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Calgary Banders?

Bobthedog

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Bobthedog    0

Bobthedog
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Hi

I was banded on October 15 in Mexico, and I would like to find other Calgary banders.

Thanks

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candies    0

candies
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I'm not banded - yet, but seriously thinking about it. Going for my first consult next week. I'd love to hear about your experience so far.

Congrats and good luck by the way :-)

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Bobthedog    0

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Candies-where are you going for your consult?

Swansong- I haven't heard anything about Dr. Phil Mitchell, have you look into the vancouver bandsters thread to see if anyone there has?

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I live in Calgary - was banded in Vancouver and have been back to Vancouver for a fill and back to Dr. Mitchell in Calgary for an unfill. If you would to talk further feel free to pm me.

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I live in Calgary - was banded in Vancouver and have been back to Vancouver for a fill and back to Dr. Mitchell in Calgary for an unfill. If you would to talk further feel free to pm me.

HI, does Dr. Mitchell use fluro for his fills

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mine wasn't.

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Tristessa    11

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Dr. Phil Mitchell is starting to do Lap Bands in Vancouver I heard. Has anyone else heard about this?

When I was in for a fill in September Dr. Mitchell had said he'll be starting to do bands in Vancouver starting today, Nov. 8.

I wasn't banded in Calgary, I was banded by Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana in 2008, but I've had all of my follow up care with Dr. Mitchell.

There is a Yahoo group for Calgary bandsters however it hasn't been all that active this year.

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i was banded in Vancouver Nov 9th by dr. mitchell. it went awesome. Dr. Mitchell was great, and the clinic took good care of me.

i havent gone for a fill yet, but i am losing over a pound a day on average since surgery (12pounds in a week) dont think that will last forever but it is still a nice start.

will go in for a fill in December sometime.

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I just had my first consultation appointment today with Dr. Neale Church at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary - he also works with Dr. Mitchell. I went through the Weight Management Program through the Calgary Health Region. He said he could do the surgery as early as middle of December! But I have a trip coming up to Vegas and have to cover my partner at work at Christmas, so I am hoping for January. Dr. Church was great - explained everything in detail and was very patient with me. I have also met Dr. Mitchell and thought he was very nice too.

Kristy

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Bobthedog    0

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I had my first fill yesterday with Dr. Peggy Burke. IT went really well, i had been scaring myself after I had read a bunch of posts in the fill section, things like being jabbed multiple times, not being able to find the port, ect. But she found it no problem, and was able to find it no problem.

She put in 4cc's in my band, and now hopefully in the next couple of days i will find out if i have a little bit of restriction.

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How is it going so far for you? I am living in Calgary, my surgery date is set for December 21st in Winnipeg. I am currently on a 3 week liquid diet. I am really struggling!

Hi

I was banded on October 15 in Mexico, and I would like to find other Calgary banders.

Thanks

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How is it going so far for you? I am living in Calgary, my surgery date is set for December 21st in Winnipeg. I am currently on a 3 week liquid diet. I am really struggling!

Hi MArlee

I stuggled with the preop diest as well, but I was able to eat real food 1 meal a day, and only had to do it for 10 days. I have not lost much for weight yet, i hope I am not one of those people that need 5 fills before i feel something.

I had my first fill 1 week today, and I do notice that I stay full longer, but I think i could still eat pretty much as much as I wanted as long as I chew it and don't eat too fast. If I eat too quickly and dont chew I get back shoulder pain.

Can I ask, are you self pay? if not how did you qualify in Winnipeg?

Thanks ,

Tania

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I am self pay, expensive but I'm sure well worth it

Hi MArlee

I stuggled with the preop diest as well, but I was able to eat real food 1 meal a day, and only had to do it for 10 days. I have not lost much for weight yet, i hope I am not one of those people that need 5 fills before i feel something.

I had my first fill 1 week today, and I do notice that I stay full longer, but I think i could still eat pretty much as much as I wanted as long as I chew it and don't eat too fast. If I eat too quickly and dont chew I get back shoulder pain.

Can I ask, are you self pay? if not how did you qualify in Winnipeg?

Thanks ,

Tania

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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