I had surgery in Mexico and now I'm looking for a fill doctor in Washington State. Tacoma Radiology used to be the one and only place to get one but they no longer do the fills. Does anyone have any suggestions?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SmartBandsters/

SmartBandsters is NWWLS of Seattle's online support group and they know everything there is to know about who and where regarding fills.

Dr Joseph Cheblis in Ballard will fill you, and is excellent. Dr Kelly Firzpatrick in portland and eugene is also excellent.

And I certainly don't think NWWLS knows everything! There are 3 people in my support group who refuse to go back there becuase their chief nurse is so strict and makes them feel like $%^& if they have not lost up to HER expectations. They call her the "battleAxe". (No offense meant, tereasa -)

Dr Joseph Cheblis in Ballard will fill you, and is excellent. Dr Kelly Firzpatrick in portland and eugene is also excellent.

And I certainly don't think NWWLS knows everything! There are 3 people in my support group who refuse to go back there becuase their chief nurse is so strict and makes them feel like $%^& if they have not lost up to HER expectations. They call her the "battleAxe". (No offense meant, tereasa -)

:bananapowerslide: Oh, I don't take offense. But Smart Bandsters is not the same as NWWLS. We have members from all over the US, Canada, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, the Middle East and China. Many are banded in Mexico. All are welcome - :welcomeB:

And while Jessie, a diabetic and lapband educator, successful bandster and fill tech since 1997, author of a lap band handbook recommended by many doctors, is a source of sound wisdom born of her knowledge of the experiences of thousands of bandsters, she is not the owner and, believe me, more than a little :fencing: goes on on the list! :paranoid

But we are all striving for the same thing --- helping one another achieve goal and maintain goal.

We have had a recent spin-off for those more than a year out who have failed to ever reach goal, even those who stalled just a short ways out after surgery. It has taken off very strong for list less than a week old.

We talk about food CHOICES, not "mistakes". Some choices are good :clap2: and some, not so good. :think

But we never rag on one another for gaining :hungry: , but help one another work out what's going on and lend encouragement to one another to try, try again. :cheer2:

Jessie is harder on herself than she is on any patient... And she is mellowing, too. And for everyone who let's their guilt get triggered, there are are the ones who love her for her unpaid devotion to our list. We are her apostles.