Patnpat350

Hi everybody. I was searching the internet for Lapband information and this site came up. I need to loose over 100lbs, and want to get the surgery but I cannot afford it. OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Policy) covers gastric by-pass, but not the lap-band. The lapband surgery is $16,000 to $18,000 Canadian, and I simply do not have that kind of money. OK, to be honest, I don't have a husband who is willing to go into that kind of debt....basically, no support. Anybody here from Ontario? Did you get the surgery? And if so, is any of the expense covered in anyway..... I just want to give up....

Hi, nice to hear from you all. I am in Hamilton, about 45 min from Toronto KristiK. And no, I haven't gone for a consultation. My husband also thinks I'm crazy, 1: to have surgery, 2: to think that spending that much $ is reasonable when all you have to do is "stop eating crap, and get out and exercise more." (Note: he did not say those words EXACTLY, but that is what he thinks). Majj, we don't have anything like that here, would be nice though. And Vickster50B, I could pull off the payments (how much are they, BTW?), but right now the problem is with my husband. He doesn't understand that I have given so much of myself to him and our daughters (10 & 5) over the years, combined with childhood abuse from my father, that I feel defeated, and that I have ignored my needs for so long that I can't find a way to start taking care of me. Ah. Very frustrating.