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Perth Bandsters - your stories & successes
sticky84 replied to perth bridetobe's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
:frown: Tony was my doc too - fab guy! Last time he saw me was at my 'goal weight' of 65kgs back in August before I moved over to Italy.. I'm coming back to Perth in April, I think he will be surprised as I've dropped another 13kgs since i left (oops) I was paranoid and wouldnt let him loosen my band before i left - cant wait to come have a loosening! Plastic surgery.. I had some friends have skin removed etc - they actually got to claim it on health care too - i can try find out more. Another friend of mine went to Thailand to do all his surgery and he had some GREAT results with a low cost... what are you thinking of? -
Hi Amy.. I've met you! I just had a look at your blog, and you are the girl that mum and i chat to the last 2 apts i have been to! i just posted my pictures on another thread that you did as well... funny :tongue: I will def flick you an email x
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hi guys.. i am gonna give the pic posting a shot too... so far have lost 25.9kgs - was banded in september this is me on the left a few weeks before banding in late August and this is me on the right 30/12/07 its so weird cos i still think the same... like i still feel like a fat girl if you know what i mean??
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it also depends how bad it is... i'm lucky cos i wasnt really big to start with and i am still in my 20s o hopefully it wont effect me... but a family friend who had the banding done and lost over 60kgs has had recontructive surgery (arms, tummy, thighs) and this was all covered on HBF for her... its a really expensive and painful procedure too- so something you might want to think about... i have another friend (a guy) that is having it done in March, he is actually going to a Perth doctor who also works in Thailand a few months of the year- it was gonna cost him something crAzy like $30,000 to have it done here and the same doc is doing it in Thailand for $12,000!! including a face lift, turkey neck tummy tuck etc.. so there are other avenues if your health insurance wont cover! And if you go to thailand you get a nice relaxing holiday out of it too!!! hehe... they are really good over there too, clean, luxury hospitals, nothing to worry about like the crap you see/hear on the media. :tongue:
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hey guys! i am definitely in for that! lets organise it! my email is nikki@pfr.com.au
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oops sorry Amy... i meant my next appt was on 7/1/08 also! we should organise a bit of a lapbanders Sunday lunch somewhere and meet eachother! Its always great to have a support group :tongue:
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Hi everyone :tongue: I am Dr Kierath's patient also (or as i like to call him "TK") I was also banded at Bethesda Hospital on the 17th Sep 07.. so far i hav lost 25.9kgs and i am feeling great! he is an awesome doc too, so nice and easy to talk to! Amy - my appt is also on 8/2/08 what time are you going in? i will be there for 1.15pm. Mojo - you were worried about waiting time, so i will just let you know that i had my banding 2 weeks after my 1st appt which he said is his standard waiting time, which is great cos i thought like most ops it would be months of waitlist! so hopefully you will be the same :smile:
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i've lost 26kgs which works out to about 57lbs and i find that my skin has been fine except the "bingo" arms... but i have been using light weights to tone them up and they are getting better... i also started taking supplements called "silica compound" which is great for the skin and hair (i found my hair was thining a bit) and i can definitely see a great improvement in my skins elasticity and my hair looks much healthier and thicker!
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Hi! I'm only 23, but am from Australia and see there is some fellow aussies in here, hope you dont mind me joining in.
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i didnt know that you shouldnt press on your tummy to help it come up... sometimes i have to force it a bit with fingers down the pipe- gross i know... but yes definitely know when it is gonna happen... but somtimes look a bit odd going to the bathroom after you've only just started your meal!
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I dont see the me that is in the mirror?
sticky84 replied to ragdollx19's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
wow! you look great :girl_hug: i'm new to this board, been banded since Sept last year, i live in Australia- so we dont use the lbs thing? but i've lost about 25kgs now... and lik eyou guys have all said, i feel better- thats for sure, but i still think like i'm a fat person, i know the clothes are fitting in smaller sizes and i still buy things that are too big for me cos i just dont realise- its so weird Nikki