain where my tubing area is and it turned out i needed the tubing to be moved because it was too close to my skin because I lost so much fat around my stomach area. I had a slight very small 30 second pain one day in my band area a week before my doc appointment and he decided to just give me a full check up and he found a teeny tiny bit of band erosion. Having said that its better to be safe then sorry so see your doctor as the pain could be anything. Are you maybe eating too much food each meal? Are you making sure to eat slowly for 30 minutes?

dont rush your fills it can cause band erosion if you go too fast and your stomach cant handle the pressue. You stomach is healing for the first 6 months after being banded. Good things come to those who wait

well onikenbai if u read back through these posts you would find ur answer to whether u posted before or not. I am not looking for something to pay for my fills. But with my parents health insurance I must tell them if I have had any medical procedures. Somehow all through university and college I was able to be on my parents health insurance until I left when I was 22. If I live at home I am covered under their insurance until I am 25 years old or until I finish college ( before a certain age I believe 30).

yup see my parents and i are close too but I knew they would never let me get the lap band but I have researched it for years and couldnt lose weight any other way. They also worry too much because they seem to think korea is not like a first world country with great medical care and doctors where i actually cant stand north american doctors now. Korean doctors are way better. I will break the news to them when I do move back home though I am sure they are going to kill me. I would want someone close to know about the surgery. I have two co workers one at each school i teach at here in korea that know about my surgery in case anything happens to me here.

I'm 24 years old. If I am in college when I go back home my parents health insurance will still cover me. I am self pay. My parents dont know about the surgery. I had it done in Korea. No one knows about my surgery actually. I couldnt get it in Canada because I started with a low BMI and self paying for it in Canada would be too expensive. I have a great job here and was able to pay each month a certain amount to be able to get the surgery done here.

I didnt really have any signs of having erosion. An area where my tubing is hurt but the doctor said it is because my tubing is close to my stomach because I lost so much fat around my stomach. He told me I would have to have a revision to move the tubing and port. One day after drinking Water too fast I pbed and had acid reflux for a few hours but only that one time. That could be a sign that I had too much of a fill. One day out of no where i also had a short quick 30 second pain in my band area. I thought my band had just slipped. He did a camera scope and had to look long and hard and found a little area smaller then a pea where the erosion had started. Usually you don't find that erosion so soon but because I am a baby for pain he checked everything he could to see what was wrong with me. I'm glad he didnt dismiss my pain as just my tubing needing to be moved or I would have gone longer with the erosion. I really didnt expect it. It doesnt even hurt. I think it might have happened because I got my fills too fast I was already at 10cc in an 11cc band