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Khaliah Ali on CBC radio, and CTV this morning



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Hi fousilly,

You are quite right. If it didn't work to have celebrity endorsements, then they wouldn't bother!

I went with TLBC as I felt they also were including everything, where as the SWLC (I think, but I'm not sure, it very well could have been another clinic) had on their site that you had to pay for the preop diet that they supplied, and pay for a consultation, and lost that consultation money if you didn't have it with them. I just felt uncomfortable with that. But I'm sure both of our surgeons are wonderful. After all, we are here to tell the tale!

I picked up this thread late, so I was a bit too late for that link to work. Thanks if you manage to find anything.

Mary

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I looked all through the CTV website and it seems after so many days they archive all the segments and then you have to pay to view them. Not worth 2 cents to see it after the fact. It was all a big smoke show pushing CIBO and her pushing her book.

It was probably SWLC that had that on their website since they used to charge a consultation fee that went towards your surgery price if you booked with them but now all consultations are free. The pre-op diet is also seperate because not everyone does the same thing. Some people do no Optifast and others do between 2 and 4 weeks of the stuff. Some people opt to purchase it on Ebay instead of through the clinic.

Be prepared to pay lots of consultation fees once you start looking into PS. I haven't come across one yet that offers free consultations but I figure it's worth the money to find out I don't want to go to this one or that one. Their time is money and I know that nobody gives anything away for free but I just hope that I find the one I really like in the first 10 that I visit since that will be about $1000 right there that could go towards my PS work.

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Thanks for looking for me. You got further than me if you found something that wanted you to pay! But you are right, it isn't worth it to see it after the fact.

Yes, you could be right about paying to see a few different PSs. I don't know if I would go to ten, but I suppose if you don't feel comfortable then you need to find one you like. You hear so many horror stories about women who died from a Tummy Tuck. I want to be around to enjoy my new weight loss for a while yet!

I'm a ways away from that point yet though. I can try to save for it though.

Take care and thanks again.

Mary

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