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So Pissed!!!!!

sweetie78

By sweetie78, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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sweetie78    0

sweetie78
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oh my god!!! our great Quebec minister of health announced yesterday that the governement was injecting 29 millions into the bariatrics surgery programs! At first I thought it was only to reduce the waithing time for the surgery since in some hospital it can be up to 7 years! Guess again! the freaking band is gonna be FREE !!!! I just got my surgery 8months ago and I paid for it and I am still paying for it :lol: Im so pissed about this, I want to scream :scared2: Im sorry I just need to vent!!!! God I already imagine everyone who know's about my surgery telling me that if I had waited it would have been free !!!! I think its gonna take me a while to get over this one!!!

Julie

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Doddie63    6

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Would it help to think that you are light years ahead of others and you have the immediate help of professionals that are in the business to assist their clients to their goals.

Don't think for one minute you will walk into your doctors office and get a band within a month. Thousands will be lined up and the program will have strings attached to it that may eliminate you anyway.

You made the right decision at the time don't think about what coulda, woulda, mighta been. Think of your future, you thought enough of yourself to put a lot of money down on it. If the band is free, I wonder if you would be driven to succeed as much as you were when you paid for the band? Give yourself a pat on the back.

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typing gets worse every day

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sherrylynn    0

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Is there a possibility you can apply to be reembersed? I was told that in New Brunswick they were going back 1 year . Check it out.

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cammafacation    0

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Wow! I would be soooo pissed too! It's a lot of money so I can understand why you would be mad.

Hopefully they will give you something! Call your MP they might be able to help you.

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nikki_att84    4

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might be free now.but if u do it threw the hospital ..u stil have to wait..i called yesterday they said its 3 yrs just for a CONSULTATION!!!!!!!!!! god knows how long its going to take for the actual surgery!!!!!! i rather pay!!

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Doddie63    6

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I prefer to think that I can and did find the money for my band. I leave the gov't funded programme to those that can least afford it and need the surgery. Gov't money is limited so I would never want to take away the chance for a better life for someone just because they don't have the funds. I just hope the government would allow people who got the band privately to use their support services. It seems the private clinics only give 4 years aftercare, then what?????

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