Hi everyone !!

Just a couple of notes of interest that I wanted to pass along....

For those of you that attended the last North Vancouver meeting, you heard about Dr. Arsneau at St. Pauls Hospital doing fills for Vancouver Bandsters. I have just spoken to another lady that has seen him for a fill and he confirmed to her that he will take patients that were banded by any Dr. This means that if you are in the Vancouver area and are looking to have your surgery in Ontario or Mexico or the USA an finding a fill Dr was your big concern, it looks like he might be your guy !!! :thumbdown: I would probably call ahead just to confirm it for myself but I'm pretty cofident in telling you this news !!!

The sencond bit of news is that it looks like there will be another support group starting up for anyone that is interested. The lady starting it is named Geri and the first meeting will be Saturday, Oct. 11th at 11am at 3339 West 41st. It is open to all of those who are already banded as well as anyone looking into it, regardless of where or who your surgeon is. Her email is geri_webre@yahoo.ca for more info.

Quick add-on.....as usual our North Van support group will be on the 3rd Wednesday of Oct. (the 15th) at Lion's Gate Hosp. I'll post again closer to then to give you all a reminder !!!

All the best to everyone !!!

Patricia

Thank you Soooo very much for the information and your time! You are very kind and I thank you!!!

You are welcome, I am in the process of making a fluro appointment with the clinic.

Edited June 28, 200917 yr by Doddie63

I just wish to thank the support group ( Lions Gate ). I attended my first meeting, June 17th. As I said in the group, I am the RN Coordinator for the Lap Banding Program we are starting up this summer at False Creek Surgical Center. I made a separate post regarding the program with the info. I am hoping to get things started before summer's end!! I know that having a local choice for this procedure is needed!

At the meeting, one of the questions was regarding if we would provide fills to other banded patients. I am still clarifying this with our medical director and will post this info as soon as I receive it. I do not want to post wrong information here!!

I look forward to future sessions and hear everyone's Lap Band experience. See you at the next meeting.

Thanks

Rhonda

Sorry everyone....I guess I broke forum rules with my info post on local lap band surgery. so my post was flagged and deleted. I did look for forum criteria, but did not see any!! Anyways... certainly not here to break rules!!

I am officially unbanded as of today and can put this negative experience behind me. I may join weight watchers now once I am better.

I am officially unbanded as of today and can put this negative experience behind me. I may join weight watchers now once I am better.

My best wishes for your success in the future. Just because you don't have the band, doesn't mean you can't keep in touch. I would love to hear how you are doing. Doreen

Is the Monthly meeting this meeting this Wednesday - July 15, 2009? 7pm?

Hi everyone

Sorry to be posting so late, but YES Lapbandy, the meeting is tomorrow night !!!

We will be meeting at Lion's Gate Hospital, anytime between 6.30 and 7pm in Conf room A.

I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer so far !!!

See you all Wednesday !!!

Patricia

Sorry I missed tonight's meeting. My sister-in-law just had a baby and needed help. Look forward to the next meeting in August.

Rhonda

His Everyone. Had my fluro at the Northwest fill clinic and was suitably impressed by the friendly but professional manner in which I was received.

The band is properly placed and the Fluid went down easily. The nurses did recommend that I was restricted enough and that 5.5 appears to be the best fill level.

Their clinic was easy to find and I certainly will be going back once a year to have the band checked. For $250 American, the peace of mind was worth more.

Doreen :scared2:

doreen, i'm glad to hear everything's ok with your band. the ladies at NW fills are great!

Hi all: I am dancing on air. After 2 1/2 years of slow weight loss (.25 lbs per week first year) of .18 lbs per week this year, the doctor has declared that I am no longer diabeties controlled but Diabeties cured. Oh, how sweet it is. The band works guys. Even though I have sometimes abused the band by not chewing my food as I should many times, it was forgiving. I have had no problems with the band except the flipped port. Now I can concentrate on my chewing and weight goal as my health is normal.

Edited July 20, 200917 yr by Doddie63
typo

Hi everyone,

I'm just touching base - still can't make it to the meeting time - to my deepest regret!! So, my weight loss is painfully slow - .5 lbs per week - plataued for a month! I've switched things up a bit - hope to get better results.

I've got 13 ccs in my 10 cc band - crazy or what! it is a 10 cc silimed band - and the thing is - I STILL DON"T HAVE ENOUGH RESTRICTION :biggrin:...has anyone hear of this before? Would any of you recommend floroscopy?

Please feel free to watch my videos on youtube - kbf1 is my channel name!!

Cheers,

K

Hi everyone,

I'm just touching base - still can't make it to the meeting time - to my deepest regret!! So, my weight loss is painfully slow - .5 lbs per week - plataued for a month! I've switched things up a bit - hope to get better results.

I've got 13 ccs in my 10 cc band - crazy or what! it is a 10 cc silimed band - and the thing is - I STILL DON"T HAVE ENOUGH RESTRICTION :biggrin:...has anyone hear of this before? Would any of you recommend floroscopy?

Please feel free to watch my videos on youtube - kbf1 is my channel name!!

Hi: Go back to the surgeon and ask him to answer your questions as to why you have so much fill over and above the recommended level by the manufacturer. You could have a band that is leaking and need it repaired.

The other suggestion I have is "what are you eating?" are you eating to many liquids or slide down easy foods and not the solid protein! Are you tracking what you eat, are you exercising. Tell us more so we may have some suggestions.

Hi Rhonda

I am booked for Mexico Mid August but might consider waiting a month if I could get it done in False Creek. I emailed asking if I could get done at a BMI of 32.5 and got no response ( I started at at BMI of 36 a year ago but have been stuck for at least three months now.)