I recieved an e-mail the other the other day from Dr. Cobourn's office. Did everyone else get one?

It was about the new location, and about Marie, etc....

In the newsletter it said that they want us to contact the office once a month with our progress. Just wondering if you all do that?

Cloe i do i have from the beginning, it was Marie's suggesting that i check in every two weeks or once a month.

I called the office on Tuesday to speak to Tammy, she sounds nice, we talked a little bit about my progress. I usually email the info to the office, but because she is new i called this time so i could introduce myself to her, next month i will email the stats to her.

Maria:)

Yeah... I email them every now and then. I try for every month, but sometimes I forget.

Great question. Last night I was reading the notes I received from the office and realized that it states to keep in touch once a month. I will be there early October so I won't call or e-mail before I go. My feeling is that unless everything is fine I don't think that I will contact them.

For the people that do keep in touch, do you feel that there is any value in it?

I don't really 'keep in touch'. When I do email, it was usually like so:

"Hey Marie,

It's been WAY too long since I last updated my weight, so here it is: ____

Mandi"

And now that Marie's not there, it'll probably be:

"Hey weird lady,

today I weigh ___ .

Mandi"

It's never been of much value. I just they THEY like knowing how you're doing. And if you're not losing very much/fast, they might determine that you should come in for a fill. They never contact ME and ask how I'm doing, which would be nice... so they should consider them lucky if I bless them with an email! HA!

LOL @ Mandi.

"Weird Lady" THAT is sure to make her feel welcome!! LOL.

LOL....Weird Lady...LOL

By the way... anyone check out their newly revamped website lately? Lookin' much better

www.lapband.ca

and what's up with the 'before and after pictures"? I think I've seen those all on Inamed's website! Unless Dr. C and associates pay for their patients who make it to goal, to go get professional pictures taken!?

The new pics on the website are from the Inamed website. It's listed that they are used with permission from Inamed. I'm sure once he has patients that are at goal he will post his own patient pics with their permission.