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Heather you did good with the bump I found it!!! Tina from Kaiser here............post op and a year out. Ups and downs. Coming her to see if we can get a thread rolling and to see how it is done in SSF.

I drank Diet Coke until the night before surgery I did cut down to one a week but slowly. I used to drink a six pack a day so went down slowly over two months. I couldn't do cold turkey but after surgery I was done and was ok with that suprizingly. Diet coke was a serious addiction for me.......my worst one. I was nervous the whole week before I went into surgery and almost changed my mind. Nicole, Riley, Chris and Candi all walked me through it and the day of I was ok. I figured I couldn't just cancell since everyone was there already. You will be fine I promise!! Watch out for the elephant in the recovery room. Other than that it was a breeze. I am down 5 pounds since Friday. I know it will stop soon but I am trying to take advantage of it right now. I can only eat 1/4 a cup of protien and I am so stuffed forget the salad or veggies. Feel like the week after surgery again. I was told by someone at the fill center that the feeling you are looking for with a good feel is the feeling right after surgery so this must be good. I ate two grillers today and one fat free yogurt. The dinner is moving slow so I am done for the night. I am waiting to have some room for water. Pat-I hate PB'ing. It does HURT and yet it also hurts to keep it inside and stuck. Remember PB'ing to much makes the stomach swell and close up..........at least that is what we decided was causing me to get so tight in the past. I have to stop before I PB cause I refuse to PB and swell up again........no unfills for me. But I happy with this fill and I am pretty sure this is just about it for me with fills. Maybe in a few months........

Mo-i can't believe we haven't met!! I feel like we have known each other forever!! For sure we have to meet soon. I guess your right we haven't met but it sure feels like we know each other and have met.......will you be at point west this time??

Ah Nicole girl you know I so understand where you are coming from. I didn't realize you got all your fluid out. No wonder your struggling!! I agree an unfilled band doesn't stop anything and it it a mind game on top being hungry all the time. We gotta find a way to get you a fill insurance or not!! I am still glad I got the band. But it is totally not what I expected when I started out 18 months ago. I am not where I thought I would be a year out. It has been a long road and totally not what I hope it would be. But I am still glad I did it and hoping the second year I finally succeed by making slow steps this time. I still weight alot less than before even though I am not at goal yet and my weight chart is a big zig zag!! LOL. And yep Dr. Baggs said we need to be honest so people behind us know what to expect. I see a pattern with all of us a year out and we are all struggling in different ways some big and some small but I don't see anyone who has sailed through and most of us have gained some weight back. And I see the start of patterns even in the new people posting. This is NOT what alot of us expected or hoped for ............we all always think we are gonna be the one that exceeds expectations but sadly we are all on the same boat taking the same trip and eventually we all will realize that. Slow and steady and you darn better be willing to put all your issues on the table along the way and deal with the emotional stuff. THat is what I haver learned a year out. I plan to check in off and on here Nicole but I am still sticking to the other forum for those of use oldies but goodies.........I think there is alot more personal sharing and we are all supportive of the struggles we are all dealing with and can talk about everything negetive or positive without imposed restrictions. But I do think Dr. Baggs has a point if all the older bandsters leave than LBT loses its backbone and foundation. Just that sometimes trying to be a backbone is such an unappreciated position!! LOL

Yep Ali I will be a the Kaiser Point West Meeting this month and would love to meet you..............

All I can say is thanks to a few great friends and support people who got me through the last seven months of bandster hell!! YOu guys know who you are...........the superstars!!! :-) Pam you in particular have been a great support system for me with all our daily talks......... I agree Behave mod is where it is at. And that is hard stuff. I have decided to quit thinking I have this under control and to take it a day at a time. Cause when we think we have it under control we forget to ask for help and listen when it is offered. Thinking about if I will still be on track a year from now stresses me out so I am trying just to worry about this month for now. AND I do have to lose to get any more fills...........but honestly I am at my sweet spot right now. I am done with fills unless it loosens up with weight lose. From all my research it seems once you get to good restriction that even .1 can make a huge difference. I am pretty sure I am done with big fills maybe a small one here and there. I am gonna try to get the behave mod to kick in so that I can be done with fills for awhile and I can work with what I have. I can't believe what a huge difference a fill makes. I am not thinking about food all day but I do keep walking to the kitchen over and over before I remember I don't want to mess with my band or swell it. How many days will that last?? I did that post op for a week before I stopped pacing the kitchen. Talk about bad habits pacing the kitchen has got to be up there........ For those of you in bandster hell I so get it and don't give up cause one day and one fill can really make a difference!! So now for the behave mod counseling or whatever it is I bargained myself into..............starting Thursday night on that.

