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He will take over your care even if it was done in Mexico. He's at the Rockwood Clinic 1-800-776-4048 . Jonathan Spitz. I was there on Monday and they were telling me about a girl who had her band in Mexico and the port was eroding through the skin on her stomach. Ugh! Could you imagine.

I adore Dr. Thomas R Brown from CBSI in Denver. He's like Mr. Bean in a way. Dry humor, smiling eyes. I really felt at ease. He just sort of casually sauntered in and started explaining things. He answered all of my questions like we had been friends for years. No nonsense, no little rays of sunshine, just honest to goodness truth. But sadly, that is as far as the good times roll. I had some complications after surgery. At only 2 1/2 months out, my port stitches came loose and Dr. Brown refused to fix it for free. This should have been covered!!! It was less than 90 days out from surgery and typically any complications (surgical errors) are remedied by the MD at no charge. This was not the case. My new MD even agrees that he should have been responsible and liable to fix the port stitches. I was informed by the billing office at CBSI that since I paid the discounted cash pay price of $9900.00 that no complications would be covered. Yes- I paid cash for this through donations from friends, family and a sizable loan. This complication fix/refusal was NOT in the paperwork I signed. NEVER in any of the contracts did it say that since I was paying the lowest fee, I would be getting the lowest quality of car and the lowest amount of service. I have since transferred care to closer to home. I would NOT recommend going to Dr. Brown as a cash pay patient or if you do, get the additional BLIS insurance for cash pay patients that is advertised on this site. If I would have done that, this would not be an issue. I'm going to have to pay an additional $4000 dollars that I don't have to replace the work that should have been covered under the 90 global. This stinks!!!

I adore Dr. Thomas R Brown from CBSI in Denver. He's like Mr. Bean in a way. Dry humor, smiling eyes. I really felt at ease. He just sort of casually sauntered in and started explaining things. He answered all of my questions like we had been friends for years. No nonsense, no little rays of sunshine, just honest to goodness truth. But sadly, that is as far as the good times roll. I had some complications after surgery. At only 2 1/2 months out, my port stitches came loose and Dr. Brown refused to fix it for free. This should have been covered!!! It was less than 90 days out from surgery and typically any complications (surgical errors) are remedied by the MD at no charge. This was not the case. My new MD even agrees that he should have been responsible and liable to fix the port stitches. I was informed by the billing office at CBSI that since I paid the discounted cash pay price of $9900.00 that no complications would be covered. Yes- I paid cash for this through donations from friends, family and a sizable loan. This complication fix/refusal was NOT in the paperwork I signed. NEVER in any of the contracts did it say that since I was paying the lowest fee, I would be getting the lowest quality of car and the lowest amount of service. I have since transferred care to closer to home. I would NOT recommend going to Dr. Brown as a cash pay patient or if you do, get the additional BLIS insurance for cash pay patients that is advertised on this site. If I would have done that, this would not be an issue. I'm going to have to pay an additional $4000 dollars that I don't have to replace the work that should have been covered under the 90 global. This stinks!!! :sneaky:

Thats funny! I was going to Denver before I found Spitz. I'm so happy to not have to take that flight any longer.

Hi judy- I think Dr. Spitz is a great guy. My first fill went great. He was gentle, used the numbing stuff, his staff were also great. If you pay upfront, you get a %20 discount. These are their discount prices. Fill $160. Fill under Fluro $215 If they have to bill you, the fill accourding to my calculation is $192 and if under fluro $258. They always get me in within a week or two. It's never been longer. They do them on Mondays only incase you need an unfill. I strongly recommend them.

I have been looking for a MD to take over my maintence somewhere in Spokane too. Trotters office does charge a crazy fee but it includes a full years worth of fills, unfills, and any complications due to the band. There is another alternative I just discovered. I go Monday to see a new Spokane MD. Dr. Jonathan Spitz at the Rockwood Bariatric Clinic at Sacred Heart. 509-838-2531.

Dr. Jonathan Spitz- Rockwood Clinic @ Sacred Heart 509-838-2531 Ask for the Bariatric clinic. They will probably put you in touch with Carol. Keep in mind that this clinic is BRAND NEW!!! Only Spitz is doing bands. The two others do RNY but they are on their way to being band docs by January. Yeah!!!

Bright and Rawlins are getting their clearance to do the band in January. They just got Jonathan Spitz out of Chicago and he can do bands. I'm going to them for my maintenence. Spitz is going to do my #2 fill next week. I'll let you know how it goes.