Ruthie

I'm in Utah visiting and need a fill.... I noticed most of these posts are several years old... are they any fill options in Utah these days (Feb 2012)... thanks!

anyone have any feedback. I've emailed back and forth with his coordinator Nina and have been impressed with her. Just wondering if anyone has any feed back on Dr. Aceves. thanks!

Just found out my band has slipped. Ugh. I've worried about this ever since I got banded. Anybody had any success with it going back in to place? I had a complete unfill and am on Clear liquids for two weeks and then full liquids for a week and then we'll see if its gone back in to place. So is there really a possibility that it can go back in to place? I just need hope right now. I'm feeling so sad and discouraged. This was my one chance for weight loss... I've invested so much time and money in to this. I need it to work. I just can't stand the thought of not having my band. I need happy stories right now!

Hi! Thanks for all your hope!! The only way I knew that I had slipped was that I went in for a fill (no restriction) and the fill dr. put the barium in and it wouldn't move... so he looked closer and noticed that it had slipped. My dr. put me on liquids and I've been following it very strictly but went out of town unexpectedly this weekend and was in a situation where I didn't have any liquid options so i did the best I could and ate mushies and just tried to be careful... Hopefully I didn't mess anything.... hoping and praying it goes back in to place. Thank you all for your encouragement.... keeping my fingers crossed!!!

Hi Utah bandsters!! I grew up in Utah and my family still lives there... my mom is looking in to having the surgery done in the next month or so... since I don't live there and I had my surgery in Mexico I don't know who to recommend in the area. She's in Utah Valley but I'm guessing she'll probably have to go to the SLC area. Any recommendations??

Ok, I know this is a really old post but I thought I would say hi to the other LDS bandsters... i grew up in Utah... moved to Louisiana, Washington and now Texas. I'm sure there are a couple of more of us lurking...

oh and LDS as well.

I grew up in Orem... my family is still there... I consider it home... just misplaced in Texas for the time being

I am so so sad that Dr. Green raised his prices... I loved going to him...He's always so kind and so encouraging. When I asked the receptionist about the prices going up she said that the hosptial was raising their fee's to over $300 and then dr. Green's fees on the top of that. It's just too expensive. His nurse was a wee bit defensive about it and said that they were still comparable to everyone else.... uh no they're not. I hope that by everyone going else where that they are forced to lower the prices... doubt it will happen though.

I fly every week with work.. .and I've had to be unfilled twice we think due to flying... both times I've been fine and then a couple of days later I get so tight I can't keep stuff down. It's so incredibly frustrating.

This week is my bandiversary.... I'm sad that I"m not at goal like I thought I would be but I've had some bumps along the way including a complete unfill for two months but I extremely grateful for the -50lbs I've lost.

He's not my favorite either and I swore that I wouldn't go back to him because last time I was there I left in tears... but unfortunately he's the only Dr. I can get in to most of the time. I'm going to see how this fill goes with him again and if it's not a good experience I'm not going back. But he does have good equipment... some of the best I've seen.... I like his flouro room, etc.

I grew up in Utah and am there all the time... wish I lived there. Love my fill dr. there.

Welcome from another North Texan... I was 28 when I was banded 29 now. I think we're lucky that we get to do it while we're in our twenties and don't have to go through our thirties and fourties heavy. I've talked to so many people that have said they wished they could have done it when they were our age. Good luck on your journey!

Hi again! I've heard great things about Dr. Alldredge/Dr. Hansen and wanted them to do my after care since I"m in Utah quite a bit but they wouldn't see me because I had been banded by another Dr. They didn't evenk know I had been banded in Mexico. They just said they wouldn't see anyone they hadn't banded. Anyway I don't know if that has changed but I thought I would let you know what I was told. Good luck!!

Hi! I'm so jealous! I want to move back to Utah! I grew up in Orem... love going back to visit. There's a great radiologist in Payson that does fills out Moutain View hospital. I've had two fills by him and totally love him! I'm not sure where you're moving to in Utah but if you'd like his number let me know.

I'm to the point where I feel like if I'm going to be successful that I need to find a nutritionist and/or a support group. I live an hour north of Dallas but am more than willing to drive in to Dallas to attend one. Anybody know? I was banded in Mexico so I'm not really able to attend my Dr's support group! Thanks!

