Hello, I just found this Forum on the Sleeve Talk website and was wondering if there were any fellow Canadians out there. I am waiting for my first appointment Nov 16th in Victoria with Dr Amson. I want to have the VSG and hopefully asap. The wait is about three years, from what I've been told, and unless I can find 15,000 dollars somewhere I'll be waiting it out LoL. I'd love to here from you!:patriot:

Rockpaperthinner that is the Cloverdale walkin clinic on no 10 hwy beside the shoppers drug mart and rustys pub

^{Hi I have Doctor Fahim at the Cloverdale' date=' Surrey walkin clinic and he doesn't have a problem with the surgery or sending me for the lab results etc.[/sup']}

^{Awesome! Thanks I actually know exactly where that is, there's an IGA marketplace in the same complex right?}

Rockpaperthin ; Yup that's the same place

Anyone from London Ontario?

Anyone from London Ontario?

I live in Windsor and I will be meeting a surgeon at TWH on June 28th. I was refused for DS last fall because my BMI is not over 60. Now my regional centre says I can ask for the sleeve and hope the surgeon agrees. I have been in this process for more than a couple of years.

This is why my friend had VS in Tijuana Mexico. Her hip was hurting and she could not wait for year of waiting

I am from just outside of Edmonton and my surgery date is oct 21/13

Hi all, I am in Red Deer and going to get sleeved on September 10, 2013 by Dr. Valenzuela in Tijuana, Mexico.

I saw there were some Red Deer and Calgary sleevers here. I go to Calgary often so I'm interested in hearing from both cities: who was your follow-up doctor? I'm worried my family doctor will not be on board. :/

Also, are there any support groups you can recommend?

Pre-op diet - Dr. Aceves has his high BMI patients go on a high protein/low carb diet one week before surgery - 70 g protein/30 g carbs - no restriction on calories (try to keep lower in fat) as it isn't meant to lose weight but to toughen and shrink your liver so that it is not in the way of the surgical instruments and doesn't bleed if rubbed against. The first two days of this diet were not hard hunger wise but hard for the withdrawal from all the carbs - such a headache! Now I am so glad I did it as post surgery, I didn't have to suffer from carb withdrawal at all - could just concentrate on healing. I recommend it. As for going on liquids before surgery - you will have enough of liquids after surgery that to prolong it with the diet beforehand seems crazy! Good luck with whatever you decide

There was a time that a assistant would hold the liver up by hand to keep it away from the stomach while the surgery was being performed...Now they use a clamp that grabs the liver and hold it up and out of the way...The smaller the liver the better chance of it not slipping out of the clamp......That is the main reason for the preop diet....

There was a time that a assistant would hold the liver up by hand to keep it away from the stomach while the surgery was being performed...Now they use a clamp that grabs the liver and hold it up and out of the way...The smaller the liver the better chance of it not slipping out of the clamp......That is the main reason for the preop diet.... <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Any Canadians that have gone to Mexico. What do u say at the border why u are there?

When you are coming back you say medical reasons. They don't bug you. I was there twice for plastics as well.

When you are coming back you say medical reasons. They don't bug you. I was there twice for plastics as well.

And what do u say going there?

If it's not business, it's pleasure.

And what do u say going there?

If it's not business, it's pleasure.

Last time I went there in November we just zipped through, no one stopped us. Ask the co-ordinator you are with and they will know. If you have not booked your surgery I can recommend someone.