I am having surgery from Dr.Cobourn July 19 and I keep reading posts that some dr in Canada are still using the 4 cc band does anyone know what he uses ? I know he only uses allergen bands and I can't imagine he would use an outdated band but do any of you know ?

Hi Michpell

I would ask Dr. C. directly what size of band he uses but I'm pretty sure it 10 cc. He was recently a guest speaker at one of my coffee groups. I host 3 coffee groups in the GTA area and all the people I've met over the past 7 years have had 10 cc bands with the exception of 1 person who was banded back in 2001 when the band was first introduced in Canada... she had a 4 cc band.

If your in the GTA area and would like to join us for coffee there is a group of us meeting on June 18th in Burlington and on June 19th in Durham. I post the information here but please feel free to email me if you have any questions and I can give you the detail or if you have any questions I'd be happy to chat with you.

For me it was important to find a support network following my surgery.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. loss: 156 lbs

tomander@bell.net

Thank you so much for the response , sometimes I read to many posts and panic I am actually flying in from Alberta for surgery but it would have been nice to join your coffee group :-)

I would definitely give him a call and ask, just to ease your mind.

Good luck!

I sent my coordinator an email, man people can work me up :-/

Thank you so much for the response ' date=' sometimes I read to many posts and panic I am actually flying in from Alberta for surgery but it would have been nice to join your coffee group :-)[/quote']

How did everything go? I'm booked for aug 28 and I to will fly in from Alberta. Dr. Coburn is my surgeon. I'd love some insight maybe we could meet for a Protein shake lol