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Thanks Hastings! I spent hours looking for people with the same feelings as me and only came across this thread. The thread you posted was verrrry helpful!

Hi All It has been a while since I have been on.... I got banded in March... had the first fill in April. I have Dr. David Le from San Francisco Kaiser. If any of you are getting your surgery done there. Try not to get Dr. David Le. He is can be very rude if you don't agree with him or have a differing opinion. He is very conservative with the fills and does not give a damn if you have to drive from the Sacramento area to San Fran. I have heard that Dr. Salami & the other Dr. Lee are good. Kaiser is wrong in making hundreds of us drive to San Francisco. More people need to complain... that way we can get our fills here in the Sacramento area. There are thousands of patients driving to S. F. to get fills, it is ridiculous! Sorry to rant but I am a little annoyed with Kaiser!

It sounds like there are many of us that don't have any restriction or not enough restriction. I am really glad to hear others speaking about this. When I first came to this site.... it seemed like everyone was losing weight, had perfect restriction. I felt like a fool for getting the surgery. Now I am seeing that it is going to take time to reach this " :thumbup:SWEET SPOT". I am scheduled for another fill in June.... I hope this one will do it!!! GoodLuck to EVERYONE!!!!

Thanks!!! I am so glad I found this thread. I thought it was only me. I have no restriction. I was banded March 3. I had my first fill yesterday, I don't feel like anything has changed. I feel like I have never even had the surgery!!!! It is so depressing but I feel better now knowing I am not alone and that it will improve with fills. The only thing is my Dr. said he will not do another fill until a month from now.... which I think is kinda ridiculous. I also have a 14cc band. He has only put 4.5 CC in. I pray that the next fill will do it.

Fill Centers USA - Weight Loss Surgery - Bariatric Surgery - Gastric Bypass Surgery - Lap Band Surgery Information and Support I hoped this helps....

I found this on the site... HI GO TO WWW.ASBS.ORG AND THEN TO YOUR LEFT CLICK ON PATIENTS AND YOU'LL FIND ALL THE DR'S THAT DO FILLS ALSO LOOK FOR THE FOLL THAT MEANS THEY WIL DO FILLS ON OTHER DR'S PATIENTS. And this....

GOOD FOR YOU APPLE!!!! That is work and you did it... BE PROUD!!! Dana, Dr. Le is part of Kaiser. Dana, have you checked if Kaiser is willing to do fills for non-members? To bad you could not get Kaiser insurance.... than they would have to give you fills. I believe I have seen some other posts about fills... in the search box at the top of the forum... you should maybe search for fills or Sacramento fills.... I wish you the best of luck in your search and I hope that Kaiser fills non-members that way you don't have to drive to Mexico.

I wonder if they would let me choose another surgeon. Dr. Le just rubs me the wrong way. I feel that he should not be rushing the appt... after all I did drive a couple of hours to see him. He did take a call while in the appt but that is okay, I understand that. I just don't understand the rudeness and attitude like I was bothering him. He was also not at all supportive, his focus was on the few pounds gained and not the over-all weight loss.... after all it was no cake walk losing all that weight.... to focus on a small increase. Apple, I wish you the best on your Nov surgery..... I am curious when did you have your orientation?

Hey Rotti Is Rotti for Rottweiler?

I am a little worried about the holidays and all the functions with food.... Parties...family, friends, work and such. Everywhere you turn food, food, food!

Hey Rottibaby Thanks.... have a nice walk and maybe we will chat again!

Yeah I am mellow now.... I figure I will just go in after my period to prove I was not lying! How strange we have all had appointments the same day.... they must just cram everyone a ton of people on the same day(no pun intended on the ton). What made you come to this site rotbaby.... I will tell you why I did... I was upset last night and could not sleep so I started looking for info on lap band and if anyone had experience with Kaiser and I found this site. It is actually the best site I have ever found on Lapband.