toadat911

I was banded 2 1/2 yrs ago and am thrilled to say I've lost 110 lbs and exceeded my goal!! I haven't had a fill for 2 years now and suddenly over the past couple of months I can't get food (and often liquids) down - everything gets stuck. I have ended up in the emergency room twice with severe dehydration. I don't understand what would be causing this when I have had no problems eating as long as I follow a good diet and only eat things that I should be eating. Has anyone had a similar situation or does anyone know what might be happening?

Sorry, my "quick reply" was too quick! The info that they sent to me (and had posted on their web site at the time) said that they did fills under fluro & that during your appt they would do measurements to track weight/inches lost. It just makes me feel a little better (for some crazy reason) to have the fill done under fluro.

I had a fill with them in June. It was my 2nd fill total and my 1st with them. I had stopped in for info and they happened to have an opening so did it right then! They were both very friendly with good information but the fill itself wasn't what I expected based on the info on their website. They had a difficult time finding the port (but my Dr. said mine was sort of hard to get to), they did not do any measuring, and only had fluro available if I suspected a "problem" with the band. I don't know if they didn't measure and had a hard time with the port because it was last minute and their mindset wasn't right or not?

Very interesting the differing opinions about going to Mexico & the "scary" stories about infection! I was banded 01/26 by Dr. Aceves & I think that he & his staff were incredible. My nephew paid almost $18,000 to be banded here in the US last year and got a major infection!