Mo- I pled my case for about 7 months and it was give and take in the end that got me the fill. I had a second opinion through the fill center that probably helped out. I also had two fills with the fill center and did not end up in the ER so that probably helped to to have proof that I was not gonna end up in ER again. I also had to file a compliant with Kaiser customer relations. I don't wish anyone else has to go as far as I did though, it emotionally drained me. I think my persistence finally won out but it took alot out of me mentally. I don't wish that on anyone else. I have my restriction back and am down 4 pounds in two days. I am still on liquids so I know that is part of it. I tried salad last night and it went down way to slow so I decided to stick with liquids today. No way I am gonna PB or swell my stomach by messing up this time. WHen the band says to stop I am gonna stop immediately. I am following the rules, all the rules and carefully. Happy MOther Day all!! We got rid of the cable here and used teh money to join the gym. Gonna try it for a month to see how it goes. (we have the very basic cable now) I had to chose and since what I have done in the past hasn't worked well I am gonna stir stuff up a bit. I can always go back at the end of the month if we don't make it worth the money..............

I am back working with Kaiser again. Got a fill yesterday with Dr. Baggs and no I didn't lose any weight I gained. Long story but I couldn't be in bandster hell anymnore. 7 months was to long and my morale was totally shot. I pled my case to Kaiser and we are back on track. I am down 3 pounds this morning I think I am back in the game now. I bargained for my fill I have to do weekly food logs and fax them in, get back counseling to address emotional eating issues and have to be back in a support group so Point West is going to be a priority again. That is what I said I could do to earn a fill!! LOL. I won't say it was easy to convince Kaiser but I am so glad I stuck it out and was persistent. Been a long 7 months. So glad to be back in the program. I think my sweet spot is back as of this morning............. I LOVE Dr. Baggs he really gets how hard this stuff is and he helped me alot yesterday with all the things we talked about. He totally gets it and while they are not thrilled I went to the fill center he welcomed me back no problem. NOt that all of Kaiser did but who cares. I also talked to him about converting to the sleeve but he really thinks the Band is gonna work with me if I work with it. He said sleeve and RNY are the same as band and if you don't stay on top of your game you can gain weight back with all three. No magic cure..........****sigh****** Pat I hear ya on the emotional stuff. I am trying to find a therapist to specialize in eating issues. The psychologist at Richmond is trying to help me find someone here in Sac. I am also dealing with night time eating issues. The fill center said I need to balance the calories out by three meals. So I also talked to Dr. Baggs about the group on LBT splitting off. I told him that pre op and post op is so different. He said splitting the group would be a shame since the new people need to hear and learn from the people further out. He said a huge part of the group is having someone ahead of you to learn from. For me that was Pam and than Riley!! COuldn't have done it without all the information and support. I said ya but us oldsters can be negetive and we put out alot of frustrations. He said like I said before people new to the game need to hear it whether they like it or not because it is the truth there is nothing easy about the band. He said this stuff is some of the hardest stuff you will have to face this weight loss stuff and there is nothing easy about it. The sooner you get that the better. He advised methat somehow we all try to learn from each other. I told him I got called on saying negetive things about Kaiser and the program an and he said but you were honest about how you felt and people need to know the good and bad before they decide to have surgery. He saidthat is better than not saying anything and than pretending it is all good, leads to stress eating as we all know. HE said people need to know the good and the bad it is the only way to deal with how hard this all is...........he advised me to show up on line now and than :-) So not to bring up old issues but I found his perspective very interesting. So I might be around off and on more often.................

Check on Dr. Amen Change your Brain Change your Body on PBS. Killer information and I also read the book and it is seriously something we all should read. I am totally fascinated. Totally explains the brain chemistry behind alot of what is going on..... Thought I would post and led people in that direction. Think it is totally worth the time.

I went offline for awhile so the drama could calm down and we could all move on. I am not angry with anyone just ready to move on in more ways than one. I honestly have found that being offline has opened up many new doors to new activities that are a better use of my time so I am not interested in being online as much. I was spending to much time online and not enough addressing other areas of my life :-) Now I am more in balance but not feeling a huge pull to check in with the group. However.............. I got an email today and apparently my the whole thing is a topic of converstation online today :-) Seriously we need to put this whole thing to rest...........agreed? I moved on a long time ago must we drag this up again. I don't think anyone of us should try to regulate or patrol what other people say. We need to accept people for exactly who and where they are at. Period. I also think as per lap band talk policies we all agreed to that we would not be rude or treat each other disrespectfully online. I think we all need to adhere to what we agreed to which is to respect each other whether we understand where someone else is at or agree with them. Our posts towards and amongst each other chould be respectful. If not than what is the point? I think things were headed downhill with the way people were talking, posting and treating each other there for awhile. I didn't want to be a part of that drama. I figured it would die down after a bit but maybe not............there is a reason we don't have a moderator on this forum. We DON'T need one. None of should assume we are in a position where we can dictate or control what goes on or is said online. We are all equals in this journey. When we forget that is when we are headed for a fall..........or maybe the fall has already been taken place and we feel we have to pull other people down to our level. We need to respect and support each other. If that is not being done than the group loses its purpose and effectiveness and becomes a waste of time and energy to many of us and eventually the group fades out and falls apart. That said. I got my fill two weeks ago and back to losing again. Went to the fill center in Navato. Loved it and learned alot. Had my fill standing up which while awkward was very, very helpful to being able to tell when I was to tight ..........go figure I asked them to take out .5cc's before they pulled the needle out. They had me drink water standing up at 5.5ccs (to tight) than 5cc's(to tight) than 4.5ccs (backed up in my throat and I guess that gurgle and lump in the throat is a bad thing) than she showed me what 3ccs felt like (LOL no restriction) than she showed me 0cc's (ah back to normal?? I guess!! LOL) I had to drink a full cup of water at each level to see if the water would back up, flow through to fast or go down like funnel. The funnel is the good fill!! And the doctor counts the seconds it takes for the water to clear the band. Anyway she took alot of time showing how it is suppose to feel when you have good restriction vs when your to tight vs. to loose. So what I thought was good restriction was to tight for me but I didn't get that until she showed me and had me FEEL it standing up. I am at 4ccs and doing good. No PBing but I get full fast and down 5 pounds in a week. Back on a plateau now and they said if you hit a plateau for more than three weeks come back in for a fill. Fills are expensive so I am hoping to hold out until May. Bariatric MD is who I saw and she did the dietition thing with me and I learned: 1. Fructuse/Corn syrup is a no-no 2. For every 25 pounds you are over our ideal weight you need to drink an extra 8 ounces of water over 64 ounces 3. To lose weight and keep your metabolism up you MUST be weight lifting and doing cardio..but weight lifting is a MUST or you will plataue The rest we talked about was same as Kaiser. Caffiene, carbonation, protien.............. But anyway I will see Dr. Baggs on Friday for a check in. I don't need a fill but he wants to see me. I have been honest with him. He is not gonna like I am still up a few pounds but also down a few so it is not all bad.... Can we all please just get along and be polite to each other? I know I don't plan to be online as much but still........we need to respect everyone and where they are at and not dissect or try to analyze why they are there or if it is "appropriate" for them to be there. WOuld make life easier for all of us :-)

Riley I agree I think I might do better with a team that was just me and Dr. BAggs!! LOL. I kinda already set it up that way. Funny you mention personality conflict cause that is exactly what I told Dr. Baggs and explained to him why I wanted to just have fill appointments and not the extra appointment anymore. ANALYNN: I just read back and saw your post!! YES, YES, YES!! YOu made it!! I think two pounds under and you would be safe to get your CS appointment. I did taebo for awhile and it is great. WOW so are you still going RNY or Lap band or I guess Sleeve is an options now you lucky girl. So glad you made it and yep I agree stress does play a role at least in my weight loss. I hope you stay safe and don't take any chances with the ex. Mo: I will find the name of the store is might be in Auburn california. CHeck the bariatric websights of doctors in your area. I found this store as part of a support group offered once a week in Auburn. Oh by the way ladies I have run into several support groups in the area. Seems most of the bariatric groups have week support group meetings. I just need to find out if you have to be a patient to go. Wed and Thursday nights. Saturday mornings. I will get a list and post but I need to call first and see if they are open groups or closed. I am thinking I will try some of them.

