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There are a bunch of us from the Yahoo Lapbanders getting togethor.. I am not sure on all the details.. but a few of us were talking about Saturday Night... .. For awhile there I thought it was the same group :).. I think NAN is one of them... Nan if you read this ... maybe we can add some of these folks in on the gathering....

thanks all

Vikki

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SWISS CHALET lunch is ON !!

I will 'hold ' a table under the name " Bandster" so all of you that are coming, just ask when you arrive. ANyone considering being banded and living in Ottawa is welcome to join us. WE are meeting tomorrow, November 24th at the Swiss Chalet at Carling and Kirkwood ( just off the Queensway) at 12 noon. It should be great! I look forward to meeting you all and getting some advice and sharing stories.

Again all are welcome,even if you have just been lurking and are considering this...

see you tomorrow!.

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OK Gang,

ANyone already banded or interested in talking to those of us in Ottawa who have been banded, I propose the following- Saturday November 24th at 12:00 noon at the Swiss Chalet at Kirkwood and Carling ( Hampton Mall) Its just off the highway. Please let us know if you are in!!!

Hi

I only just found out about this group from a fellow Ottawa Bandster and plan to come by and say hi tomorrow at Swiss Chalet! Can hardly wait! :clap2:

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Hello,

My name is Cathy Mahoney and I was banded at TLBC in March 2005. My highest weight was 305 lbs in 2001, and before I started the pre-op diet I weighed 285. At the time of the operation, I weighed 263, and now two years later I am at approx 195 lbs. I have been having terrible reflux, vomiting, nausea and heartburn and have been having defills (I had one today - took out 2 ccs). At the max, I had 7ccs of fill, and now I am down to 1.5-1.75ccs. Monday I'll be going to Toronto to get a Fluoroscopic xray to see if my band has slipped. If so, I will need to get all the remaining Fluid out of the band, wait 2 months, and if the band is not back in place, then I may need additional surgery to replace the band.

I hope to be able to find a resolution to this problem, I am quite concerned. I want to continue on this road to the new me, and I'm worried about how things are going now.

I understand that there is a support group in Ottawa, and the next meeting is in January. Have we decided on a date, time and location?

Cathy

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This afternoon I met another bandster at a doctor's office and directed her to this site. If you've found us - Hi!

The next Ottawa group meeting is on January 5th, 10:30 am at Denny's on Merivale.

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Hi Cathy! We posted at the same time! Was it you I just met in the doctors waiting room?

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Yes, it was me!

Well I'm glad you found the site. You should check out the Lapband complications section for information concerning band slips. Hopefully that hasn't happened in your case!

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By all means come by in January. I to enjoyed the meeting we had it was a great get away for me and I can not wait till our next one. Also, if my mother bugged anyone I am sorry.. I know she can be way to straight forward... the last thing I needed was to offend anyone....

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By all means come by in January. I to enjoyed the meeting we had it was a great get away for me and I can not wait till our next one. Also, if my mother bugged anyone I am sorry.. I know she can be way to straight forward... the last thing I needed was to offend anyone....

I had no issue with your mom at all! For me it was great to hear thoughts and experiences from another bypasser to compare to my mom's gastric bypass experiences and the issues she's dealt with compared to my own banding experience.

Nan

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I would love to meet with all of you on January 5, 2008 I'm sorry I couldn't join last week but I had some heavy duty shopping to do in the states. Mandy I hope you will join us as I would love to meet you after all the conversations we've had.

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