hootiebelle

I have a 11 band and have almost 6cc and I am restricted!!! You didn't spend all the money for nothing its just part of the game...gotta find your "sweet spot"

Wow I use Dr V's Obesity Goodbye place in TJ for fills glad he caught that for you....he seems like a really nice man....glad to know they are so on top of things.......makes me feel better....and wish you all the best!!!!

I could eat popcorn fine til my 2nd fill now 2 weeks from the fill I can eat a small amount but it is almost not worth it....sticks too much now:think but thats ok as much as I love it I like losing weight more......

I wish I would have kept quiet because they expect me to lose at the same rate as a gastric bypass.......always having to explain over and over

Is it right that if you are slightly too tight it will lossen up in a few weeks?

Wow great posts lots of good info

I wish they made a decient liquid vitamin...Centrum so far is the best I found I bought the GNC and almost gagged same with the Puritians Pride liquid

I was banded Jun 12 and am losing hair like crazy

I am also in las vegas and had my first fill in TJ on Sept 11 I went to http://www.obesitygoodbye.com/the airfare was 100 and the floro fill was 200....They pick you up at the airport and bring you back ...I just feel better with the idea of floro....I couldn't get a floro fill for 300 in Vegas.....

Tell me if this is improper and I hear it all the time...I hate it when I hear people say" I'm gonna get me".......ex. "I'm gonna get me a pair of those shoes"....It just sounds worng to me....Is it just me or is it wrong?

I went with e-financing soultions I think your credit score has to be at least 620 but they may have different programs for different credit.....800.728.9585

I also heard Dr Curry is great for fills you are lucky he is close to you!!

I guess it would be up to you....I know people unfill for health reasons( like they need more calories)......I suppose the same could be done if you chose to eat more on your vacation.....The port can withstand I believe close to 200 punctures......If you are self paying your fill provider should do what you ask and pay for......

I went on the recommendation of my primary care who had gone to Dr Joya in Puerto Vallarta Mexico in March 06 because she had a patient who went and was very happy........We both had the same HMO insurance and it did not cover lap bands at the time...so we were both self pay....hence the decision to go to Mexico....I went June 06 and had a great experience it was first class treatment all the way......no complications no regrets......I feel that I had first rate care and I have had 7 surgeries in my life:clap2:

wow did they fix it for free?

Wow I agree what a awful story I hope you recover fully!!!!

you will love Dr Joya !!!!!! good decision!!!

I only cough like that if I eat too fast or eat bread....I hope your problems can be fixed!!

I was thinking that when someone gets a fill and then the restriction goes away little by little???Do you think that when we first get the fill it pumps up the balloon around the inside of the band and as we eat .... and if we over do it do you think it pushes saline back into the tubing?? Do you think if we ate less always at one time always our restriction would stay longer???I am finally getting my first fill tomorrow...

prettyfaythe try efinancing solutions I found the on a link from my dr's website which was Dr Joya in Puerto Vallarta....I also have seen it on other Dr's web sites like Ortiz etc............I think your credit has to be at 620 but maybe not it is just awful how if your credit is not so good they punish you further with higher finance charges.....good luck give it a try

That same thing happened to me in reverse I had lost weight and went into Layne Bryant and the clerk told me the same thing......That was long ago.....but the weird thing was I was upset also......who knows why we are in a store and who we are buying for...fat or thin....

R.I.P. Steve Irwin...my son for one is very sad at your passing...you were a great guy

Wow ....better than reality TV......but I do think this place will be calmer now

It is Dr Yee at Aspen medical....he charges 299 first fill and 155 everyone thereafter...no floro.........It is a good deal thru Fillcenters USA....I just want a floro for my first fill ...and He just started a month ago so I will wait a tad for him to get some fills under his belt....I did e-mail the Ortiz office to see what they would charge for a floro fill but no response...actually Dr Yee on chyenne is trained by Ortiz I think because he owns the fillcenters with a couple other docs

Stella I don't think saying Dr. Fisher has a bad bedside manner is going to get you sued.....He may be a great doc but he could be nicer...I also have been to 3 seminars.....and probably would have gone to him if my insurance covered bands....I would have prefered Atkinson over Fisher...Because I was self paying...I went to Dr Joya in Puerto Vallarta...... Dr Ortiz was the only other one I considered in MX.....I have heard nothing but great things about Ortiz and I was happy as a clam with Dr. Joya.....I am going to Dr Rios in TJ to get a fill it is 88 to fly to San Diego and 200 for the floro fill......we also in Vegas for self pay do not have many fill options that are affordable......