coltonwade

OH I ASSURE You I answer quite a bit more than 2 posts a day to help others. I like to repay what the boards have helped me out when i got banded. My only point is that I think you should have said who you worked for. I dont personally care if others think i cant let it go. That's not my intention. When I asked the question about if coordinators got paid or not I really was curious. Maybe i shoudl have PMed you personally . I think you may be trying to help others , but unfortatly the people who have come before you who were not make it look bad for others. ya know ? I think you can understand that. Do I KNOW for sure your here with the purest of intentions ? No , i am pretty sure. Am I causing problems on purpose no , Im trying to understand. I dont see what is wrong with that. You can see from my others posts Im not a trouble maker . you can also see that I DO HELP People . Mindy

Well im sorry to hear that. My mom and dads friends have kids who take and take and take, they move out and move back in . Well this yr for Christmas they told them " Your getting NOTHING " The kids were like WHAT ( They are grown) they were SHOCKED. The parents adopted a family in need and spent all the money on them . It was HILIRIOUS , the kids were PI$$ED ! I hope you get to see your son soon and I think i would maybe inform HIM your upset. HTH Mindy

As I appreciate it seems you have the best intrest at heart, I think this is the reason why patient coordinators are not allowed to post on here . Because TRUE intentions are so hard to know . Personally I think if someone is a patient and happens to work for a doctor yet comes on here and posts AS A PATIENT i dont have a problem with it. But i still feel you were trying to help , help as it maybe as part of your job, and i dont think this is the place for that . That's just my opinion . Now maybe doing it off list and PMing people is ok ? I dunno. But again , i think coming on here and saying " I can help you PM me here is my WORK # and my WORK email , and not disclosing you work for a baratric surgeon is shady . I think you did it because you know its against the rules . Just my input Mindy

Vicki are you a patient coordinator for a baratric surgeon ?

My doc Dr Rincon see's patients banded in Mexico as well as other docs I belive. He is in San Antonio . I live in S Austin so it takes me about 45 mintues to get there. He requires certain things such as medical records and a few other things im not aware of. My fills are $125 for flouro and the fills them selves are $150 . He's a great doc. Click on my sig line for his website. You would have to give them a call to get all the info . SW Baratrics is about the only deal in Austin for now . Hope that helps . feel free to email me if you have any questions. I can put you in contact with 2 or 3 more of his patients if you like. a few of us car pool for fills mindy

I dont mind telling people . But If you do not want to tell her what about in a nice way " None of your business " Or I'll tell you when im at goal how much I lost " ? Mindy

I just think that it would be more affective and SEEM less shady if you disclosed up front that you work for doctors. call your job title what you want, but unless people know how things work on here they might not realize it. your intentions might be well intended. But dont you think it would be less likely to be perceived as sketchy if you just disclosed your job and get it over with ? There are so many people on here that ARE sketchy it makes it hard to weed out the good intended people from those who are not . Mindy

My doc is not in Austin but he's in San Antonio , he's AWESOME ! He see's other pts . His name is Dr Jorge Rincon . Click on my sig line. He's about 45 mintues from here. Im always looking for someone to car pool with LOL Mindy

It is , when i started this 115 pounds seemed like SO MUCH ! It seemed impossible ! Like i would NEVER be able to do this. NOW Im thinking i might. Mindy

I was one of the smallest people in my seminar too . Also probably one of the youngest. At first I thought " maybe Im not big enough for this YET " then i thought " That's dumb , Im doing this so i do not get any bigger" But I remeber looking around thinking " maybe i would not qualify " because everyone else was bigger than me . But at the time i was 5'4 250 i carry my weight well according to everyone . So like others said dont worry what others think, they wont be thinking about you LOL ! Mindy

Thanks . I dont want to shave it . But eewws its yicky !! I started laser hair removal BEFORE surgery , bad idea. I should have waited until after surgery . So I think im going to start up again soon . I started it on my lip and chin. Im hoping the TT will get rid of most of it then i'll have the rest of it lasered LOL Mindy

Well see what happens when i get off my a$$ and do something ? I drop 2 lbs and get myself at over my half way mark !!! 60 lbs lost 55 to go !!! Going to try to do some light weights today ! Mindy

are you exercising ? I have found if i dont move my weight loss slows down drastically . the longest I have stopped loosing was 2 or 3 weeks and that was just this past week. I got up started walkig/ jogging again and BAM 2 lbs GONE ! So moving REALLY makes a difference When all else fails go back to the basics of what we were told right after surgery ! That's what i have foun dhas worked for me HTH mindy

I guess I did not use the "Correct " word so she didnt feel the need to disclose her proper title ? Mindy

AWWW good to know. Thanks for that Ann. Im not TOO worried about it yet. But it does bother me now . The thinner i get the more it bothers me . Mindy

sounds like your too tight and need to get an unfill . dont wait on this its bad for your band. I have had to get 2 unfills and i guarantee you the second time i did not wait as long as i did the first time. Call your doc ! You could have a stomach virus , either way you need to call your doc ! mindy

Could it be that they were going to surprise you ? Mindy

Yeah when i had my surgery they shaved my stomach , I FREAKED ! So its a little worse than it was before. I thought about waxing it ! But im not sure. I think that would hurt like hell. Sorry if i jumped into the middle of another convo. I thought this would be a good place to ask LOL Mindy

Right, its not like only ONE person on this board needs the help . The fact is over half the people on here have to go self pay . its probably ALOT higher than that. So if people are here to help then share the info ! Thanks Candle Mindy

ROFLMAO that's funny . My arms i am not kidding i woke up one morning was putting my hair up in a pony tail and looked and the flab under my arms were waving back at me ! I was HORRIFIED. I thought i was " young enough " (32) that i would not have problems with my arms . THINK AGAIN ! lOL mindy

Yes good way to put it . The sooner you drink the sooner you will be hungry Mindy

Ok i have a TMI Info for ya'll. Does anyone have hair on their stomach ? Like LOTS of hair (Ok not LOts and lots ) but you know that dark line of hair you get when your preggers ? Well mine never went away ? If you have it what do you do about it ? Im HOPPING once i get my TT it will all be cut off LMAO Mindy

Ok you might not be a recruiter but you ARE A patient coordinator for a doctor correct ? MY Issue is that that is not being convied up front to people . You said you can help people if they have been denied insurance. Then why not tell EVERYONE on the boards your experience instead of telling people to call you at your WORK number or email you at your WORK email ? That is what is fishy to me ? I had problems getting financed due to my credit , I tell people how I got my credit cleaned up from what i know so they can get financed. I work for NO ONE . But im trying to help others get the surgery I did. I will tell anyone on this board right now ON the boards. Why is that not something you do ? If you want to HELP ? I agree their are coordinators, nurses, docs ect that do some shady things on here. I dont know maybe its just me , but something that is shady to ME is NOT being up front that your a coordinator FOR a doc ? If your a patient on here as a patient, fine but dont tell people to contact you at your WORK so you can "Help" them , you have to admit THAT IS not cool . Mindy

Thanks for your help, Im jogging at a comfortable pace . It was a little harder , i had to push through it towards the end but I can feel it that's for sure. so i think im doing ok . Thanks Mindy

My treadmill shows 4 laps I think when im done . But I was jogging at a very comfortable pace , able to talk as he says on the pod casts. So I think i'll try to move it up a notch every other run or so ? Im going to try to find a yoga class around here to do on my off days or lift weights , my 15 yr old has a weight bench in our garage i can use. Thanks for ya'lls help Mindy