goodnurse

I was banded on July 30, 07 and have just had my second fill. At the first fill the doctor had problems stabilizing my port and getting the needle in, thought that it was just positioning and my tummy was larger then. At this fill my port appeared tilted and also had hard time accessing it. I am now scheduled to have the port re-tacted down on the 20th. I wonder if excercising did this, arobics 3x week, or was it a defect- as i could always feel my port rocking?

I have Fed blue sheild/blue cross and they denied payment for the fills. My doc does not charge for the fills, but have to pay $100 to the surgery center for the fluroscope use during the fill.

I can tell you that as far as I know no insurance will cover the fills. My insurance covered almost 90% of the original surgery- but nothing on the fills. The surgery center and doctor where i had mine done, all say that they have not found an insurance that pays for the fills.

Why am I fat? I was a skinny kid and in high school I weighed around 135 @ 5'2". Yet I can hear my father telling me that I was getting fat. As a kid you were expected to eat whatever was on your plate, and from the south and lower middle class it was often fried foods, homemade breads, then dessert of cake or pie. After moving out and getting married, it was making big dinners then getting up late at nite and eating again. This really packed on the pounds. Add a baby and you have more weight. Divorce and eating for company and alcohol for socialization adds on a few more. I got remarried and lets begin the celebration by dragging out all of the favorite recpies. Then as the marriage got troubled food was my comforter again. Even at work we celebrated every holiday and event with a potluck. It seems like I celebrated everything with food. I have tried to loose the weight on my own only to regain it within a few months of loosing it. The band has kept me from overeating - now only a small amt of food satisfies me- no overeating. I have lost 19 lbs since the banding, and feel GREAT!!!! No regrets- except for not doing it sooner.

I have dealt with my weight for the past 25 years, and have tried about every diet there is without long term success. I was banded on 7-30-07 and have more hope with this than ever before. I do not feel hungry all the time anymore. :whoo:

I was banded 07-30-07 in Little Rock, AR. The first few days was the worse- gas X helped with the gas pains on days 2 and 3. I can finally lay on the port incision side without discomfort. I have lost 15 lbs since surgery and had lost 11 lbs prior to surgery on Myocel shakes- they have a good taste, just have to really shake well to mix.