Jes I understand one persons drama is another persons reality that is why I took the time to respond and not just ignore the whole thing. But the thing is I can't be responsible for what someone else is thinking or feelings. That is what I consider drama thinking I can control how someone else feels or what they do by my actions. We all have choices and I can't fix someone elses reality. I can just listen try to see if from their side, try to learn something from it than move on. To me drama is worrying about it for a long time. That is why I decide to explain and than drop it. I really tried to be kind in my reponse..............seems like maybe that is not how it was taken. To but honest I was pretty thrown by it. I didn't know people felt that way about me.

Hey Reggie perfectly put. I would have preferred a PM but I would rather you tell me than for it to fester and things to be said behind my back or for you to get angry and disappear. Bravo to you for saying what you feel. Maybe we could have done it by PM though. What Reggie said is right I am frustrated and having a hard time. I am just needing support and ideas. I am not trying to put down on something someone else hold in high esteem. Or to make someone else struggle harder. But I have the right to ask for support. I was thinking alot today because honestly this whole thing sorta through me. I think the bottom line is maybe because I am asking and needing support right now other people feel like their issues and thier need for support are being ignored or overlooked. I think maybe that is behind some of this. I think maybe I need to make sure I offer support at the same time I aske for support. But in the end I can't worry to much about drama I will do my best to be sensitive while at the still time asking for support. To be a giver as well as a taker. Reggie did I do good?? Love you too!!

Monique I hear ya on the clothes. I lost all my good stuff. I am a jeans and T-shirt girl right now. I saved a few favorites and when I tried them on they were just to big to even try to get by with. All my business clothes and dresses are gone. I can't afford to replace them right now. I did go to thrift store and got 4 pairs of levis for 20 bucks I am surviving on those for now and t-shirts. Same think I can't justify the money. I think when I get to a 10 or 12 than I can get something nice. I did just find out that a consignment store associated with a surgeon here will allow you trade clothes for your first year after banding. You should see if the Bay area has that. MARIA: I am only gonna ask for 1cc next week too. Even thought I am paying for the fill I still want to try it one cc at a time. I budgeted for 2-3 fills between now and June and I want to go slowly. I think I can get to a good place before I lose my job and with three fills. If no it is life but I will closer to where I need to be. Let me know how the fill goes I bet you start losing again now :-) Ok so I got transferred back to Court. I am still gonna do my same job some of the time and than court as well. THey are combining two positions into one. I think I spend most of my time in one office but when I have to be in court or be in front of the judge than I will relocate to Power Inn/Courthouse. Not closer to home but I used to work in court before and deal with the judges, attorneys and legal stuff. I just need to brush up........ I need my business suits back!! I am thinking I need a few dresses and a suit to get me through until June. Sorta giving me a nagging thought I need to shop even though I shouldn't!! :-) I guess I could look at a consignment shop but not sure I have something that is a good trade. Ok

Maria you will be fine. If your worried about it maybe keep a protien shake or something with liquid calories in your car. If you feel lightheaded that is your backup plan. I did that a few times and than didn't need to use it in the end but I felt better knowing it was there. You might feel it for a few days but he is right I got 2ccs on my first fill. If water doesn't go down worry but otherwise it is all good. Canollie I thought I saw a post from you but it is gone now. I don't care that the sight has alot of pre and newly post lap banders. I learn from everyone and like to see how things go for everyone. I didn't mean splitting as a bad thing. Just that maybe people would feel like there issues was being address better if the focus was only on pre op or post op. Or if there were a distinction between life issues and Kaiser program issues. To me it is all one in the same but some people might not feel supported if life issues come into Kaiser program issues. I am just throwing options out there.

Ok I didn't mean to start something. Just a suggestion. I am totally fine either way I like hering pre and post op stuff and I am still learning. I just get the feeling that some people don't really want all the post op/year out stuff and that it is not relevant to them. I was just thinking splitting might be helpful to some of us. I just won't buy into the theory that everything I post or say has to be postive and that I have to agree with Kaiser to be part of this sight or the program. When I was brand new my whole life was the band and that wasn't healthy either what I noticed is that the further you get out from surgery the more life balances itself out for you. Our eating problems aren't just about following kaisers rules it is about our lives in general and how we deal with things long term. Not just when things are going good. But either way i am not going anywere I have made some good friends.............and I am finding alot of support on other forums on this site. I have learned alot and they got me to a fill center and also helped me figure out my options. I just wanted to share that with my real support group here cause the people I meet over there are just acquaintances and they get my struggle they have either been there and made it over the hump or they are dealing with the same thing. I don't know why what I say or do is a reason someone has to stop coming to the group. That is out of my control.