Ok this is more for my own curiosity then anything.... just trying to find out what the vast majority think... I have an appointment with my dr. to find out for sure this week... So three weeks ago I had a terrible cold... week two it turned in to bronchitis... cough so hard I threw up all the time... went on antibiotics and it started to get better... end of week two I started having problems keeping stuff down. So I went on liquids... I'm now on week two of straight liquids and I have problems keeping those down as well. Stuff goes down fine but it doesn't stay down. I don't feel tight and like I said it's not a problem getting the stuff down but keeping it down. Sometimes it will stay down for at least fifteen minutes and then it will all come back down. I'm able to keep about half of what I drink down. I'm being really careful to make sure I don't get dehydrated and so far I feel good. I haven't had any reflux or tasted any stomach acid but I've also never had problems keeping stuff down like this. I'm almost positive I've slipped since I've never felt anything like this before. i find out for sure this week. Just curious as to what others have to say and if any of you that have slipped have had problems like this i.e. keeping stuff down. any help would be appreciated! thanks!

Ok, I'm on vacation visiting friends thousands of miles from home... I got a really bad cold and have had it for about two weeks and it has freaked out my band big time. So I was having problems keeping stuff down so i went on to full liquids... I"m on day three of full liquids and I'm still having a problem keeping those down... I keep about half down... but PBing all the time...even on Water. There are two band dr's here in the town where I'm visiting... called both of them to see if they could see me and maybe have them take out a little from my band so that i can keep stuff down... Neither Dr would take me since I'm not their patient... I dont' know what to do! I don't know if I've slipped... i don't know what the problem is but I'm so frustrated that neither dr will see me... i could understand for routine visits and stuff but I feel like this is an emergency. Any suggestions??

Just a quick update.... I'm home and my dr. is having me see a another dr. that is closer to me this week. We think I've slipped... possibly from all the coughing and throwing up from coughing so hard. I took phenegren but it didn't help. I'm still having problems keeping stuff down. I don't feel tight... it's just weird stuff will go down and sit for about 15 minutes and then all come back up. So I'm totally worried and totally stressed. I'm praying my band hasn't slipped but don't know what else could be the problem. Anyway I guess the only good thing to come of this is I lost 10 pounds this week. Anyway I'll know this week what's going on... hoping for good news!!

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I'm more willing to come out of myself and help others. I smile more. I stand up for myself. I'm not scared of everything like I was before. I'm less judgemental. I feel like I matter now, like I'm of value and I'm worth getting to know... I want to make a difference in the world instead of watching it go by... Unfortunately my weight very much defined who I had become.. and it wasn't a good or happy thing.. I'm so happy to finally be working on the person that I know that I can be and that I am deep down inside. Can't wait to be the best possible me!! And more importantly I'm finally learning to love myself... and thinking "hey, I'm a good person and dang it people might like actually getting to know me!"

God helps those who help themselves... For me it's been such a personal experience... i know that God wants met o be the best person that I can be... to use my talents and the gifts and abilities that I've been given. I couldn't do that at my pre-surgery weight. I hated what I looked like. I hated who I was. I COULDN'T come out of myself enough to help somebody in need or to give of myself.... I was embarrassed and I felt like a horrible example of how a Christian should live but it's hard to love others when you can't/won't/don't love yourself.... -50 lbs and I feel a world of difference. I'm learning the slow process of loving myself. I feel more like helping others and giving of myself... last week I randomly saw an old man at a store in need and walked over asked him I could help and proceeded to do so. I would NEVER have done that at my highest weight. I've accept a position in our church to work with the girls 12-18 years old. I love working with them but I couldn't have done it at my highest weight... I felt too ashamed and like I was being judged. I know that God wants us to be the absolute best people that we can be.. to be able to share our abilities and talents with others and for me that was through my band. To be able to love myself enough to get out there and to give of myself.... and I owe that to this whole weight loss process....

he's my dr. Amazing, caring, compassionate man... my mom was so anti me going to Mexico (understandably) but she went with and LOVED him. He has kind wonderful eyes and even came to check on me one night after he got off a date with his wife. It was a great experience for me... the only part I had problems with was that I got sick from some of the medicine and it was hard trying to explain it to each new nurse that came on... other then that A+ experience. email me if you have ANY questions!!

I can't drink soda Automatic PB for me.... So so sad...