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Good Day Everyone :)

I know there is a support group on yahoo. But it has not been active for six months. Does anyone know of any lapband support groups in Calgary?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi Kristy: I'm just joining this forum and I am very interested in the surgery. Been researching online fr about 6 months and my doctor is supportive. Do I just book an appointment at Dr. Mitchell's clinic to get started?

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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Hello: Living in Calgary and interested in this surgery. Done extensive online research now looking for advice on where / how to get started.

Tks,

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I was banded in Mexico by Dr. Ortiz as well, in October 2010. Dr. Mitchell is also doing my fills. Can I just ask you what level you finally went to to make it kick in. I a already at 9.5cc in the 11cc band, it is getting really frustrating. I appreciate it.

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 Mexico by Dr. Ortiz as well, in October 2010. Dr. Mitchell is also doing my fills. Can I just ask you what level you finally went to to make it kick in. I a already at 9.5cc in the 11cc band, it is getting really frustrating. I appreciate it.

I haven't lost much weight yet either, i need another fill, but have not been working much at all, my band is at 6cc's. How much weight have you lost?

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Next to nothing to what I would have expected. With the pre-diet and since, it has probably been 20 total. So since the banding maybe 6. When i hear about all these people who are down 50 etc. I keep wondering is it me, my band, or what. Just wanted to know if anyone else was at this quantity. How much have you lost? I began booking the fills every 1-2 weeks.

I haven't lost much weight yet either, i need another fill, but have not been working much at all, my band is at 6cc's. How much weight have you lost?

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I was banded in Mexico by Dr. Ortiz as well, in October 2010. Dr. Mitchell is also doing my fills. Can I just ask you what level you finally went to to make it kick in. I a already at 9.5cc in the 11cc band, it is getting really frustrating. I appreciate it.

I am at 2.2cc in a 4cc band. I could probably stand to be a little tighter but this is the tightest I've ever had my band. I haven't had to have really aggressive fills to get tight restriction. I have however had significantly more fills than most do. I think I'm at 13 or 14 now? I've had to be filled and defilled quite a few times because of how sensitive my band/stomach seems to be. I can't say I have one set sweet spot, I've hit multiple sweet spots and as the weight came off, the band needed to be adjusted again. I am only ever filled .2cc at a time though so it has been a long process. My longest run at what was my sweet spot lasted about five months when I was at 2.2cc the first time. I then had to be defilled due to what was thought to be a slip (fortunately it was not) and was gradually increased back up to 2.2cc over the course of nine months.

I honestly didn't really see the scale drop significantly until I started weight lifting and interval training. That coupled with the lapband diet was what really made the weight start falling off. Unfortunately due to multiple injuries I have had to stop and have been on an eight month plateau.

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