Pam I agree I don't want fighting. I don't intent to argue or fight with anyone. Honestly my advice to people is to skip posts if you don't relate or it has nothing to do with where your at. I do try to read most of the posts but something when I see it is somthing I can't relate to I move on to the next one. Nothing personal just we all post so much and sometimes posts are meant for one person or another and really don't apply to me anyway. I don't think we need to argue amongst ourselves I don't intend to participate in any of that. It is about respect even if we don't agree with each other............ That said I can chill and post on other sites and they understand what I am dealing with. This site is primarily pre and newly post op right now. ALot of the people I got banded with are rarely on anymore anyway. Which is sad cause I miss them:-) Just some of the people I love and respect are still on here so I will always come back even if I switch more of my time to other forums.

Maria BEST wishes on your job interview I know how much this means to you!! I will send a prayer your way tomorrow!! I really, really hope you get it!!

Wishing you the BEST beatriz. I also was treated like I said something wrong to Robin. Than Robin basically said the same. I still don't exactly know what I did. I just felt like I went from a model patient to a problem overnight. It sorta shocked and hurt me. I was treated different after that. I tried to be humble and suck it up but my health has to come first. So I am doing what I think is best not trying to make anyone look bad.

Tamra I don't mean to offend you but I think several times in the past I have suggested we split the group to pre and post op. YOu and I were the only ones who agreed it was a good idea for this very reason. The issues a year out are very different than in the beginning. I year out is very different than one month out. And to be honest your having your issues as well with going off the plan at times during your stages. I mean we could all get irratated that you keep eating things your not suppose to but instead people are supporting you through it. If we attack people for being honest that what support is there in that? Your honest about that and I am honest about where I am at too. Just our issues right now are very different. Things change dramtically in a year with the band. But I am not saying things to piss people off I am just saying where I am at and what I am struggling with. I am being real and I don't think I should have to pretend things are great. I am not asking you or anyone else to do that. I do know that some people have left the group and quit posting becuase they feel that everyone is in such different places that they can't relate anymore. I would be fine if my posts upset you if you just skip them. Again not trying to be rude but if I worry about what I say or how I say it and how people will take it than I can't really get support. This is about support for all of us not just the new pre ops. It does get sorta muddled and confusing when we are all over the place with where we are at and what we are dealing with. I am not anti Kaiser. I think they are doing the best they can with the numbers they have. They have to run there program a certain way to accommadate all the numbers of people coming in. Sometimes that means people will fall through the cracks. I love Dr. Baggs and want to go back eventually. I don't think there is anything wrong with expressing what I am going through. My journey is not yours. ANd honesly I hope people don't get to where I am. I am not mad or upset you have the right to feel how you feel. I was honest I am pretty fed up emotionally and I am addressing that by moving on and doing what I have to do. I am not asking anyone to agree with me. But yea I have ventured over to the post op and fills sight more often which has people who are dealing with the things I am dealing with and have helped me out alot with finding places to get fills and ways to work my program without restriction. I just have people here on this sight that I still care about and don't want to lose contact with...........that is why I stick around. I have been through alot with several people on this site and don't want to lose contact. again it would be better to discuss this in person cause it is hard to read the tone and understand the the context when you can't hear or see the other person. Hopefully this doesn't come across wrong................ I guess I can try NOT to mention Kaiser again except to say I am not going to be using them for fills anymore for more reasons than one. And that I am very disappointted in the way things turned out. But since this is a Kaiser support group I am not sure where that leaves me......actually I might have answered my own question.

