Saskatchewan, Canada anybody already had WLS

Hi guys, I got the lapband a little over 9 months ago, and so far I've lost 96lbs. I'm down to 188 from 284... a size 24/26 to a size 14/16. I'm still losing, and my ultimate goal is to lose half of my weight, which would make me 142. I'm getting there! I was banded by Dr. Cobourn in Missisauga, www.lapband.ca ... while living in SK. I had to pay for it... $15,000. It's now $16,000. I've never regretted getting it done, and would recommend it to anyone. You have to know that it's not easy... you do have to work at it. I can eat bad things that are not condusive to weightloss, but I now chose not to. Could I have done this before? Obviously not. I can eat pretty much whatever I want, just much, much less than ever before. Good luck to all of you.

I was thrilled to find your post as I am leaving for Missisauga next week to have Lapband surgery at the same clinic. It has really inspired me to see how much you have lost in the nine months but better yet to see the size difference. I have been overweight so long that I have no idea what size I will be at 200 lbs or 175. Your comment really helped me. I was told that there would be no funding available from the Province (typical) so my husband and I decided to forego purchasing a house at this time to invest instead in my health. Where do you go to have your adjustments done? Once again thank you for posting, your information has really helped calm my nerves.

Hi June, I'm glad I could help I actually recently moved to New Brunswick, and even though there's a lapband surgeon an hour away from me, I will have to go to Nova Scotia (3 hours) to see a lady who was trained by Dr. Cobourn to do fills. He's also done this with Dr's in Calgary (and coming soon to Edmonton too, I believe), so if I had stayed in SK, I would have just gone to Calgary for fills. Nice excuse for a little shopping trip, I think! Maybe with more people getting banded in SK, we'll soon get a dr. or someone trained to do fills. My first fill was done in Calgary... Dr. Cobourn just happened to be coming to Calgary (to train those other Dr's) at my 6 week point, when I was needing my first fill. So I got to have him do that one. My 2nd (and last one), was in August. I'd just moved to NB, with high hopes of this lapband surgeon here doing my fills... he refused... I was starting work RIGHT away, so I maxed my Visa, and flew to TO for the day! Got a little bit of a fill, early in the morning, at the clinic, and flew out that evening. Feel free to email me, (I think you have the option to send email from here?) anytime. Good luck, you'll do great!

I had lap band surgery in April 2004 in Mexico and the experience was great. I am a nurse, so I researched my surgeon and the hospital prior to choosing either. The cost was $8600 U.S. but a friend of mine had it done by the same surgeon last August for $7000 U.S. This includes all pre-op, surgery, accomodation for yourself and a companion in the Hospital for one or 2 nights and one night in a hotel. I have had great success. My BMI was 39 and I had arthritis and my blood pressure was rising. I was also 52 years old. I didn't check out SaskHealth about covering it, but I did submit my receipts to Income tax and it was accepted. If you want more info, email me @: [email protected]

I would be very interested to hear more about your surgery in Mexico - I've seen some of the ads and I'm pretty hesitant about getting it done in Mex. could you tell me who is the surgeon and where I could get more info? margaret

Hi, I had surgery in Mexico on Jan 11/07 EXCELLENT!!!!! anyone wanting to know more info just email me. My Dr. was excellent, Shirley

I just called Dr. Brian Colquhoun's office and he is retired. The lady I spoke to said that she doesn't think anyone in SK does it. I am scheduled for Dr. Mumford (in Dr Cobourn's clinic) on March 12th. I contemplated looking into wether sask health would pay but was told it is at least a year for the consultation to see if your eligible and then 6 months for the procedure. I wasn't wililng to wait and then possibly be rejected and be 12 months behind. I'm pumped!