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Hello everyone! I am new and nervous. I will be band by Dr. Bonnor on May 5th. Has anyone been band by him or know anyone who was band by him? If so, please tell me about your experience.

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Hi,

I will be banded by dr bonner in july . i would love to hear about your experience .

let me know about the surgery and what you think about dr bonner

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I am going to Dr. Bonner's seminar in June 2009. How did things go for you?

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Hi,

So far I have had a good experience with Dr. Bonner and his staff . I went to the seminar in April . I had my first appt the first week in May. I will have my appt with nutritionist next week . Pre op surgery appt with Dr Bonnor end of june then band surgery in July . Also i had my EGD done last week , I have a very small hiatal hernia but his staff assures me that it will not be a problem . I am a self pay patient which seems to make everything move 10 times faster than insurance. I tried once to have insurance pay but they had to many restrictions and i dont think they would have paid for me anyway. Good luck hopefully I may meet so of his patients at the support group meeting on June 9 I may try to go eventhough Im not banded yet.

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I was banded in Oct 2008 by dr. Bonner. so far the experience has been good. he is very kind but not very talkative. I am disappointed that there is really not active support group. I attempted to attend but no one showed up. I have resorted to doing online support.

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I saw Dr Bonner for the first last week, so I am just starting my journey. I am going through insurance so I know it will be a while before my procedure. I would love to hear about exzperiences with Dr Bonner.

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Hi Susan

Welcome to the group . I was banded by Dr Bonnor July 16 . He did a good job I would say . He is mostly all business , he expects you to follow his diet recommendations . He wants us to understand that we have to work hard for our weight loss , he says the band is not going to do it for you and he's right . I am pretty much on regular food now although there are somethings I will not eat. Mostly I eat Protein and some veggies . I do not eat bread , Pasta or rice I do not drink anything carbonated. My overall experience with Dr. Bonnor has been pretty good, kind of uneventfull which is how i like it. I have had 1 fill so far . i need another one soon . good luck to you . If you have anymore questions just ask.

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Is there a Katy Area lapband forum on here? I enjoyed reading this thread but was wondering if there's a larger one for all LBandsters in the Katy, Tx area?

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Here are a few links to some threads for Katy-ites. They haven't been active for a while, but maybe they just need a kick start.:thumbup:

Katy Lap Band Surgeons forum Katy - LAP-BAND

Dr. Bonnor's forum (He's just been named head of Bariatrics at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital!) Dr. Ricardo Bonnor - LAP-BAND

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f64/katy-bandsters-32963/index2.html

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f64/looking-bandsters-nw-houston-57193/

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