Maria he will decide on the fill and than also decide when you come back. I think last time the only reason he didn't say anything is because you asked for LESS than what he was going to give you. But he usually tells you I am going to give you this much and I need to see you in a month. He usually gives 1cc at a time and a month between visits. Lately it is more like six weeks between visit. I think you will be fine the next day. You won't be sick. When I was to tight it took two weeks or so to set in and it was TOM when I got to tight...........Kaiser said I was the first person to get tighter during TOM. The second time I had a nasty flu and threw up for four days before I got to tight. No worries none of that is happening with you you'll be fine. You will be fine. I think he decides your fill based on if you lost weight since the last visit. ALot of weight 1cc fill. None or a little is .5. Dr. Baggs is a good doctor you'll be fine.

Oh as I remember someone with Kaiser was told that Kaiser can take the band back if you don't cooperate with the program. As in they can decide it is not safe for you to have the band and do surgery to remove it. So maybe we are borrowing the band........this was not the Richmond office however it was another Bay area Bariatrics program but Kaiser non the less. So maybe that really is how it is viewed. But........one thing is certain we are NOT part of our treatment team. We are the patient not an active member of the decision making. But that is medical for ya and in CPS..........well I hate to say it but the same thing applies so I get the theory and idea behind your the patient/client you do what we say is best for you.

I know the ER at Kaiser told me lots of people were coming in for unfills and they did not understand why it was an ER issue since an unfill took five minutes upstairs. An unfill cost 15 but and ER visit cost 50 and a two to three hour wait. So maybe the ER complianed to bariatrics?? This could be solved by small fills more frequently..........I think lots of us have no restriction for months in the beginning having to wait a month to six weeks between fills. But if you get to full you right back to no fill and to loose and it can take months to get back. I met several Kaiser patients that told me it took them over a year to get to their sweet spot. One guy had been working on the sweet spot for two years. He did finally hit it on the 19 fill/unfill. He was pretty fed up too but once he hit the sweet spot he was loosing like crazy. He said it was worth the wait. But two years. I don't have enough job security to keep holding out that long for a good fill. That is not my fault or Kaisers it is just the economy. I will let people know what I think about the fill center. It could be a back up option for people. Kaiser didn't give me my paperwork yesterday so going back at lunch today. I hope it will explain things better.

Hey Heather up and ready for work. I hate on call nights. I will get some sleep this weekend. Work is work. This is normal stuff all over the state. I like knowing ahead of time so I can prepare. I just wish I heard it from management and not my union. So tomorrow I find out where I go. Actually this might get me moved closer to my house and that is what I am hoping :-) This could be a good change since there has been alot of chaos in my unit the last month. Heather will they tell you what is coming at work? We only know because the final decisions were made last month. The pink slips will go out tomorrow and the transfers on Friday. I am not even suppose to know anything until tomorrow when they tell us, but I know people who know...............i have to be quiet until tomorrow :-) As to the fill situation. I am not mad just moving on. I sorta get it, I don't think it is working in my best interest but I do get it. And I respect the decision. I know they think they are doing what is best. Just it doesn' work for me so I am doing what I have to do. My choice no one is forcing me. Kaiser does have a earn your fill philosophy. NOt everyone does. Just one approach. I have done alot of research and read tons of books. I know I need a fill I am not in the green zone. But I really think the small fills ever two weeks is the preferred method. But imagine how much work that would be!! Kaiser is just to big for that. And the bigger the program gets the more impersonal they have to be. After time you are just a number. It is a cookie cutter approach by neccessity but if that doesn't work for you you fall through the cracks. I fell throught the cracks. Either that or my body won't tolerate the band...................which I hope is not true. Being to tight or to loose is a reason that some people convert to the sleeve. There body just can't work with the band..........so I am considering that too. But I am not ready to give up I still want to play around with finding the perfect fill. I want to have the freedom to take out .25 and put in .25 until I find the perfect fill.........I think I just need some personal individual care with someone willing to put in and time out in small amount until I get to the perfect spot. You can't do that every 6 weeks. I need to be able to go in every two weeks if I need to until I get to the perfect spot. I need a smaller office and more individual attention. I mean one I get a fill and lose as much as Kaiser wants I could go back:-) But if I am losing and doing well with the band I won't need to go back. Anyway thanks for the support everyone. I really think I am making my best choice. Just heads up that things get complicated if you need an unfill. But I don't think people should feel bad. Needing an unfill shouldn't be a bad thing from what I read it is normal to get to your perfect spot to play around with fills...............that is why lots of doctors see you every two weeks for the first few months. FORGET A FILL CENTER WE NEED A BARIATRIC PRACTICE HERE!! :-)