Dr. Cobourn

[sweetforlife 0]

I will be in there at 12:20 but my surgery is an hour later....look at that! We should look out for eachother!

[Gaffer 1]

Hi Andrew,

I see you got banded in Feb.07 and you lost alot of your weight .......what is your secret or your Daily Diet. I am also a patient of Dr. Cobourn's.

My secret is the band. I have pretty good restriction right now so I am not eating really big portions. .75 to 1.5 cups of food max at each meal.

An average day for me consist of a protien shake for Breakfast and either a special fibre muffin we make at our house, or a yogurt or nothing else depending on what we have around.

lunch is after my workout and usually some left overs or a large Wendy's chili if I dont have any leftovers.

dinner is what ever my wife is having and it really varies, sometimes Pasta or a chicken dish, hamburger. I dont eat fish or seafood.

I dont really count calories, I just check from time to time to make sure that I am not eating too much.

I spend 50 minutes at 85% maximum heart rate at least 4 days a week which I think is the big part of the secret. I know from my past weight loss attemps that working out is the key for me.

I dont know if that will be much help, but from what I am calculating I am eating about 1500-1700 cal per day, and I burn about 900 at each work out. I am a pretty large framed muscular guy under this layer of fat, so I think that helps with burning off those calories. My BMR is around 2500 cal/day.

If you have any questions let me know.

Andrew

[thinsoon 0]

Hi there,

I was banded on June 6th this year by Dr. Colbourn. I can tell you from my experience that he is top notch. He is extremely caring of his patients, he explains everything in great detail. He called me the night of my surgery (at home) just to check up on me to see how I was. Now that's rare! He's the best. I can't say enough good things about him. You will have a wonderful experience with him. Trust me! Good Luck!

[nume130 0]

I am getting banded on Oct. 5. I am glad to hear all the positve reports. I don't have my preop info as yet. (bit too early) but what sort of preop and postop diets does Dr. Cobourn put his patients on?

[Puddy 0]

The preop diet used by Dr. Cobourn and the SWLC is a 2-3 week diet which consists of 3 Optifast shakes per day plus an extra 225 calories worth of green vegetables. Drink lots of Water. coffee and Tea with no milk, cream or sugar added. Calorie wise dressings...fat free preferred. People tend to lose alot of weight in this period. I was on the 3 week diet and lost 23 lbs.

The postop diet is Water only for the first 24 hours after surgery. A liquid diet for 2 weeks after surgery. A puree diet your third week after surgery. A soft food diet your fourth week after surgery and from that point start introducing foods to your diet gradually.

[LMCHP 0]

I was banded by Dr. Cobourn last Friday (July 6th) and I too cannot say enough about him. He's very open and caring and all the staff at the clinic made me feel comfortable and cared for.

Tammy told me before my surgery last week that she and Sue are changing the post-op diet slightly and I was to do 24 hours Water only, 24 hours clear Fluid, then full Fluid until this Friday, then 1 week puree, and then 1 week soft food. So basically each stage has become just one week. A couple of days ago I thought there would be no way I'd even want to look at pureed food on Friday, but now I'm feeling much better and think the added nutrient intake will help speed recovery.

Good luck

[LeslieLee 0]

Hi there nume!

Just wanted to say that LMCHP is right they are indeed changing the post op diet and it is even easier now and quicker, also they are doing first fills a bit earlier too. I got mine at about the one month mark by Dr Cobourn when he came to Calgary. It was a very pleasant experience for me. I do not regret getting my band for a minute! I am pretty sure you won't either!!

Best wished to you and let the counting down begin!!

[nume130 0]

Hi LeslieLee: I am so very excited. I feel that October is a life time away but I am sure it will get here soon enough. I would have booked sooner, but its alot to save for. I'm at my highest weight, so I'm looking forward to getting rid of it.

P.S. I love your marching man on your ticker (pretty upbeat)

[LeslieLee 0]

Thank you Nume! I was trying to update my ticker and the site I usually get it from must have been down so I went on a hunt and found Butterflies which I really liked the look of and then that little guy/gal seemed perfect for how I was feeling!! Just a marchin along! lol

[Doxielover 0]

I just met with Dr. Cobourn today and really liked him. My surgery is now set for August 15th.

[nume130 0]

Congratulations! I am envious. Just think in one month your life will be changing. I am mentally ready, I wish I was being banded with you.

Best of luck, with you preop, when do you start?

[Cindy_D 1]

<p><p>Hi all - I am new to the forums and have been "lurking" the past couple of days. I have a procedure date of August 24th with Dr. Cobourn and start Optifast on August 3rd. As a nurse and a manager, I look at caregivers (yes even doctors) with a very critical eye. First impressions are really important - my first impression was very positive - from the atmosphere of the waiting room - (thank God for walking into a waiting room without any arms on the chairs), to the receptionist, to the nurse and then Dr. C. and the coordinator - I was relaxed and very pleased that I had forced myself to share the literature with my husband and start the process of getting his buy-in. This is a big step and having confidence in the doctors, nurses, and clinic itself is going to be half the battle. </p> <p>But by far, the thing that sold me was Dr. C's answer to my question, "With a procedure that has a 80-90 % success rate, what is the cause of failure in the other group?" His answer was "they don't get back to us when they hit their plateau's". He had apparently printed off a list of clients who had stopped with their follow-ups; there are a lot of them, - after the amount of money we are spending, I can't imagine what would make someone not keep up with trying. I am not kidding myself that this is going to be easy, but I think I stand to succeed through this route, whereas, I don't think I stand a chance of doing this without some sort of assistance. </p> <p> </p> <p>Cindy</p></p>

[Donna 0]

Cindy your post is excellent. Dr. Cobourn did my surgery 15 mths. ago and again last January to remove some scar adhesions and he is excellent and very wise.

Donna

VBG/87 Revised To Lapband/06 By Dr. Cobourn

251/145/125 goal

[JLB 0]

Hi Cindy, congrats on choosing a procedure and a surgeon that are both superlative.

It's interesting what you said about follow-up. When I was doing my research on the Lapband I spoke to Dr. Leung's office in B.C. and the nurse there told me the same thing. She said it was amazing how many lapband's they did and never saw the patients again. At the time, I remembering thinking the same thing you did -- how the heck could people spend 16k not to mention the psychological preparation for this kind of surgery and then not do anything at all to help the band help them. Seems crazy to me. Oh well, to each his own.

[Jim 0]

Way to go Cindy,

You sound like you have done your research and you know what you're doing. I am sure you will be happy with clinic both the day of surgery and during you post-op follow up.

Good Luck:whoo: