July 15 2010 There is nothing like a picture to show success. Here is one of our patients who has lost 120 lbs in the past 12 months with his band. He is keeping his old belt as a reminder of his former self. There are a lot of notches in that belt now! My name is Donna and I am a 52 year old female . I live in the northern part of B.C where the winters are long . My entire life I have been plagued with a weight problem and I have never been able to enjoy such treats as a piece of birthday cake with out seeming to apply it directly to my body . Two years ago my husband and I made the decision to let me get the lap band . After much research and many phone calls . Dr Amson was my choice of physicians . I weighed in at 305 lbs. The lap band was the best decision I have ever made in my life. Read More » Hello Dr. Amson, I am a 36 yr old female who has had issues with weight after the birth of my 2nd child. I went to a high of 185lbs. I had tried many diets like Jenny Craig, herbal magic (3 times), lost the weight and then gained 3times as much when I came off the programs. These programs cost me a lot of money; especially herbal magic. After you reach your goal weight you have to do 1 yr of maintenance where the food increases and the supplements decrease. Every time I made it to the maintenance part but failed after that. I must have spent close to $10k-$15k on trying to lose the weight. I would go into depression when I started to gain weight; I was gaining about 2-2.5 lbs per week. I had heard of bariatric surgery from a co-worker who had the gastric bypass done by dr. Amson. Read More » I’ve been asked to write something about my Weight Loss Surgery experience several times. It was not until I was answering an email from someone considering surgery that I was able to get the thoughts flowing. Despite fighting my weight for as long as I can remember, almost my pre-teens, I found myself going through loss and gain cycles and ending up a worse place each time. The last time the loss was over 100 lbs and I had believed it was the last time. Yet 4 years later it had all come back and then some. I was rapidly getting to the point that basic things were becoming complicated if not difficult. I was on the verge of not being able to fly on an airline without paying for first class size seat. I had given up on several hobbies that I enjoyed and was beginning to withdraw from events and people out of despair. While I didn’t understand it then, I was basically ashamed of who I was. Read More »
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