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Hi there,
Just to help you estimate the timeline... I just received THE call yesterday!!
I made my first call in June 2012. Had my group meeting at the end of February and met Dr Court at the end of April. My surgery date will be July 15 2013.
Good luck to you!
Hadn't heard but then again I don't read the Journal all the time. Any link to the article or do you know what kind of complications she had?
Apparently there was a lady in 2006 who self paid to have the band done, had complications, sued CHUM and got a 7,000$ settlement. Just wanted to hear if anyone here read that story....
I have a lap band and to say that extremely unhappy with it would be an understatement ...I hate it!
I got operated 3 years ago and I have lost 20lbs and those 20lbs is because I did the hcg injections.
from the day I had the lapband done I knew I had made a mistake they sent me home around 4 pm and by 7 pm I was hungry, no lie, yes the operation was nothing I was not in pain just some discomfort but buy was I hungry and it only got worse.
I never felt satiated but my food would get stuck , my mouth will fill with saliva and my food would come back up ..gross I know.
when your food gets stuck its painful, uncomfortable and disgusting and people around realize that there is something wrong with you and then just run to the bathroom because your food will come up or hurt like hell all the way down.
I went for 10 fills and un fills and nothing I could not find my "sweet spot" and know my shoulder hurts all the time, I have some acid reflux which I never had before the band and I can feel my port under my skin..which is horrible! you can actually touch it and feel the foreign object in you, if you are prone to panic attacks be aware! it will happen.
sorry about all the rambling but I just want everyone out there who is thinking of getting the lap back to think again and google lap band revision and you will see THOUSANDS of people who are having a revision done because the lapband didn't work.
I'm currently waiting to have a revision to get a sleeve with Dr Court at RVH
Best of luck in whatever you decide!
thanks so much for the info , it really helps to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
That a not bad at all, I sent my referral July 2012, they told me the surgery might take place sometimes during the month of September due to summer. Besides that how is the weight loss going with you?
