Medic1969

Soory for the no reply i was still swearing. just my opinion but he would have been fired right then and there. You keep your head up.

I am so depressed. i have been the best patient and never once have complained -- i got banded April 29 2010 -- so i am coming up on a year (keep that in mind).

I dont want to say my dr's name yet. But I weighed 224 at the band. and i was 192 last weigh in. Ive been 192 since last summer. i got down to 184 but i had some phentermine for a month and that really helped. but obviously i dont want to continue with those since i had a lap band for $13K which i paid out of pocket.

Anyway--in january -- he wouldnt fill. said it's fine. i said i was hungry and the indication on the color chart was yellow, but he said he knew better. he said -- "dont become a fill-aholic." he has said this so many times.

then february -- i lost bec of the phentermine. he said i was in the zone and didnt need a fill. i was still 30 lbs from goal. HE DIDNT EVEN LOOK AT THE BAND. he didnt exray or anything.

fine i respected his decision.

Now i went in last week and i had gained up to 192 -- he says NO FILL. again. i asked him why and he said the liquid i drank on the exray was going thru fine. but i am hungry i said. and can eat more than i should as if i have no band at all. i havent had a fill since December and i havent lost..."

he says, "FINE OK, I WILL FILL YOU A LITTLE BIT"

i lay down for the fill and as he has the needle in me i say "so how much are you going to put in?"

he says, and i quote:

"DONT TELL ME HOW TO PRACTICE MEDICINE!"

as soon as the needle was out i told him i wont be back -- i dont care if i have two free fills before my year is up. I told him i have every right to know how much he is injecting into my body. that's not telling him how to practice medicine, it's being an informed patient and i wont tolerate this. i told him i have referred patients to him and now i will not.

he immediately started groveling like a weirdo -- said he's in physical pain bec of a surgery -- to which i said "i dont care. dont come to work if you cant be civil to your patient who spent $13 thousand dollars" he said he's just had a bad day. said he put 3/10 of a ml. or whatever into my band. which is like nothing.

i feel depressed and like i wasted my money. i will have to go to another dr and get fills and pay for it. i have to beg this guy to fill me. i have been a perfect patient. never hassling him. always on time to appts. always follow directions. then he has the nerve to not tell me what he's injecting?

NO -- i hate this guy.

i know the lap band is just a tool. but it's a tool that is supposed to restrict the amount of food i can fit in my stomach and i am supposed to get satiated with less food bec it takes longer to go thru to my big stomach -- sorry for the juvenile words.

but you know what? aside from not being able to eat some foods bec they get stuck - i have no difference. i dont know how much my band is at now - i would guess 5.3 maybe but this guy makes me feel so helpless i can't stand it. i have NO SAY in my treatment. i UNDERSTAND he's the expert and i need to defer to his expertise

BUT HE DOESNT EVEN LISTEN TO ME IN ORDER FOR HIM TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

i tell him i am hungry

i tell him i can eat more than a cup of food

he sees that my pouch is not stretched out or misaligned

and yet he refuses to fill me -- why?

it's not bec he says i need to learn -- he says its bec the exray indicates the liquid is going thru like it's supposed to

ISNT he supposed to take other factors into account? like my physical description?

OBVIOUSLY something is wrong -- i havent lost since AUGUST!!!!!

i have two fills left til i have to start paying $100 each -- do you think that's the real culprit here?

i do

i hate him

Hey Son

Besides being a full time medic, I am a 2nd Dan black belt in Tae Kwon do and teach classes to all age groups 3-5 times a week. I will tell you that though I have no pain in performing martial arts a kick or punch directly to the port site does sting a little, Though there is no way to damage the band or the port you can and usually will have some tenderness at the port especially in sparring. That being said i have learned to block a lot better

Hi!

I am totally new to this forum as of 5 min ago and i am considering different WLS. The one that I have thought was the best one for me so far is banding, but I have a quick question or two.

One of the reasons I want to lose weight so bad is it is a lifelong dream for me to Box or compete in some MMA tournament and I'm worried after this surgery it could be deadly. Everything I read says that you should be able to do anything, but I'm concerned about a kick or punch in the stomach...or while grappling and doing various holds that require squeezing around the body...it could move.

Please...I really want to make the right decision and I'd love to do the surgery, but if you tell me, no..I'll never be able to box or do any of that type of activity...I don't think I'll end up doing it

thanks in advance guys!!!

I am just waiting to get cleared to full exercise this next week and will be starting P90X within the week. The caloric needs of the program as you know are much higher then the band will allow so I will be supplementing protien shakes to ensure that enough protien is taken in. Can't wait to get started though.

I am getting ready to start my p90x and have been researching the caloric intake and trying to figure out how I can make this work. I'm in shape and know that won't be the problem, I'm just worried about not having enough steam to make it through with my limited diet. Has anyone completed the program (no offense if you started and didn't finish) but I want to know how people did in each of the phases. Also if anyone wants to start it with me I think it would be great to have some fellow bandsters right there with me to keep motivated!

There will forever be good days and bad days - must never lose focus on the energy balance.

Brad

Man, how did you do it. I am getting banded on the 8th of february and am looking forward to it. Do you focus mainly on weights or are you doing cardio as well?