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OK so the pissed part, Ive been banded for a a year ive lost 10lbs, i find out last august that my band is way to high and way to tight and I have no pouch, I of course find this out after having a week long hospital visit do to severe band pain. My lap band Dr? well he tells me to tell the other Dr to go back to school he has no idea what he talking about and refuses to listen further! trust no more!!!!! Ive always told him that i didnt think it was right that immediatly after tswallowing i can feel it go directly through my band nothing stays ina pouch. He tells me i have no idea what im talking about. awesome. So here i am pregnant I ask a place i got reffered to where i live they say they wont take my insurance they only take the hospitals insurance?! um they dont even have their own plan i checked, she refers me to fills usa not even in my effing area or within 50miles of me. more awesome. So now im 4 1/2 months pregnant having pressure, vomiting, and no one could care less. I will never go back to my previous surgeon. so now im at a loss, anyone in San Diego area that doesnt have Dr martinez for a surgeon or the san diego bariatric on frost street? please! Oh and no on 800get thin im already sueing them for insurance fraud. thanks.

April

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I went to Dr Oliak in Orange and I think he and his office are great. I know its not San Diego but I live in Pismo Beach and the drive was worth it for me...

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Oh, and his stats for complications are zero! Never had a slip or an erosion or a port flip or a leak! He swes the band down so it really cant slip and he uses a mesh under your port so it cant flip...best of luck!

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my problem isnt slipping or anything my band is too high, and there is no pouch. and when i told him after i spent a week int he hospital with sever gastritis, the gave me and endospoce and he wouldnt even look at the images and he told me the images didnt show the band that i was a liar, and i didnt know what i was taling about. and when i said the other gastris surgeon was owrried cause ther was no pouch for mu band and that it was not working correctly which i had been telling dr martinez he just told me to tell him to go bak to school. that was my final straw with him, besides the fact that he way overcharged my insurance. I may have found another who will take me after about 40 phone calls today. i think its just ridiculous that they charge you a fee becuase you didnt have ur surgery with them, it makes it so hard, it almost feel liek they are just preying on me cause im deperate. idk.

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Wow- just wanted to say I am sorry you are having such a hard time. I hope you feel better soon!

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You have to love it when a doctor won't listen to you, don't you? When do you see the new doctor? I hope it works out for you!

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Sounds like you have definite reasons to take him to court. I am far from one who thinks thats the answer for most things. But he is not acting in an ethical manner. Better to step up and prevent him from doing this to someone else. You are close to Mexico and so many people have loved their surgeons down there, maybe that could be an option for you.

As for Dr Oliak, he wont see patient's if he hadn't done the original surgery. I asked him in regards to 2 friends who have had problems with their bands and doctors. He was my surgeon too. I love his office!

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Thanks for the support guys! I have talked to a Dr's office and they are willign to take me but want ot check and see if my insurance will work, if not ill be moving on to another dr, the problem i have is I called a fw offices already and they want 1500$ ust to see me cause i didnt have the surgery with them! ouch! way to prey on the needy! Im already ina suit againt 800getthin I think if Dr martinez harrasses me ill be doing the same with him but im not expecting that thankfully. I just wanna move on and finally either lose weight or move on to something else. It seems liek the only thaing that has been amkign me lose weight is the pregnancy, i do get sick not liek i was htough but i find myself CONSTANTLY starving and feeling sick cause i dont feel like eating all the time but my tumy says i have too. idk. Hopefully iLl hear form the new office this monday, they are only gonna charge me 350$ since i didnt have the surgery and they are seeing if my insurance will cover it cause it includes gym stuff and support group fees or something idk i was crying and olyhalf listening to that part thinking where am I gonna come up with it!

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