The Fourth Fill

I like the support group aspect of it, but the rest I'm with you -- not great communication or organization. I'd schedule the fill for the earlier date and if you don't need it cancel it and leave it at the later date.

such a small fill amount sounds like a waste of trip to me???? (just my opinion)...by my 3rd fill, i was up to 10.75cc. my doc himself actually did my second fill and put in 5cc which he did say was " a lot" at once but i was fine. maybe talk to your doc about getting more (much more) at your next fill? be sure its not a money making tactic (my insurance pays per fill, not per amount...so the Doc really would have racked up had i had to go like 20 times to get to 10.75 instead of just 3!!)

"Talk to my doc" - Good luck with that! Haven't seen him since the procedure - not even for a post-op. It's all PA's and NP's now. Oh - the first three fills are "free". It's reportedly $150 for each add'l. Like everything else you can't get a straight answer. Of course, I've reached my annual deductible so I owe zip for any medical procedure from now until 1/1/11. What's odd is I haven't seen a single EOB for my fills - you know they've got to be billing someone for them - unless they're as disorganized on the end as they are with their fill schedule. The focus is total on getting people in the WLS machine and when they're done it's a kind of "here's you hat, what's your hurry?" approach. I also suspect the price varies by your insurance carrier, so if they can't bill me for any add'l and my carrier only pays the contracted amount, I'm sure dragging these fills out until 2011 when they can nail me for my deductible and co-insurance out the ying-yang is all part of the plan. Wait - maybe I'll be so frustrated with my laugh of progress that I'll let them give me gastric by-surgery - CHA-CHING!