:rolleyes2:hi all. is there anyone out there in computer land that is getting or has had band surgery by dr woodhead deltal bc. i have an initial appointment may 29 and would like to get some feedback and help with questions. hope to hear from someone soon thanks. deb

Has anyone else heard of or been to this Dr.? Please share your experiences if you have...

I mean no disrespect Nancy, but it seems odd to me that your only 3 posts on here are all identical and regarding this Dr.

Where were youbanded and how long ago? Why did Dr. Leung turn you away?

Patricia

I just spent a few minutes on Google looking for info on Dr. Manchanda and all I could come up with is that he is a family/general practicioner. None of the websites that mention him have anything to do with Lap-bands or fills.

To be fair, I have been told on numerous occasions that realistically any Dr or nurse that is familiar with ports (they are used in many medical treatments, not just banding) could fairly easily do fills/unfills. However, I personally feel that any Dr. accessing my port, except if there was an extreme emergency, needs to have training in bands and the issues that can arise with fills etc. Accessing and filling a port is only part of it for bandsters, the Dr also needs to know all about banding and how to assess fill levels and how we may respond to them.

This is of course just my personal opinion on the matter.

Patricia

Patricia: This doctor has been used by TLBC (Slimband) from the Toronto Lapband Clinic (now Slimband) for their patients in BC. He does fills for their patients. I know of one lady who goes to him and thinks he is very caring. Payment up front of course. Slimband patients go through the clinic fill nurse in Toronto for appointments. I understand they pay up front too and get reimbursed later if their contract calls for free fills. Also, I was told that this Dr. has been trained by Slimband in fills.

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Thanks for clarifying Doreen, this is good info for bandsters. When I looked I couldn't find anything about banding on websites that refered to him....altho maybe the TLBC (Slimband) site mentions him.

Patricia

Thanks for that info.