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Thank you for your response, I think I will contact them. I'm more confused than anything now. He's been a dr that's trusted by many and I really like him. Maybe it is just changes in where he can work, so I need to find out! I know a few people who've had surgeries by him with nothing but positive experiences! Thanks again for your suggestion! I'll for sure be doing that!

Oh my, I would call them tomorrow! I only got the call this afternoon... I'm sure he has many patients who are going to be disappointed. Like I said before, I don't know what's going on but they said they could no longer perform the lap band surgery in the delta and surrey hospital! I'm going to call them tomorrow for more information, I was too shocked to ask any more questions today.

I know!! It does seem shady to me... I'm pretty sure I'll get my money back though. I don't really want to think aboutt he alternative!

Dr.woodhead, I only got to speak to the woman who mans the office, she didn't know anything else except to say they've been thrown for a loop as well and that she didnt know anything else.

Hey guys, I haven't posted in a long time and never in here though I've been reading on here lately since my surgery was supposed to be Wednesday morning. I just got a call from my surgeons office saying they just got a call and are no longer allowed to perform lap bands in delta, bc and surrey bc and those are the cities my dr works out of. I've been doing the pre surgery diet, I've payed $14,000 and I've mentally prepared myself. They said I'll be getting my money back and although that's very important... It's the extreme disappoint that I'm not sure how to deal with... I honestly feel shocked right now. After 2 years of scrapping together the money and making sure this was the choice for me, I felt like I finally had hope.. It was such a hard journey to get to this point. I'm feeling so defeated. I don't really know what to expect by posting this, I just don't know who else would understand what I'm feeling!

Oh Jillian! I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your brother! I am happy to hear that he got to enjoy and fully live the life he did have, and it sounds like he had much love for you and you for him. I really have been doing my research, and the sounds of the gastric are really frightening, I wanted to go with lap band originally because it was minimally invasive, recovery time was fast (I have a running toddler.. can't be out of commission for too long!) and I'm sure that with the restrictions needed to make the band work, would really help me in my weight loss journey. My family dr said I should be looking into this now so that I dont run into more complications with health, such as diabetes, which both my parents suffer from. As well, I plan on having more children in life, and not only do I want to set a good example, I want to be able to survive the pregnancy a little easier than last time! Even though gastric by pass sounds freaky, I thought I should at least talk with a surgeon to hear it from him, since the other suggested I look into it. I'm so proud of everyone here who's working so hard!

Mariasha! That's so wonderful to hear! It's fantastic to hear someone who's my age and weight going through this and doing well :thumbup: I'm a determined person, but with all that's happened in the last 2 years to get me where I am right now, it'd be a difficult thing to get me to the gym everyday, but I do go for walks everyday, and chase after a running toddler! Man.. are my arms and shoulders strong lol.

Hey Cheri, Thank you so much for the reply. I've seen that there are quite a few people here who have been able to lose big with the band, which is very inspirational. I'm so glad to hear that the band has been working for you! I've been invited to attend a local lap band meeting group, which unfortunetly this month I couldn't make, but I'm for sure going next. I've talked to a few people on here, but I think perhaps in person it'll be a more profound things to hear and see. In the felsh so to speak. The next step I suppose, is to find people who've had gastric and talk to them about it. In BC where I'm from, MSP doesn't cover lap band surgery, but they do cover gastric by-pass and gastric sleeve. It certainly would be easier just to say, forget the lapband, I can't afford that.. but I dont want to make this choice just based on the money, it's my future right! Need to make the right choice for me. I think it's silly they cover the other surgeries and not this one. THanks again for the message!

Hey everyone! My names Cat, and I've been in the process of looking into the lap band and other weight loss surgeries to help me with what my dr calls the "monumental" task of losing 200+lbs. I'm 26 years old, a mother to a hyper 15month old boy, a student in my 4th year of my bachelors and 2lbs shy of 400lbs. I recently had a consultation with a lap-band surgeon, and he said he has no reason he wouldn't perform the surgery, it's up to me, but with such a large amount of weight to lose, perhaps I should look into gastric by pass. At least talk with a surgeon and see what it's all about. He told me that with a lap-band, and at my current weight, with work and diet, I should expect to lose about 80lbs. Seeing as that's barely a dent in what I need to get gone, he said unless I'm that rare 1% of people who take it to the extreme, he wanted me to be aware of the average results. Although I appreciated his honesty... I was hoping for a more inspirational talk! lol. Anyway... I was just wondering what you fine group of people thought, and how you're feeling about your choice as a person of size to go with lap-band versus other options. The other things weighing on my mind, which I dont want to decide the choice of surgery on, but hey, it's there, is my surgery would be out of pocket (and my pockets dont go very deep!) Where as gastric by pass or sleeve would be covered for me. Isn't that aweful?! At my size it's not a "cosmetic" surgery lol. Thanks for listening guys, hope to hear back from some of you!