Had my LAP BAND done on 11-26-2007 in Buffalo, NY at Buffalo General Hospital by Dr. Aaron Hoffman. I've have had no problems what-so-ever and the support from Dr. Hoffman has been FANTASTIC. He is the BEST doctor ever! I would recommend anybody from the Buffalo, Rochester, NY area to have Dr. Hoffman perform the BAND! GREAT DOC!:eek:

well., its just plain wierd...i had 4.5 cc in my band at one time and ow basically nothing

Hi All :thumbup:

I received my free pedometer, excersize DVD and vitamins last week ! YaY! I have'nt tried the DVD yet, i'll probably do it today. The vitamins are ok..not really great in taste but they are chewable. The vitamin D is very powdery and the Multiple has an after taste. You get 270 Vit Ds and 180 Multi. and the price is really good (free!).

The pedometer is nice ..I have to figured out a way to wear since I don't wear belts or pants with buckled loops every day. I'll probably have to get a long rope to dangle it from.

Have a great day to ALL my peeps!

We need to band together and contact the Admin officer of BGH. I had problems back a year and a half a go and was completely satisfied with the results. Seems things are getting out of hand again.

Hey LLL .. thanks for posting this info..it's really good to have.

Hello, I know I've been missing in action. Well let's just say I went to an appointment in July/09. Had a fill and was to return Sept/09 but my appointment was cancelled since the Hoff was going to be gone out of office so I booked Nov. just before Thanksgiving. Well I decided to cancel it since I didn't want to be filled two days before Thanksgiving. Stupied me I ended up getting Feb.23,2010 as my next appointment date. I didn't lose anything yet never gained weight in that 7 months but I could have had better restriction during that time so I could have lost more weight. So lesson learned make sure you get appointments every 8-10 weeks just to keep up on things even if a fill in not needed. I was filled .75CC on Feb.23 and it's been wonderful. I've lost already 27 lbs in 5 weeks. Now tell me this won't work for us bigger losers. I need to update my tracker once I get off this message. Even just a small tweek can make a huge difference.

Ok here is what happened when I had to complain. I was giving Dr. Hoffman's name out to some of my bigger frineds (5) who wanted the band by him. They applied asked for his by name. Went to the seminar and when they called them for a consult 4 out of five of were given to Posner and the other lady can't recall her name right now. They even asked for Hoffman etc... they were told it's the luck of the draw and wouldn't budge to give them Hoffman. Well first if a patient requests a doctor by name they cannot make you take another by the so called luck of the draw and once they wanted him weather or not an appointment date was open for the other two they had to set up a later time with Hoffman. Yet they gave these 4 patients the complete run around. This is a complete violation of patient rights to choose.

So we placed a complaint to the Admin Director and it went through the chain to patient affairs etc....

In the end it worked and it was resolved.

27lbs in 5 wks is AWESOME!!! :thumbup: Now if I could do that..I would be back in da game! Keep up the good work!

27lbs in 5 wks is AWESOME!!! :cool: Now if I could do that..I would be back in da game! Keep up the good work!:eek:

aint that the truth BG. Im so far up the scales ass i dont event want to get on anymore....and OMG i was just gonna post the same thing, I got my free pedometer too and video... miss ya gurlfriend... got an appt with the hoff wed the 21. anyone else.

where did you get the stuff from???? did i miss something

where did you get the stuff from???? did i miss something

Val..you gonna make me go back all these pages to find the information :thumbup: BRB :thumbup:

Hi Everyone,

There is a program through a company called Bariatric Advantage that is offering free vitamins for patients who cannot afford to purchase them. This is the link:

Bariatric Advantage - RECOVER

The best part about it is you don't have to pay for

shipping and handling!

The form will have to be filled out by the Surgeon or Nurse Practitioner. It sounds like really good program and I received the info from another Bariatric patient. I'll print out copies of the form to bring to the meeting tomorrow (if I don't forget lol).

The company site is: www.bariatricadvantage.com

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Ok Val I found it. This is the post regarding the free Vitamins.. Just print out the form and bring it with you to your next appt and Dr Hoffman or one of the NP can fill it out for you and have the office fax it. Whoever faxes it will give you a copy of the fax-sent form. This way you'll know it was sent.

The free pedometer and excersize DVD you posted the info on here.. I think on page 201 or 202.

i remember now and i never got my pedometer or dvd...wtf

i remember now and i never got my pedometer or dvd...wtf

LOL...VAL UR SO FUNNY.....:thumbup:

i sometimes make myself laugh too, vicki...lol

well, i went out and bought a $800 treadmill with all the bells and whistles, now that i have it, i dont know why, cause i'll never use all the stuff on it, just want to walk 20 min or so..ha... so how stupid am I, i am determined not to let it sit in the basement, yes the basement, cause i have no room up here. so i must make myself go into the basement and walk on an $800 conveyer belt...wtf....im stupid. anyway, i have an appt with the hoff on wed, anyone else going?

omg vicki...i just sold my total gym, cause i never used it. im better off just going to the gym. i have an appt may 4th

where is everyone?

where is everyone?

i hear ya, no one ever comes to this site anymore, rain and yvette are on facebook, i started going over there, but of course none of us talk about the band online, so this is really where i need to be cause i just sit all day looking at facebook....i was 185 when i had surgery and now i am 209 aaaahhhhhhhh!:ohmy::thumbup: