Had enough of Dr Max Bowater!! Can any Perth people recommend another fill doctor?

[Fanny Adams 7]

You should be fine with Maria. She was great - listened and paid attention to what I was saying, unlike Bowater. I could not only eat a bowl of rice, I've been eating 3 course meals - Soup, mains (including rice, Pasta, steak, whatever's going!) AND dessert, with bread on the side!! EEK!! Trying desperately to make good choices for the mains but even with all that, Bowater threatened to take some fill OUT!

This last fill has made it a little easier to have some measure of self-control, but I can still eat anything and lots of it, if I'm not careful. I'll do what I can this month and go back again until we get it right!

[lellow 1,713]

I'm glad you've finally got someone listening to you, Fanny. I think you needed it, for sure. It shouldn't be this hard for anyone to get the restriction they need. Esp if you're gaining!

I am in a slightly different situation, and I hope it will still mean I can get a fill. I am not unrestricted, I just am far less restricted that I am happy with. I like not fighting hunger, and I am fighting hunger now. But whether a fill would make me lose more when I don't need to lose more, is I suppose is what she will have to weigh up.

It may be I have enough restriction for maintenance. For a while, due to work stress, I was even losing despite poor restriction. But now my appetite is back and I don't like it.

I guess I personally don't feel comfortable with the restriction I currently have. But it may be that I actually don't need a fill per se, and I should be eating more at this stage, to maintain. So we'll see how we go on Tues, when I see her I guess.

[Angela72 0]

Hi all, i go to Kevin Dolan at Joondalup....awesome! you can get either of 2 other docs do your fill, but i just tell them what i want and they do it!....at this stage (9 months post surgery) I know what I need now:biggrin:

[lellow 1,713]

Just thought I'd update that I saw Maria on Tues and she was really wonderful. Even though my weight was lower than ever, I explained that I was gaining a little, and was eating more than I considered normal, and wasn't really getting stuck on anything anymore. So she gave me a 0.25ml fill.

Now I know that I really did need it. I am still not as restricted as I was at my sweet spot, so I can only imagine how much less restricted I was before this fill.

She actually said that she believed that I needed a fill if I was gaining, no matter how slowly, because what was the point of me gaining 5 - 10kgs only to have to get filled then and then try to have to lose it again? Best have a small fill as a preventative measure.

So I'm happy as larry. I don't have another fill appt now. She said she thinks I've had enough success with the band to understand how it works for me, and to know for myself when I need a fill. :thumbup:

[Fanny Adams 7]

She's great, isn't she? I'm going back on the 10th of May, which is six weeks after my last fill. I would have gone back after only 4 weeks, except that works out to be the 26th of April, which is a public holiday for Anzac Day. I really need the next fill but will just have to hang out till May. At least it is more manageable than it was last month, but still no where near restriction yet.

[Jachut 487]

I am in a slightly different situation, and I hope it will still mean I can get a fill. I am not unrestricted, I just am far less restricted that I am happy with. I like not fighting hunger, and I am fighting hunger now. But whether a fill would make me lose more when I don't need to lose more, is I suppose is what she will have to weigh up.

It may be I have enough restriction for maintenance. For a while, due to work stress, I was even losing despite poor restriction. But now my appetite is back and I don't like it.

I guess I personally don't feel comfortable with the restriction I currently have. But it may be that I actually don't need a fill per se, and I should be eating more at this stage, to maintain. So we'll see how we go on Tues, when I see her I guess.

this is hard to get your head around. I am very unrestricted these days, and a lot of bad habits have crept back in. I constantly feel as if I've eaten too much and I have to avoid those bad foods consciously.

but I wont go back (unless I do begin to gain) because despite this, despite eating way more than I was a year ago, I am not gaining! So really, its better to eat more long term and be better nourished.

Occasionally, I'll shoot up by 2lb but I get right back on it.

I do think there'll be a time in future when I will need a top up but not yet. You just have to get your head around the fact that it IS OK to eat occasionally! And it IS ok to eat like a normal person - ie. not perfect all the time.

Exercise is, as ever, a very powerful weapon in preventing regain too.

[emmaf106 0]

I had to have half my fill removed a month ago just before the wedding. I saw Maria and she was fantastic. Had me have a barium swallow (I have a band dilation) and called me after the results came through to make sure I knew what it all meant and what to do. I've got my next appointment on the 30th of this month (not sure who with but I hope it's with her!) and I definately want some fill in. Apparently I now have less than when first banded! I've been living the honeymoon life over the past month and have put on about 3kgs so keen to knock that on the head! I'm conscious though that I've barely been doing any exercise too. Getting very hungry in the mornings but don't want to put anymore pressure on the band either so I'm thinking about just a .5ml fill and see how I go.

[nat36 2]

Hi Fanny, I totally agree with you I have seen this guy a couple of times now and the first time I went he told me I need to put on 4kg and then last time at the same weight he said I could lose 2kg more if I stick to tuna and coffee basically. Im sorry I cant offer any help on a new fill Dr I just wanted to let you know I know what you are talking about. I have found a Dr in Geraldton to see now.