anyone?

[gregken77]

Has anyone on here reached max fill on there band or have gotten close? Please tell your story. Im very close to max. My doctor tells me he thinks this band is not going to work for me. I told him I paid 9, 000 dollars for this thing and we are gonna make it work or else. He is talking about down the road. I have good restriction right now and I am losing weight every week. Ive never stopped doing that. I think I was just filled way to agressively. I was losing weight at a lower fill level but food was just passing through easily. Anyway Im trying not to lose my mind about what he told me. Im not doing another surgery. Im going to just make this work hopefully.

[christie]

Sorry, Greg. That sucks. I hope you can find some good advice.

[dolchanmom]

Did the Dr have any advice? Did he suggest another surgery? Im just wondering what he thought. I had a fear of this with myself but once I got to about 6cc of my 10 cc band I seem to be doing pretty good. Well like you have said your a stuborn guy so maybe you just need to prove your Dr wrong.
Brandy

[kristina]

hey thats just weird that ur doc would say that. seeing as how he put in the band and chose the size that would fit ur stomach. if he chose too small of a band then thats his fault and maybe if you must have a revision u wont have to pay for it? i dont know kinda talking out of my...well u know.
i have heard someone going a full cc past what their band size is. like an 11 in a 10. dont worry about it..that can make u tight...wait maybe u should worry about it and then u wont have to worry about a fill anymore cause ur stress level will keep u tight. ugh. arg. and ugh again.

[kristina]

greg what are ur numbers right now? how many cc's in a what size band?

[Tinakris]

Greg, did they check you in radioligy (sp) and have you do a barium swallow?? When they do that, they can see exactly how much more you can take before you have to worry about being too tight and hurting your orgins. I have pain when I eat sometimes, and my weightloss had pretty much stopped in the last three months. I am getting unfilled and refilled under floro in two weeks. This way they can see how tight the band looks on my stomach, and see exactly how quickly things are passing through. Good luck!

[gregken77]

Ok let me see if I can answer everyones questions. Well the doctor I have now is not the doctor who put the band in. I was a self pay down in Mexico. I have 10.8 cc in an 11 cc band right now. Yes the check me with a barium swallow and floro thing every time I get the fill. Anyway the doctor I have now just told me he didnt think this band was going to work for me. Ive just decided he is going to be wrong and I am not going to stress over it right now. I have good restriction right now. actually some days I feel like it might be to much. Anyway the weight loss is still happening so I am not goig to stress about it just yet.

[newlifeat57]

Yeah!!! No more stress!!!!!!!!!!

[kristina]

u will succeed. prove him wrong.

[gregken77]

Thats what my wife was telling me----She said she things this other doctor just wants my money. I mean I am losing weight every week ---So how is it that this band wil not work for me? What else is it suppose to do? Open doors for me? well I will open them myself just as long as the weight loss continues.

[kristina]

i had a doctor tell me i am fat because i am stupid. exact words. he is wrong. i had another doc tell me i had cancer. he was wrong.
i had another doctor tell me i had a dangerous blood clot. he was wrong.
i had another doctor tell me my appendex is F.I.N.E. it ruptured.
doctors told me my baby was having growing pains. 2 of them said that. they were wrong. he had arthritis.
Doctors are not the gods they think they are. there is only 1 GOD. and HE is right. All the time. Trust in him. let the others fade away.

[wilsonpd64]

Good doctors rock. Bad doctors suck...big time. Listen to your body, you mind, your heart, and yes, to God. He's got the warranty....

Psalm 103:14- "For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth we are dust."

[gregken77]

i had a doctor tell me i am fat because i am stupid. exact words. he is wrong. i had another doc tell me i had cancer. he was wrong.
i had another doctor tell me i had a dangerous blood clot. he was wrong.
i had another doctor tell me my appendex is F.I.N.E. it ruptured.
doctors told me my baby was having growing pains. 2 of them said that. they were wrong. he had arthritis.
Doctors are not the gods they think they are. there is only 1 GOD. and HE is right. All the time. Trust in him. let the others fade away.

Good Lord ----he said your fat because your stupid? I would have said you (pop) have a black eye because I just hit you! ha ha
Well I called the doctor who put this band inside of me and explained my situation. he said its rare but he has had several patients that he had to fill over the " allowed" fill level. In this 11cc band he will fill it up to 3 more cc's. So Im not stressing anymore over this. I might just have to make another trip down to Mexico is all.


Good doctors rock. Bad doctors suck...big time. Listen to your body, you mind, your heart, and yes, to God. He's got the warranty....

Psalm 103:14- "For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth we are dust."

Good advice ---It always helps to remind yourself who really is in control of our lives. Thanks

[kristina]

SWEET GREG! great news!!!!! i knew it would be fine. i have heard of people going over. and they were fine. :)

yeah that doc blasted me. for real. he was an AF COL. i turned him in. it wasnt the first complaint this guy has had. i switched band docs even though it took me longer to get banded.

[bunnygirl6969]

You sound like you have a grip on the situation, you can do it!!!!!

[nightnurse]

If you want someone to tell you wants wrong with you ask a doctor. If you want to really know whats wrong with you spend 30 minutes with a nurse.

[qmom]

Priceless !!!

[MoOrLess]

If you want someone to tell you wants wrong with you ask a doctor. If you want to really know whats wrong with you spend 30 minutes with a nurse.

AMEN! I was "too tight" for 1.5 years! One visit with a "new" nurse at my surgeon's office - and I started losing weight AND had an unfill (adjustment) that was life-saving for me - I'm losing weight again for the first time in over a YEAR! Yes - listen to nurses - and to that voice inside that we have to be quiet to hear.

[Tinakris]

Greg, my doctor won't fill aggressively for that reason. I asked for more and he said no way because down the road it would come back and bite me. He says a half to a lb a week is enough and I should be happy and focused on that....so don't get worried, just keep workin it!!