jsewell

i am using dr. robert davis. him and his son have a show on discovery health channel called big medicine. just google him.

i have had my band for a little over 2 years, for the first year it was pretty good. of course there were the days that i could not eat anything but i did have 110 pound loss after 1 year. then everything went wrong. i had a death in the family and was very upset, i stopped being able to eat and after about 8 days of that i couldn't drink either. i got unfilled and within a month and a half i gained 25 pounds :thumbup: i went back to get refilled and the nurse said they needed a current flouroscopy when they did that they discovered that apparently i had been overfilled for sometime. so basically they said sorry we can't fill you and have a nice day. so for about 9 months i floundered around gaining back about 75 of the 110 pounds i lost. i finally got up the courage to see a different doctor about a revision. i was suppossed to have it on sep 3rd but i cancelled it due to hurricane gustav, glad i did even though gustav missed us ike got us good. i don't think i could have gotten through the ike devistation a week and a half out of surgery. so here i am 2 weeks away from my revision and i am terrified . so i was hoping that there would be some people here that have gone from band to rny that could tell me that they did it and everything turned out great. i just don't want to fail again. and i don't want to go through all of this (major surgery, pain, possible problems) and it be for nothing. i worked really hard for my weight loss with the band and i was so proud of what i accomplished and then to have everything taken away was devistating. anyway thanks for letting me ramble and vent. i really look forward to hearing from people that have gone through this.

i was banded august 11th 2006 by dr. spivak, i have lost 95 pounds

i live in baytown. dr spivak did my band and i think he is really great. everyone there is so supportive and caring. would love to be able to talk to people that went through this i am getting my first fill tomorrow and i am nervous i don't really know what to expect (like will it hurt)

so you really like this doctor? and she is family practice? i have tried several doctors around here and i just haven't found one that i really like alot. and alot of them don't know anything about the lap band. i was just banded by dr. spivak in august and having a doctor that understands about this would be great.:biggrin1:

dr spivak did my lap band. i am going in tomorrow for my first fill. and to answer your question about where my port is, i will have to get back to you tommorrow, i swear i have no idea:confused: . i do know that it is a low profile but that is it. also could someone tell me what to expect when i get my fill i am a little nervous about it:nervous

hi i live in baytown. i am using dr spivak. can you tell me more about his doctor in baytown?

i am in baytown good luck hope all goes well

well i did it. i am still pretty sore but it is getting better. i have already lost 15 pounds. dr. spivak was great

i am going in on friday to have my procedure with dr spivak. i originally wanted the by pass but have been talked into the lap band. i am hoping and praying that this procedure works for me. any advise you can give me would be appreciated. wish me luck:p

i am researching wls my uncle is really for the band (he is paying) i was originally for the bypass but i have started looking at the band more closely. there seem to be alot of complications with the band i am in the houston area could someone please help me by giving me any information that you may have personally ... would you reccommend it...would you do it again....what about all these port problems. PLEASE HELP ME

i am near the houston area can i ask you why you decided on the band over the bypass

i am researching wls i was wondering if some of you could reccommend a wls surgeon and also if you reccommend the band i still dont know if i am going with the band or with the bypass any information you could give me would be helpful thanks:clap2: