Yasmina

Well ten years of yoyo diets and never really being happy. I think this would be good for me, I hope it will be good for me ! Thanks so much for your advice Yasmina As I have always said ,Cake my favourite kind

Well that is good to know, thanks so much

I was reading about erosion, and bands having to be replaced. Who pays for this ? Yasmina

Good Morning all, I don't smoke , but I was on Zoloft for depression foe about a year. I loooooved zoloft. I do not remember about the size of the pill. Yasmina

Do you feel any different in the way you deal with food. Do you actually feel less like eating? All the best on the fill ! Yasmina :hungry:

I am planning to get banded beginning of Jan and I will be traveling to Egypt on the 24th of Feb. Does anyone see any problems with this ? How long after the surgery will I have to wait for a fill, and how long will it take for me to get used to it for travel purposes ? Yasmina

Well I really want this, I start to feel scared when I read about all the different things that are just part of being banded as well as the things that can go wrong. Years of weight going up and down i have had enough. I want to know everything that anyone can tell me. It really helps me to hear how great everyone is doing. It is great to see the weight going down ! I wish my surgery was today, there would be no turning back ! Yasmina:)

Thanks for all your wise words of wisdom. It makes sense . I want to be doing well in Egypt ! What is pb ? Y :clap2:

How beautiful was that ! I missed that seat sale ! We are goint ot Toronto on Dec 1st, for $120.00, and I thaught that was no too bad ! Yasmina :clap2:

Hello, What do you think of the prince Arthur medical Center ? Has anyone gone there ? The location is better for me being down Town Yasmina :girl_hug:

That is wonderful, glad to hear you are both doing well. I know once I do it , it will make a big difference. I am scared ! Thanks so much Yasmina

Once you hit the perfect fill then what ? Does it stay thatway until your body decides it needs more ? Does the band loosen ? Thanks so much Yasmina :hungry:

Well, I do not have at date as of yet, but I am hopeing for the first week of Jan. I will be back in Toronto on the last weekend of Jan I will be in Egypt from Feb 24 - March 20th. I wonder how that will work for me, as I will have to fly in for fills, and stay the weekend. I am from Thunder bay and no one does fills here. Yasmina

Hope that everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving ! My inlaws are Italian which means not just turkey but three types of Pasta, rice yams, turnips, corn, mashed potatoes, ect get the picture. As the eating frenzy was occuring i could not help but think how different things will be for me when I am banded. I decided to try to stick to the portion controll thing. With my plate 3/4 full of food, I get from my mother inlaw." You no eat enough, you no like my food ?" I was thinking look at my ass, do I look like I don't like food. I told her I was paceing myself. That worked. I do not plan on tell them about the band. How do the rest of you cope with things like this. After being banded, how long does it take until you can do regular activity ? Yasmina :hippie:

Hello, I thought that fills were a good distant apart of each other. How do they determine when you get them? I am planning to go to the same clinic, and I am from out of town. That will be lots of traveling for me. I do go to Toronto every three months, but flights are expensive. How are you feeling ? How was the day after the surgery ? Were you mobile ? Yasmina :hippie:

Hello, I am considering the same clinic. When I go to Toronto , I usually stay at the Days Inn 30 Carleton St. I stay there because it is between 80 to 120 a night. It is off of Young St about 5 blocks from Bloor St. It is nice, has a pool. (It is not the Delta Chelsea ) From the map it looks that the clinic is a few blocks down Bloor St . I am sure no matter what, after the surgery it will be a taxi ride. Yasmina

I have been reading that lots of people have experienced hairloss. How can you prevent this ? Is it a loss of nutrients from your diet ? My hais is pretty fine to begin with, I would have none left ! Yasmina :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg:

Now don't get me wrong, he is great, A little twisted but good. Having a piece of cake every once in a while is not that big of a deal, but the diet he has me on does not allow for any cheats. If I was not the queen of cheating I would not wear a size 18 pants I will not be banded until Jan Yasmina :hippie:

Well that was not wanted to hear I study Middle Eastern Dance and long hair is a big part in some dances. My hair is long but not thick. I really don't have exyra hair to lose ! I guess it is best to know all this stuff before I am bandae as it will not be such a shock !!!

Yes, the food is great, but when they make six different desserts and I am not talking low fat anything. I thought I did pretty good with only 1/2 a dessert. my personal trainer will beg to differ. As I have always said "Cake, my favorite kind" I have been on so many diets, I am sure they are used to it. I can't wait to get banded, sometimes I am so ready, others I ask myself if I am doing the right thing. My friend says I am just big boned. Well if bones come is rolls of fleshy skin, then maybe I would agree, but we all know that is not true.

Well that will be wonderful ! I am in Thunder Bay, but I do go to Toronto a couple times a year. :girl_hug: Yasmina

So are you saying that i can have a phone consult and not actually meet the docror until the day of my surgery ? I assuming that I would have to have all my pre opt done my family doctor Yasmina

Hello All, It seems that everyone is pretty happy with there band and everything seems to have gone well.I am glad to here that people are able to keep it a secret. I am not sure who I would tell if anyone. I live in northern Ontario and would have to fly in for fills: but I LOVE Toronto,and any chance I get to go, I am there. How long is the wait for the surgery after you make your first appointment ? I looked at the scar pictures, I thought it would be much bigger. I bet in time it would not even be noticable at all. Hearing all of you has given me the strength to go through with this. Yasmina :clap2:

Randi, Thanks so much for the list of Doctors. It is helpful. Now I have to pick one !!!!! Yasmina :paranoid

wow, that is pretty fast. I have not made my apt as of yet , so I am not sure who to go with. I would like to be done early Jan. I never thought they would do a phone consult. I will have to fly in to Toronto, If I could do a phon consult that would be great ! Thanks for the info Yasmina :clap2: