Since no one in ND has posted, I'm hoping this will help us if we have an ND lurker out there. I am in Bismarck and starting to meet with St. A's next week. I understand today - April 27 - is the day the proctor is here to train the surgeon. I wanted this surgery 2 years ago (when my sister had WLS) but hesitated because I have to self-pay. Hoping to be banded late May - I'm eternally optimistic. Hope to hear from someone else in ND

Hi Road Queen, I'm not from ND but I am from SD. I was banded April 21 and I'm doing great. Alittle sore yet and still on liquids but other than that ok. Good luck finding a doctor, I hope you find a great one.

Hi all,

I'm from Manitoba. I need to find a fill doc in ND, SD or MN...any suggestions?

Kim

p.s. how do you get that ticker to show at the bottom...i got one, but don't know how to put it in the message...please help

My dr in Bismarck ND is Dr. Mike Schmit at St Alexius medical center. I know he does fills on people who were bonded elsewhere. There are also dr. in Minneapolis that the Minnesota people can give you the names and drs in SD.

If you decide to come to Bismarck, let me know and maybe we can get together. I don't know anything about the tickers. Haven't tried that yet.

Good luck getting your fill and losing weight.

hey-I live in texas but will be in ND for few months fixing up an old school we bought-its 12 miles from canada near langdon-anyone in that area?Id love for everyone to come out there to it-its huuuuuuge and Ill be there alone unless some harvesters or hunters decide to stay(we are sorta making it a a place for them to stay for now to generate income from it)Ill be there mid august til prob october early nov.

Alatina,

let me know when you are there and how to get ahold of you and I will certainly come visit. That will be fun.

I saw you posted on the Vegas site about coming to the bash. FYI, you would probably fly out of Grand Forks or Fargo, however, another option would be checking on Allegiant Airlines. They fly out of Bismarck, Sioux Falls (probably too far away), St. Cloud and some other cities. They are a charter operation that flies directly to Las Vegas from these towns on specific days. For example, they fly out of Bismarck Friday and Monday afternoons. Returns are Friday and Monday morning. I don't know what the price is right now - probably around $200 roundtrip but they do run specials.

I will email you more about this when I return to the U.S.

Celeste

thanks for the info-i will certainly think about going to bismarck(5 hrs away)

Hey~

I am from ND!!! Banded 5/4/05 from Dr. Schmit...would love to hear more from you Road Queen! Did you have surgery? How are you doing???

Sonja,

Yes, i am also a Dr. Schmit patient. You are having great results. I have been on a stall. I didn't get my first fill because I went to Liberia Africa for 2 weeks and I was too nervous about the food situation. And the food available wasn't wonderful and there was not alot of options.

I am getting my first fill in the morning. Do you go to the monthly meetings? Maybe we can meet at the August meeting or something.

I am waiting to get back on track and away from the bad stuff. I lost about 20 pounds initially and I am just holding there. But I am not gaining.

Glad to hear from a fellow Bismarck bandster. Keep me posted on what is going on with you. Celeste

Celeste~

You are doing fine. I didn't really get going till this last fill. I have had 2 fills now and this last one really kicked in. Did you go to the picnic on Saturday? I wanted to go, but I was afraid there were no bandsters there. I would love to meet with you. When is the next support group meeting? I know they are going to have them mixed now, I ran into Jean at the last appointment I had and she told me they were opening the support groups up to bandsters too. I see you work at the state, so do I. It is so nice to talk to someone who is from here.

Did you have a good experience with Dr. Schmit?

Hi!!

I see a couple bansters from ND. I am from Bismarck and would like to get to know you. I am planning to go to Mexico to get banded the end of October.

Cindyh

I am from North Dakota. I am set to be banded on August 30 in TJ Mexico. I considered Dr. Schmit, but the $$ and experience led me to Mexico. Glad to see other North Dakotans here!

Glad to see that more ND people are joining in bandland. This site is a wealth of information as you are healing and going through the process. No matter how well prepared you are, there are always questions.

Welcome to Bandland.

Hey all~

I'm from North Dakota too. I actually went with the GB Procedure, and did find a doctor in Mexico also. But I still cannot come up with the financing part. So I recently start gathering info and contacting patients who had the Lapband Procedure. I'm so glad I found this site and that they have people from ND actually here. LOL. I did notice that some are getting banded in MX. I've been a frequent lurker to the South of the Border Forum at Obesity Help for some time and did come in contact with a few of the patients who did have their lapband there. I'm also happy to hear that there is a Surgeon here in ND who will do the fills on patients who get their bands elsewhere. It was one of my main worries.

Anywho, I'm glad I found this site. I hope to get to know you all.

Welcome Joelle!

It is so great to see several people from ND on this site! I will be having the band procedure in Mexico Oct 25th!! I am very excited about starting on my new journey! I met the nicest lady on-line that will be having her procedure done at the same time from NC. We are meeting in Mexico.

Welcome aboard, Joelle!!

Cindyh

Hi, I am from Williston and was banded in Bismarck on Oct 20th by Dr. Schmit.

Had a great experience so far. Hope to chat with more N.D.'s on their experiences.