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Princesst...Please give us slow losers some advise as to how you have done soooo well with your weight loss

I am 16 months out and my port is exactly where yours is just at my bra line and it bothers me often. My port also feels very big, as a matter of fact Dec of 07 I had to have a ultrasound and CT my PCP referred me to a surgeon thinking it might be a hernia....Turned out to just be my port and it is fine. According to my fill doctor she says a lot of her patients that have their port placed where we do complain about it being uncomfortable.

A lot of time I have one when I get home from work while I am getting ready to go out. Then several after dinner if we are out with a group of friends. Havent noticed any difference either in the effect.

Without sounding like one big lush, I have continued going out with friends on weekends and I drink mixed drinks with either flat diet soda or Fruit Drinks. I know it has slowed my weight loss down but I went into this as a life long thing and am not going to change my lifestyle so drastically which is also why I dont keep my band so tight that it limits foods, moderation is what I was looking for.

Great post Donna, Thanks. I totally agree with your concept. I have had the band for over a year now and have never kept it so tight that I couldnt eat what I wanted. I entered this trip with the idea that I dont want to be limited to any foods and be on a "DIET" for the rest of my life. I am using the band to help me learn

to eat health and in moderation.

I wish you all the best..._

I was banded Aug 07 and still have tenderness alot with my port. If I could change one thing regarding my band it would be the area my port was place..Being placed right under my left rib my Bra is always putting pressure on it.....Maybe one day I will have my port replaced and moved to a better place.

Thanks Mica for the post. I to get tired of reading post on here bashing Betancourt. I find that to be a very strange remark by Johnnyreno, guess I shoud say the same in response because ANY ONE AT ANY TIME CAN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY SURGICAL PROC NO MATER WHO It IS DONE BY. I can only repeat again "MY" experience at Betancourt went very well.

I had my surg done Aug 07 at Betancourt Clinic....As far as my experience goes Andres and the whole group were great to me. Very

personable and caring.

Just my two cents on the subject....

Wow, Thanks for posting your story....sounds like a very rough 6 months. Having had my surgery done in Tijuana I totally agree that

all the doctors here in the states always want to put the blame on

the surgeons in Mexico....

Thanks for sharing your story...I really enjoyed reading it. Just a reminder of how great are bands are.

I try and stick to the ww points also. Have done ww off and on for so long it seems natural to keep the points added in my head. The weekends are usually what get me off track. I enjoy going out with friends and having a few drinks but during the week I keep a close watch on the points I use.

Does Dr Williams use fluroscopy? and if so is there an additional fee?

Thanks and any info on Dr Williams would be appreciated.

Thanks Jerro for the information. Since your g/f goes to dr Williams can you give me some feed back as to how she likes his office/him. Wondering if he uses fluro to do his fills and what their pre and post fill instructions are.

Thanks for any info you could share.

I go to the office in Roswell and have not had to much trouble except when I was over filled having a choice of driving 5-6 hrs or waiting 2 weeks was not very convenient. I also feel the fees are very high and think its horrible to have to pay for a slight unfill with in a few weeks of paying for a fill.

I can sure relate to the french fries not doing well. Luckily they are the only thing I have found that I cant eat. Thank goodness for baked potatoes.

Wow Sue your weight loss is great. Almost triple mine. Please give an example your daily eating habits and exercise plan.

Thanks

Kim

I have it also and its been really slow for me...

Well put Westcoast....That is exactly the way I want my life with the band to be also.....Being very tight is not worth it to me.

Have a great day.

Thinking of using Dr Williams and checking to see if any one has any info they could share.....

Thanks

I have a lot of problems in that area too and have been told its just my port. (kinda wish they had of put it a little lower)

WOW.....Congrats you look great!!!!

Sorry I cant help with any suggestions but I live in Atlanta Ga and am

also looking for a doctor who will take patients who had surg done in MX

Good luck...

I went along with some other patients who were there and one of them was there for her 1st fill.....I asked to go in and watch and they let me ( had to stay behind the screen) and after I saw her

swallowing the barium and them doing the fill. I told them I didnt see any real need for me to do it....(I know I know...WRONG) We have to keep in mind I was a newbie and yes very naive. I was pretty disappointed today when I got a message from my PCP's off that they

tried but cant find a doctor who will accept me either I will just keep trying hopefully I will eventually find one.

I was banded back in Aug 2007 and I still feel weird port feelings. My port is place right below my bra area and I think that is what keeps it so sensitive at time.

The information I got on the surgeon before I ever went down was on

Dr Lopez...listed as Jesus Martin Lopez Dominguez MD his creditionals look real goon on paper. All of my contact was done through Andres who was very nice and was very caring. Again I will say the experience went very well. I had no problems with any thing other than trying to get my OR and that doesnt seem real important to the people in MX. I never had a barium swallow x-ray done, he Andres did let me go in and watch another patient get her 1st fill and I could have had one done at that point but didnt think it was necessary (if only I knew then what I know now). Hopefully me PCP will be able to locate a doctor since I now have a current ultrasound and CT,EKG and

blood work. Which all came back fine...especially the blood work.