Hello everyone. I am sorta new, sorta old to the board. Before I had my surgery, I used to post and ask questions, can't remember my dang screen name though, so I started over. I was banded by Dr. Ortiz 6/20/05, and I have felt great. Yesterday however, I ran into someone in Curves, who had her surgery last year, and had her band removed by Kaiser for erosion. She showed me the endoscopy pictures. BLECH!! Scared me. Funny thing is, she couldn't tell me exactly who the Dr. was who did it down there. I could tell it wasn't Dr. Ortiz, because he is a few thousand more than what she paid. But why would you not research the hell out of a Dr. before going there? Anyway...I am calling to find out if there are endoscopy checkups today, and what it takes to get one. I have always felt more trust in Dr. Ortiz and Martinez, than I do with my Dr. here. I am going to watch this post, and thanks for writing ladies, I needed the support after seeing that!
Banded 6/20/06
Start 300/250/goal weight, never to have a double chin in a picture again!
