This is a place to tell your TLBC banding stories.

Share your experiences with:

* Consultations

* Testing

* Phsyc exams

* Seminars

* Surgery

* Support

* Staff

* Recovery tips

* Fills

* Out of Town Fill Doctors

* What do you wish you had known?

* Etc...

I will be banded in 7 days & I will post my story here. :party:

It was about 4 nights before I was back to sleeping good. The 2 & 3 were the worst for me. The shoulder pain killed me. I was tender to move around for about a week or so. I had my surgery on a fFriday and went back to work on Monday. I have a desk job :cool:

Rest & take some time to heal, it will be much better soon

I got a phone call to my hotel, bit that is it. My port has flipped but fills are ok. It does stick out ?

How do they fix it ? are you awake for it ?:cool:

The port is just under the skin. I had a general anesthetic and was under for a very short time. I flew home the next day. Other than the incision healing there has been no further problems.

How long before everyone was feeling normal again after the surgery??

I started to feel human again on day five. I was dizzy & weak for about a month.

i have had major gas..I want to burp in the worst way!!lol but I cant and i have been drinking my water and chewing gas-x like there is no tomorrow (exagerating) but i have taken about 4 -5 today. anyone have any ideas?

I was the same way with the gas, gas x was my best friend for about 5 days. Walking helped too ! Hang in there, it will get better each day !

Hi everyone, this is my first post. So far I have had a consultation with Rosanne at Slimband. I had already met with a surgeon at Credit Valley but I'm leaning towards Slimband. I still haven't made up my mind 100%. Do you get to meet any of the medical team at Slimband before you make the committment? I feel like speaking to a doctor would put my mind at ease.

What was the hardest part to get use to?

Also, what are the boot camps I've heard about?

Has anyone on here had complications? What were they and how was it handled?

Thanks for all your help!

Edited November 21, 200817 yr by Tinakins

Hi everyone, this is my first post. So far I have had a consultation with Rosanne at Slimband. I had already met with a surgeon at Credit Valley but I'm leaning towards Slimband. I still haven't made up my mind 100%. Do you get to meet any of the medical team at Slimband before you make the committment? I feel like speaking to a doctor would put my mind at ease.

What was the hardest part to get use to?

Also, what are the boot camps I've heard about?

Has anyone on here had complications? What were they and how was it handled?

Thanks for all your help!

I didnt get to meet the dr until surgery day..other than that I just dealt with my consultant.

I just had my band last week so I cant answer any other questions yet

I SO WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL THE BOOT CAMPE AND SUPPORT GROUPS ! I WILL BE THERE NEXT WED !!!!! OPS caps lock was on... heheheh

Hi everyone, this is my first post. So far I have had a consultation with Rosanne at Slimband. I had already met with a surgeon at Credit Valley but I'm leaning towards Slimband. I still haven't made up my mind 100%. Do you get to meet any of the medical team at Slimband before you make the committment? I feel like speaking to a doctor would put my mind at ease.

What was the hardest part to get use to?

Also, what are the boot camps I've heard about?

Has anyone on here had complications? What were they and how was it handled?

Thanks for all your help!

Hi: Just call them and have an appointment made to see Dr. Yau. Living in BC, I never made an appointment with Dr. Yau and saw him just before going in for the surgery. However, I think you are very wise to see him. What other surgery do we go through that we don't get to meet and discuss our surgery with the surgeon. I would suggest you write out your questions to ask

I was banded exactly one year ago at TLBC. I've lost 90 pounds. I'm healthier in every way than I was a year ago. I've got about 40 pounds to go and have no doubt that I will lose those pounds.

The biggest reason I made it through a tough year, that included the death of my beloved mother, was the support of one person at TLBC....Jill.

Her knowledge, kindness, willingness to meet me and talk to me whenever I needed her...her evening information sessions and boot camps...her nutrition advice and tips...her encouragement at the beginning when I thought I'd never 'get there' -- all meant the world to me. She made the whole experience 'human' and personal.

