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Nachtigall

By Nachtigall, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Nachtigall    0

Nachtigall
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Hello there,

I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself.

I live in Halifax... just moved here, lived in San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Interior BC before. Long story. Moved six times in eight years and felt the need to settle down after I had a little boy in Vancouver. Halifax is the right city for us...affordable, down to earth and very friendly people... and closer to home. I am actually from Germany.

My plan is to have the lap band surgery done in Toronto. Have no date set yet, but had a consultation appointment at two clinics beginning of May. Both made a good impression and I think both would do a good job. It boils down to who has the "better" after care and can help me find a fill doctor or nurse in NS. Well, and one seems 2000 bucks cheaper.

At least 100 pounds need to go... The doctor aimed more at 130, but I would be happy with 80. Seems a long way, but I lost 75 in nine months about six years ago (came back in 9 months too, with the baby :( ). So I am not really that scared. I hope the band is going to help.

If anybody can help me find a support group in the Halifax area, I would certainly appreciate that.

Tschüssi

~Katya

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Hi Katya,

I'm also in Halifax, just moved here as well, a couple months ago.

For aftercare sake, I'd go with Dr. Cobourn (or the SWLC, rather). They've got someone in Pictou (which is still a good distance away, but not too bad) to do fills for us, and hopefully will get someone in Halifax soon. Honestly, that's the only 'aftercare' I've had from them, besides the odd email or phone call. If I ever need anything I can call or email, and hear back fairly soon, and that's the best you can hope for, living so far from your clinic, I guess.

There's some kind of 'bariatric' support group around here, but I've never gone, so I can't help you with that. I'm sure the lady who organizes it comes around here and will post soon.

Mandi

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Hi Mandi,

wow you seem to do pretty well with your band! Congratulations!

Dr. Cobourn told me at the consultation, that the clinic just trained a doctor IN Halifax to do fills. I don't have a name, but he said so beginning of May.

~Katya

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Oh wow, that will be nice. I'm actually completely empty right now, so no fills or defills needed, but that's good to know that if in the future I have to, it'll be alot closer! Plus hopefully it'll give that Dr. lots of time to practice on other people... I don't want to be a guinea pig!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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