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Today was a good day looks like im going to toronto for august first to get my surgery im so happy. andree

No, Pete would never do surgery. but his addicted to Pepsi he said Pepsi is water lol and he wants to lose weight with me he would like to lose 50lb. I don't remember one day where he as not drink Pepsi. andree

If your asking me I'm from Whitehorse Yukon. so when shopping today got gasx, liquid gravol. does anyone know, if i am going to meet the doctor the day before? we fly in on Monday night than Tuesday going to cotton Ginny ( not going to buy much) than surgery on Wednesday, august 1 were coming home on Saturday, and than back to work on august 7. My husband is trying to get off Pepsi any ideas how?? thanks

Yeah but the total process took about 4 months as we applied from Canada. Then when the cheque finally came we had to wait another 6 weeks for the bank in Canada to clear the funds from Australia

My husband is Australian and under Australian law, superannuation funds ( RRSP ) are locked in until your retire. You can apply to have some funds released for medical treatment. To get some funds released for medical treatment you need a letter from your family MD and another from the specialist doctor both saying they recommend you have the surgery as your health is at risk. My family doctor did me a letter however TLBC wouldn't. When I asked Dr. Cobourn he was more then happy to help.

leslielee, How long where you at the clinic for on the surgery? Do they keep you there all day or just an hour or 2? How long did the actually surgery take? Andree

I just hope this is the beginning of a new life for me. I'm so happy and i really want this to work. I think were staying at the same hotel then you my husband book everything last night plane ticket, hotel, car rental. Its all i can talk about i wont shut up Wonder how much wait i will lose the first year i really want to go visit my family in Australia but i want to loss some weight first. 75lb i will be happy. So we get there on the July 30 at night (Monday) and get my surgery on Wednesday and fly back on Saturday. Not sure what were going to do around there never been there I'm sure we will find something. Andrea

can anyone give me any idea what i should be having with optifast for two weeks. Will i be full from optifast?

thanks for the info

Oh I'm on top of the world right now, I just hope i can do as good as u you look great by the way. Yes Dr. C he just call me his great. So my husband is booking the plane ticket right now were going to get there on July 30 to Aug 4 and the surgery will be on the 1ST. so i can use any tips anyone might have. thanks guys for putting up with me for so long.

HI I am in whitehorse are far are u from me? andree

It's going to be Geelong or Queensland, he loves the beach there, i haven't been here yet next year i cant wait him mom is there. But he like Geelong because its not that hot. andree

Thanks for answering, I pick Pete up in in Geelong, so he would really like us to move back there. How much is that stamp Pete told me around $20000. his not sure how it works all the house i look at are around 250-300. Andree

I agree with u i think if i pay for it i will probably take better care of it, since its my moving funds lol. Oh well u can always make more money i cant wait to get my bad. I still do believe Yukon health care should help a little bit but i should be ready$$$$ to go and get my surgery in Oct .

Well i have been saving like crazy to get the lap band and guess what i just got a email from my mother in law and wow she getting it done in the next couple of weeks for free I should of move to Australia I'm kicking my self in the butt everyday. Im so mad but happy for her. andree

I actually started out with tlbc and they were no help to me and Dr.Cobourn was so helpful he even call me him self and i had ask for a letter from tlbc so my husband could get his rrsp out of Australia and they said no so guess what i don't really like tlbc and they are definitely not getting my money. or my friends money. The service Dr. Cobourn offer is great probably better than anyone else.

stupid question but did you stretch? if i don't i get really sore and I'm really bad at not stretching

I'm curious to find out what you get with your doctor. so if i use Dr.Cobourn or tlbc if my band slips or eroptions happend or anyting else that could happen, then do i have to pay to get it fix again? any info would be really nice thanks you andree

Thanks, thats what i have been thinking of, im pretty sure 99.99% sure im going to go with Dr. Cobourn.

well found one doctor today in Montreal who does the bypass now I'm trying to find one in Alberta and BC can anyone else. this is a copy of the doctor email from montreal i do the LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS (the "gold standard" weight loss surgery) at a cost of $18,000 (all inclusive) with no wait. If you are from the Yukon, the band is not lap band is not the best proceedure because of the need for adjustments and potential complications (see web site) that might make treatment difficult unless you are close to a health center. The gastric bypass does not have these problems

OK so this is what health care told me today and I'm piss off this is what they told me " we do cover stomach stapling but no one in Canada does it anymore " I'm mad I'm still trying to fight for the lap band but why are they lying so if anyone has names and phone number i will prove health care wrong. Andree

thanks i like that too the Yukon health care are telling me there is not enough research in to the lap band thats why they don't want to cover it but they will pay for the bypass.

I'm still trying to make a point with health care. And even if they could help 50% or anything i would be happy, we really want to move in 3 years and i really like to be able to use that money to move. And why would health care tell you they cover something that you cant even get really? Oh well i could bitch all day about Yukon health care but at least I'm trying until Oct when i should have all the money to get my band.

Does anyone have names and phone number of a doctor who does that surgery health care told me i wont find anyone in Canada that does it so they told me if i find someone they will call lol I'm going to call. I'm really worry I'm going to go and self pay and then next year they going to start to cover the lap band that would make me so mad. Andree

so this is what they told me " Yukon does insure the gastric bypass or partition surgery is that the stomach stapling?