She's the person who made it possible to succeed after the band surgery. Getting the band is so much more than just having a half hour of expensive surgery. Like all of you, I had to go through emotional ups and downs as I navigated this new world of eating. And I can honestly say that I couldn't have done it without Jill.

I'm writing this because I heard that Jill has left TLBC. I don't know the circumstances but I do know it's been 'tense' in that office during my past several visits. And I've heard that other staff have left TLBC recently as well.

TLBC has lost an honest, decent, motivated and caring staff member; for me, she was the only person there who took a genuine interest in my progress after the surgery.

Claire

I was banded exactly one year ago at TLBC. I've lost 90 pounds. I'm healthier in every way than I was a year ago. I've got about 40 pounds to go and have no doubt that I will lose those pounds.

The biggest reason I made it through a tough year, that included the death of my beloved mother, was the support of one person at TLBC....Jill.

Her knowledge, kindness, willingness to meet me and talk to me whenever I needed her...her evening information sessions and boot camps...her nutrition advice and tips...her encouragement at the beginning when I thought I'd never 'get there' -- all meant the world to me. She made the whole experience 'human' and personal.

She's the person who made it possible to succeed after the band surgery. Getting the band is so much more than just having a half hour of expensive surgery. Like all of you, I had to go through emotional ups and downs as I navigated this new world of eating. And I can honestly say that I couldn't have done it without Jill.

I'm writing this because I heard that Jill has left TLBC. I don't know the circumstances but I do know it's been 'tense' in that office during my past several visits. And I've heard that other staff have left TLBC recently as well.

TLBC has lost an honest, decent, motivated and caring staff member; for me, she was the only person there who took a genuine interest in my progress after the surgery.

Claire

Thank you for this post. My heart sank when I read that Jill has left as she was a tremendous help to me on my start of a journey that is still going on. I have lost 77 lbs and continue at a slow pace, but it was Jill that telephoned me monthly to give me support and sent me literature on the boot camp so I could do it by correspondence. I have suspected for some time there is tension in the TLBC camp and I wonder about its future.

I'm not a TLBCer but I met Jill at the 2007 Bandster Bash and all I can say was she was very friendly, selfless and classy and knowledgable. My friend and I had left our money upstairs in our hotel room and Jill insisted on lending us both money so we could buy a glass of wine even though she didn't know us from Adam.

I wish her all the best and hope we see her around the bandster community and the lap band boards as a fellow bandster.

What the F___k ??? Jill is gone???

She was awesome!!! and YES very supportive... probably the BEST person I had contact with... I am so sad?

Does anyone know the scoop?

I was banded on November 20th at TLBC, I think that if you live in Ontario, TLBC could be a good choice. Dr. Yau was very good to me, he answered all of my questions before my surgery and spoke to me afterwards as I was leaving the clinic. I do think that the ladies (not the nurses they were fabulous) in the office tell you what you want to hear for your initial consult. I was told that there was a Fill Dr. in Edmonton....then I find out that there isnt't one (by a fellow bandster) I confront them and they say that they are training a Dr. for fills and that he should be ready to start doing fills when my surgery is done....well, after my surgery I was told that I need to come back to Toronto for my first fill because Nancy is great at it, I will recieve a lot of info that day and it would be easier for the NEW fill Dr. in Edmonton to find my port if there is saline in it. Needless to say, out of towners should consider Mississaugua, they seem to have more fill Dr's around.I think post-op care is important.

Until the clinic (now slimband, I think) starts giving some explanations as to what is happening in that organization, I truly cannot give my reference to anyone thinking of banding. I gave a reference to a lady in Vancouver and she has had nothing but difficulty which put me in a pretty embarrasing position. Dr. Yau in my opinion is still the surgeon I would recommend, but it appears the supporting management are letting him down.