peaceluvhappy69

I live in Anchorage, ALASKA. I am 11 months out and have a wonderful fill doctor here. I had surgery in Mexico and most of the Docs here won't touch you. However, I have the best fill Dr. Dr. Leland Jones of Medical Park Family Care will do lap band patients and doesnt care where you had your surgery. He charges $195 which is the cheapest I have found. He doesnt use fluro but if you need xrays or whatever he will set you up. His phone number is (907) 279-8486, His office is on corner of Lake Otis and Northern Lights. Never takes long to get in to see him. I can call one day and get in the next to see him. He is not conservative with fills as long as you arn't having problems. I have a 9cc band with 6.8cc's in it now. Email me if you need more information.

I went to see Dr Leland Jones and he is great. My band was a little to tight went back the next day to have it readjusted and he said if you are still uncomfortable you come back and have it adjusted again. Don't feel bad coming back again. I thought that was great. I will be going back to him. The cost is $225 for the adjustment. Lowest price I have found in Anchorage!

So which Dr's would you recommend in Mexico? :thumbup:

I did over 6 months worth of research before I decided to have my surgery with Dr Lopez Corvalla. I read good and bad things about Dr Lopez before my surgery. The good out weighted the bad and when I spoke with a local Dr and he had attended Dr Lopez Corvalla's training (he trains American Dr's) made me feel better. Dr. Lopez Corvalla was a great Dr when I went to see him. They have alway replied to me regarding any issues or concerns I have had related to my band afterwards. Just because some people had a bad experience with him does not mean all his patient do. There are lots of complications and risk we take when we opt for this surgery. I had a good experience and that is what I am here telling about it. Why is it okay to vocalize all the bad but not the good? Where is the fairness in that?

I had my band done 9/1/05 in Mexico. I live in ALaska and see Dr Cable at HEalth South. He is awesome. It is really expensive they just raised their prices up to 638.00... I have spent more money maintaining my band then I did on the surgery. I have esophagitis issues so I have to open and close my band a lot.

Your band might be to tight. Be careful for esophagitis, it is a common issue with band patients. My dr put me on nexium it was not working so he added Carafate (which is a liquid). I figured out by process of elimination, cinnamon was casuing my isse. I can't eat anything spicy. They recommend you open your band take nexium for a month then get it refilled.

Some days I can't even swallow Water. Now that I figured out what causes it, I don't have to take the medicine daily.

keep a log of what you eat and see if it is a certain food.

I had the lap bamd done 9/1/05 from Dr Lopez Corvalla. It is the best thing I ever did. :smile2: When I was there they went above and beyond my expectations with their care.

I live in Alaska and I have had some minor complications. Whenever I email questions or concerns I get a response with in 24 hours. The minor problem I had was my esphagus swells if I eat anything spicy, I got on nexuim. I finally figured out cinnimon was causing the problems.

I have a friend that went down after I did for the surgery and she like Dr Corvala as well. Highly recommened from Alaska!