momtofourredheads

Not the 17th but the 12th...I am so freakin' nervous it's all I can think about!!! d.

I just installed it on my iphone! Thanks for the tip! d.

All my life I have been around 20lbs overweight...which was such a big deal to me then but now it's just a drop in the pan compared to the 100+lbs I need to lose after having four kids. Anyway, my whole life girlfriends have always said the same thing to me..."you are so pretty, if only you could lose some weight...then you'd be a knockout" I'm thankful that they think I'm pretty but it annoyed me that it was the same comment, over and over. Still to this day I get comments about how I'm the 'most beautiful larger-woman' they have ever met. Thanks for qualifying it! Ugh. I'll be glad to get my band on Jan 12th and get this journey going. I have already lost 12lbs in 5 days on my pre-op diet...yay!!!!

I'm scheduled to have my lapband in January at the SWLC in Toronto. It's $16,000 and includes everything, follow up care,dieticians etc. all fills and any surgery or fixes that need to be done in the future. The price is 'for life' but the contract says they reserve the right to start charging for fills after 5 years, but so far the patients they have that are 5 years out don't pay.

After two years of research, humming and hahing and convincing my husband...I am finally getting banded on January 12th. I am self pay, so there weren't any hoops to really jump through. I start the two wee pre-op diet on the 29th...I think my weight must be really high this week though...with Christmas and this little voice in my head telling me this is the last time I can ever eat like this has kind of given me a carte blanche for eating whatever the heck I felt like...yikes! Good thing I've only got one day of 'freedom' left!!!

I just booked my surgery for January 12th. I am SO nervous!!! I have never had any kind of surgery before..but I am at my witts end and just can't do this alone. My friend had her band done two years ago and lost 100lbs the first year and has kept it off. She is big motivation for me to go ahead with surgery, even though that's very scary for me.

Hi there, I have been looking into getting the LAP-BAND®. Several of my friends have it and have been very successful. They all got it done in Mexico and have no troubles finding fill doctors here in Vancouver. I was about to go that route, when my husband found out we are suddenly being relocated to Ontario (Waterloo area). I am frustrated to have to restart the research for a new area. I have read that it is hard to find a fill Dr. in Ontario, so I am thinking of forking out the $$ and going to a clinic in the area. So far I have emailed CIBO, SWLC and Slimband. I am interested in hearing opinions and experiences with these clinics from those who have been there. Do any of them have fill centres near or around the waterloo area? I received friendly and prompt replies from CIBO and SWLC but I received annoying, argumentative replies from Slimband...outright refusing to give me info via email...and I am so not a phone person, I have four small children, my life is crazy busy right now with trying to move across the country, I don't have time to have a phone consultation with someone when all I want to know is the cost of the procedure and what was included. Those are admin questions and none of the other clinics had an issue answering them for me. The woman was so rude and argumentative in her emails... if they are this inflexible at the research part of the journey...I can't imagine how inflexible they will be after they have my money. I am ready to strike them off the list already. I am looking for some feedback and help from people who have had this procedure done in the area. Thanks so much and sorry for the huge, long post!!!