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MouseOnTheMile

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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Alright well anytime I have asked for advice on the canadians threads no one even bothers to respond with a hello let alone give advice but I'm desperate so I'll ask again any way.

I can't find an Incentive spirometer anywhere. The only places that will ship to me are in the states and will take too long to get here. I desperately need one. Where did any of you get yours?!

I have checked every pharmacy in the city, contacted respiratory clinics, online searches and I am BEYOND frustrated!

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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This is a Canadian speaking here...lol Have you tried Ebay?! :)

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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This is a Canadian speaking here...lol Have you tried Ebay?! :)

Yes, eBay, Amazon, even online medical supply stores. The Canadian ones don't stock incentive spirometers and the American ones (though eBay/Amazon) won't get it here in time. I'm having my surgery in Mexico and need to use the spirometer until the day of and then bring the spirometer with me to OCC. I'm swiftly running out of time.

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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Yes, eBay, Amazon, even online medical supply stores. The Canadian ones don't stock incentive spirometers and the American ones (though eBay/Amazon) won't get it here in time. I'm having my surgery in Mexico and need to use the spirometer until the day of and then bring the spirometer with me to OCC. I'm swiftly running out of time.

Have you tried weight loss clinics or extra mural nurses.....

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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Have you tried weight loss clinics or extra mural nurses.....

What's an extra mural nurse??

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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Maybe you don't have them out there..We have clinics here where nurses come to your house to tend you..they have all the supplies that hospitals have...I was thinking of the VON as well....

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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Incentive%20spirometer

Overnight???

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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Just waiting on a call from a clinic here in Edmonton before I buy from Amazon haha it's sad how difficult this is proving to be

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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Just waiting on a call from a clinic here in Edmonton before I buy from Amazon haha it's sad how difficult this is proving to be

Wish I had known earlier I would have sent one out to you..My sister lives in Edmonton.....

Why Mexico though?

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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Wish I had known earlier I would have sent one out to you..My sister lives in Edmonton.....

Why Mexico though?

I have been on the waiting list here for a year and still haven't gotten a call back for a first appointment, after which they said it could be up to two years before I had surgery. I don't feel like putting my life on hold any longer for what healthcare is making seem like pipe dream.

I'm very confident with the Mexican surgeon I have chosen, Dr. Ariel Ortiz in TJ at OCC... He has very low complication rates and I'll be honest when I say I was referred to him by the weight loss nurse at my physicians office! Said four of her nurse friends have also had the sleeve and he let them investigate his OR, they reported it was cleaner than any OR they had ever work in in Canada. That really put my mind at ease, plus his credentials are amazing! He even teaches bariatrics at Yale! Plus this forum has put me in touch with people who were recently sleeved by him an their experiences seem amazing and unparalleled to some of the sad stories of complications I see and hear coming out of Canada and the States (yours included! I've read what happened to you, happy you are out of the woods now though!).

November 12th is coming quickly but I wish it was here already! Hehe

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Camella    209

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This might be a strange question....but....they don't give you a spirometer at the hospital? I had my surgery in Dubai and they gave me one immediately after surgery and I was told to take it home. I just assumed this is the case for everyone.

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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This might be a strange question....but....they don't give you a spirometer at the hospital? I had my surgery in Dubai and they gave me one immediately after surgery and I was told to take it home. I just assumed this is the case for everyone.

They want me to be doing breathing exercises to improve my lung function before surgery. Since my hospital is in Mexico and I live in Canada, I don't have any way of receiving one from them in advance (they didn't offer to mail one, just told me to purchase one ASAP and bring it with me (I'm assuming that bit is to make sure I actually complied))

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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I have been on the waiting list here for a year and still haven't gotten a call back for a first appointment, after which they said it could be up to two years before I had surgery. I don't feel like putting my life on hold any longer for what healthcare is making seem like pipe dream.

I'm very confident with the Mexican surgeon I have chosen, Dr. Ariel Ortiz in TJ at OCC... He has very low complication rates and I'll be honest when I say I was referred to him by the weight loss nurse at my physicians office! Said four of her nurse friends have also had the sleeve and he let them investigate his OR, they reported it was cleaner than any OR they had ever work in in Canada. That really put my mind at ease, plus his credentials are amazing! He even teaches bariatrics at Yale! Plus this forum has put me in touch with people who were recently sleeved by him an their experiences seem amazing and unparalleled to some of the sad stories of complications I see and hear coming out of Canada and the States (yours included! I've read what happened to you, happy you are out of the woods now though!).

November 12th is coming quickly but I wish it was here already! Hehe

i was on a 4 year waiting list before I finally got the surgery....My surgeon has a great reputation. i was his first problem that really sent them into turmoil....I like your words about not putting your life on hold...i wish I had had mine sooner as well...All the best..Let us know how you do...K

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MouseOnTheMile    186

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i was on a 4 year waiting list before I finally got the surgery....My surgeon has a great reputation. i was his first problem that really sent them into turmoil....I like your words about not putting your life on hold...i wish I had had mine sooner as well...All the best..Let us know how you do...K

Wow! You are far more patient than I hehe. Thank you! I will do, today is day three of preop diet and it sucks haha

On a positive note, managed to find ONE solitary spirometer in the city, picking it up tonight. I can breath a heavy sigh of relief!

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Wow! You are far more patient than I hehe. Thank you! I will do, today is day three of preop diet and it sucks haha

On a positive note, managed to find ONE solitary spirometer in the city, picking it up tonight. I can breath a heavy sigh of relief!

Glad you found one I shall be able to sleep tonight knowing that hun......hehehehehehe all the best!!!!!!!!

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