Nathalie

Hi!

I am going to the MMPC in Grand Rapids. I've done all my pre-op testing and am waiting for my surgery date.

I was on a different board for a while, but they were primarily RNY and quite nasty, in my opinion. I'm glad to be here and hope hope hope to find a friend in the GR/Kzoo area!

Nathalie

maudeispam

welcome to LBT! I am a former Michigander and just wanted to say Hi and welcome to LBT. What surgeon will be banding you? My sister lives in Michigan and is checking into lap banding. Thanks & Best of Luck!

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8th fill 1/2 cc (9& 1/2ccs total volume)1/18/07
Banded July 29, 2005 by: Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Mitchell, SD

Elisabethsew

I don't live in your area but I wanted to welcome you.

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Elisabeth :)

Highest Wt 440 lbs, Banded on 3/30/06 (351 lbs)
Dr. Geiss, NY
5/25/06 1st (1.5 cc in an 11 cm VG Inamed Band)
6/21/06 2nd, (2.5 cc) 7/20/06 3rd, (2.0 cc)
9/07/06 4th, (0.3 cc) 10/18/06 5th, (0.3 cc)
12/7/06 6th, (0.5 cc) 1/4/07 7th, (1 cc)
2/13/07 8th (0.2 cc) 3/26/07 9th (0.3 cc)
5/7/07 10th (0.25 cc - total of 8.85 cc)

Nathalie

maudeispam - I am going to MMPC and my surgeon is Dr. Kemmeter. Where in MI is your sister?

Elisabethsew - you have already welcomed me more than once with your kind and supportive emails. Thank you so much. :)

maudeispam

My sis lives 45 minutes north of GR in the Morley Stanwood/Howard City area. My folks and a lot of family live there too.

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8th fill 1/2 cc (9& 1/2ccs total volume)1/18/07
Banded July 29, 2005 by: Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Mitchell, SD

Josette

Nathalie,

Hello! I'm Josette and I live in Lansing. I'm 31. I just got the band a month ago and love it. If I can be of any help to you or just chatting let me know and welcome to LBT:)

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Surgery 8-3-06, Lapband Center of Michigan, in Port Huron by Dr. Boutt
393/305/230 and 6'1" Now with 88 pounds GONE!
2.1cc in 4cc band





My Weight Loss is in Memory of my Mother, Jacklyn, who was lost at the young age of 49 on October 14, 2005 from Ovarian Cancer.

purtynailz@aol.

Hello, I am waiting for my surgery date too. I get released from my sleep Apenia on Sept. 22, 2006, I was just approved from my Insurance Co. I live just 20 mins from the mmpc on East Paris, Grand Rapids. I just can't wait to get started, I have had to wait for just about everything. Dr. Baker is my Surgeon. This is my 2nd post, my 1st was to a member. Any Grand Rapids people out there getting ready to get banded? Lets do it together. Mary

purtynailz@aol.

Hi I am also going to the MMPC in Grand Rapids, on east paris. Dr. R. Baker is doing my Lab Band. I can't wait. Do you have a date yet? I was just ok'd by my insurance Co. yea. But don't get released from my sleep apnea till 9/22. Mary

Nathalie

Hi purtynailz!

I'm very close to you. I live near 28th and Breton in GR. My surgery was postponed because of a low iron count. I have to take iron for 2 months, then retest my blood. My insurance is on board, I just have to get my iron up.

Are you excited? How long after you're released from your sleep apnea will they schedule your surgery?

lapbander081004

Hi I'm Greg and I am from Harper Woods (sub of Detroit). I was banded on 8/10/04 and my sleep apnea is gone now. And I had a severe case of it.

Well come to the board and hope your surgery date gets here soon.

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Greg

Banded 08/10/2004

purtynailz@aol.

I am hoping that it will be the 2 weeks after I am released on sept.22, but the nurse told me today that Dr. Baker is booked into the middle of October. I will be spreading the word soon as I know. Mary

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Purtynailz