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Greetings All

I think this is my first post in many years. I was curious about "slimband", emailed and then got the calls, but it feels like I'm getting a hard sell over the phone so I'm not impressed. So I approached my Dr. and she was on top of things immediately, she has already sent in the paper work and she said I'll hear from the clinic soon. If you could see Her face, it was like she was relieved for me, that i had made this decision.

I live in Alberta Canada and the clinic would be in Edmonton. If I've waited this long I don't mind waiting a bit longer. I'm in no rush, over the years I've made a few bad decisions so I'm ok with taking it slow.

In the meantime, I was wondering, how many different kinds of lapband devices are out there? Brand name or otherwise. and how does one find the one that seems to have the least amount of issues connected with it's life span?

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I have the Realize Band and am happy with it. My stomach was sewn and stitched up and around it to avoid slippage. I had 8CCs in it (it holds 10) but was brought back down to 4 because I was in the red. Am working on getting my portion sizes right and incorporating exercise. Averaging .5-1 lbs a week weight loss. I'm on the slow side because I hadn't been eating right and not exercising. Not the bands fault. I've recently kick started my diet back up and am looking to lose 20 lbs in the next 2 months. I have 40 to lose to get to goal. Good luck with your decision!

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In Canada they use lap-band or Slimband the most. They are similar but do have differences. I have a slimband and I know there is some great information and studies about the band they use here:

http://slimband.com/knowledge

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