Lapband Coffee Group - Brampton - Monday, January 7th - 7:00 p.m.

[Tomander 614]

Lapband coffee Group – Brampton

Monday, January, 7^th – 7:00 p.m.

Second Cup

(Located in the Longo’s Plaza)

7700 Hurontario Street, Building E, Unit 504

Brampton, ON

The Lapband Coffee Groups are open to EVERYONE who has had Lapband Surgery or if you’re looking into the lapband process, recently banded, or a long time "Bandster".

This is a great way to find out about the lapband from individuals who have had the surgery and to ask questions or just listen to individuals share their lapband journey experience.

No need to sign up… just show up and if you can’t find the group ask for Tom at the cash register.

If you have any questions before the coffee group please contact:

Tom – tomander@bell.net

Let’s all “band” together for a cup of coffee!

[2012 359]

Hi Tomander, I'm just throwing a thought out there and not sure how much interest or if it's even a possibility, but it would be neat if you had a skype type option where others could join your coffee group from different locations. I'm in the US, but would like to be a part of this and I'm sure there is free WiFi at a coffee shop and some type of free setup to do this (hey Alex this might be nice to add to LBT ) My support group is not all that great and people don't show up, I never get the updates when they are having it (they say it's computer glitches) and when I did finally make it, I was the one and only person who showed up, hence I'm on LBT all of the time for support or just to hear what others are experiencing.

[Tomander 614]

Hi

A few people have mentioned that to me... I host 4 different groups... in different locations... all in coffee shops... I think they have WIFI.... we usually get anywhere from 8 to 20 people out to our groups..it all depends... I don't ask people to sign up... the only problem would be the noise factor and I"m not sure how that would work. I'm not really sure how Skype works. Do people have to sign in?

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs

tomander@bell.net

[2012 359]

Honestly, I'm not that well versed on Skype, but I found this online to help shed some light on the topic, it looks like you can get at least 10 people on at the same time http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/09/10_way_video_calling.html. I do know Skype is free, but I've only used it once with my mom and that was fun (she is not tech savvy at all )

[2012 359]

Actually, this might be a better option: http://allthingsd.com/20120821/a-chance-to-call-15-friends-to-video-chat-in-high-def/. That Skype article I had above was older and after looking into it further, it looks like there is a fee for multiple callers on a video chat. This article in this message is from August 2012 and says it's free and you can have up to 15 people and people can be sent invites to join the video conference, but I have no experience with this program.

[Tomander 614]

Thanks... I'll check it out.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 156 lbs