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How did you find out about the Band?



How did you hear about the band?  

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  1. 1. How did you hear about the band?

    • Advertising by the Doctor/clinic
      22
    • Someone who had it or knew someone who did
      50
    • Research on the internet
      46
    • Referal from another Doctor
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    • Other
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Forgot to say where I heard - my DH's aunt had a friend who got one. He was researching having a gastric bypass but after looking into it, we decided the band was a better choice.

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I heard from my cousin. She has a friend that was banded and worked very good,so I went see my doctor and she referred me to my surgeon.

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Saw Mohammad Ali's daughter on Montel Williams show talking about how she lost over 100 pounds with the lapband.

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A co-worker who WAS over 500lbs had it done. I used him as my guinea pig! I saw how much he has lost over the last year or so and decided that it was going to be much better for me than RNY, which my sister-in-law had. Granted she went from a tight size 30 to a lose 10 in about a year, but her skin and hair and even her eyes dont have any luster to them.

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I had been wanting wls for years and first my insurance didn't cover it, then they did but only the RNY. I was way too afraid of the RNY, so I put it off and out of my mind. Then the last week of school there were some parents decorating the gym for a dance. One of my co-workers introduced me to a lady who had had it. She was still heavy, but so enthused about it. I hadn't heard of the "new band" surgery. I did the research and found out how much less drastic it is and decided I had to have it. that was at the end of May. Now, in mid-July I am approved and going in to see the surgeon tomorrow. I dedicated my time off this summer to research and insurance approval and am so glad I did. I am looking forward to this so much. I miss being normal sized!!!! Look out size 12 here I come.....

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I read about Sharon Osbourne having it done a few years ago. It really appealled to me as far less dangerous than rny. Then I searched and searched until I finally found out about doctors in Canada doing it.

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I saw it in a "FIRST" magazine. It wasn't approved yet and it was just a wee little blurb about an inch long. I got on the net and started researching, mostly austrailian sites. That was in 2001. I was banded August of 2002. I was pissed because I had to wait 4 months for my consult. Now he has a one year waiting list. Just for the consult! He also did my revision to DS.

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My friend at work had it and she told us about it and we felt her port then I looked into further she told me who to call and 1 year later I had the band

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When "The Osbourne's" were popular on MTV, I heard about Sharon Osbourne having a band around her stomach to lose weight. I thought about it briefly, then dismimssed it. Then, while on a cruise in 2004 I was reading "O" magazine. There was an article in it about all different kinds of WLS, including the band. Of course the information was limited, but I was at a point where I needed to do something and RNY was not something I was willing to do. So, I researched and researched, then scheduled a seminar with the closest doc I could find. The rest, as they say, is history.

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I read about Sharon Osbourne having it done a few years ago. It really appealled to me as far less dangerous than rny.

That's pretty much my same story.

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I had ruled out bypass, and my husband said there was no way he would go along with bypass. So, I was looking for weight loss support on the internet and somehow stumbled across inamed's site.

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I was watching the television while getting a pedicure and it just so happened that the friend I was with had mentioned trying to lose weight. Low and behold a commercial came up regarding it. I called first thing Monday morning...of course the wait for the seminar was like 2 mos.

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