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Hery Gaf - good luck - I'll be banded about a week before you. We'll compare notes. Your comment about the "cutting edge" kind of made me laugh just because it is in the context of having surgery. HeeHee:faint: Nancy - congratulations on your new life with the lap band, keep us posted since all info helps.

Way to go Nancy - good weight loss with the new band. Thanks for letting me know you are happy with it. Boosts my confidence level a lot.

Flabuless - thanks for the reply I am looking forward to "the journey", I hope to "waist" away.:faint: TracyInks - Dunno about the hottie thing - but hey, if it helps improve the global warming up here, I'm all for it.:biggrin1:

Thanks to all who responded to my question about the AP band. Hopefully, I will get even more responses-IrishMist suggested I post this question on General Lap Band Questions, so I will. Thanks IrishM. To the just-banded person - good luck - I'm so glad to hear you are happy so soon out of surgery. This is a great forum - lots of good info on it and fun people too!

Greetings from somewhere close to the north pole. Not quite! My name is Priscilla and I am betting banded several weeks from now - looking forward to becoming a member of the Bandsters club. Opti-Fast is going to be my new food pal for a while and I am not going to think too deeply about deprivation just yet.:nervous After all, I still have Christmas to eat my way thru. I've been checking out this forum for a month now and it looks like a fun bunch of people with great senses of humour hang out here. Look forward to getting to know more of you and have thoroughly enjoyed my visits so far. I was told that everyone is much friendlier and more responsive if I formally "introduced" myself properly. Okay, ready when you are - fire away!

Anyone heard how the new Advanced Platform (AP) bands are working out? Does anyone know the difference between the older models and this new one. Getting banded in several weeks from now and curious as to how the new bands are doing.

Further to my last post, I was in error in saying that the new AP band is not approved yet in the US. They in fact, had FDA approval and the clinic Toronto used that as their gold standard for its use in Canada. Anyone anywhere heard of this new band and how it is working?

I am getting banded in Toronto in 7 weeks. They will be using a new lap band Inamed or Allergan AP (advanced platform). They started using this new one in November. Anybody out there have this one yet? Apparently it is available only in Canada right now - FDA in the US still has to approve but will happen soon there too. Anyone know the differences between that one and the old one? Very curious to know more about this band.

I had this done 13 years ago when I had lost 80 lbs. It was not bad in terms of pain and recovery. It was just a general surgeon who did it because I had such back pains from the 8lbs. which he eventually removed. The scar is paler now and although I have gained back 70 of the 80 lbs. the only thing I noticed is that the stomach itself is not protruding, but around the sides of my hips, there is added pads of flesh that give me "little boobies" (as my husband calls them) on my hips. By the way - he loves them oddly enough, because they are shaped like breasts. :eek: He thinks he is the luckiest man on earth to have a four breasted woman. LOL. Now I am going for lap band surgery and the little boobies will probably shrink (I hope). The belly button had been repositioned and looks good - so my hope is that although I have aged 13 yrs. since last surgery, I don't think my stomach area will look bad. The thighs however and the real breasts (44DD) will probably look loose :cry . Oh well, positive thought on this is that I get to keep my clothes on and they will be smaller sized clothes eventually. Yehaaw!:nervous :clap2:

My new saying is "I used to have nice breasts, but now all I have is the bags they came in" LOL LOL :eek: Actually, it would feel better on the shoulders to not have so much hanging from them.

Hi Becca77 - thanks for the reply- I would love to keep in touch with you - there is a lady in my own town that I have met and she is getting her lapband done on Dec 15/06 and getting through her pre-op diet really well - very proud of her. Anyone out there know how surgeon decides what size of band he uses on his patients. Some seem to have a big 10cc and others all the way down to 4cc. I don't get it. Any answers?:xena_banana: :girl_hug:

I too am booked with Dr. Coburn in early February 2007 and am looking forward to getting on with it. After researching the whole lap band procedure and determining it was the right way to go, I also decided to self-pay, because as most of you know, Alberta's wait list is out of sight! I read on one of these posts that Dr. Coburn is going to be training a doc in Edmonton and northern Alberta to do fills. Anyone have an idea where in the north of Alberta that community is? Love this support group-really informative and fun. Good luck to all you future bandsters-keep in touch about your experiences - helps all of us newbies to cope until our big day.:kiss2: :xena_banana: :clap2:

Hi there! Just found your post. I am from northern Alberta. I too have researched the lap band procedure and agree it is the best one to have. I am going to Mississauga Ontario in FEbruary for my procedure. I will pay for it myself ($16,000) but worth every penny. Keep in touch and let me know how you do south of our border.