I had surgery on March 30. I have yet to have a fill. Why? Because my stupid doctor will not give me one. He says oh ur young, u can do it. If I could do it I wouldn't had surgery, jackass!!! I do feel good about the 40lbs I have lost but I think I can do better if I had a fill. Now that I haven't seen him in about 3 months, the office is calling wanting me to come in for a fill. I told the office I'm not coming in unless I get a fill. If he's not going to give me one I'm not wasting my time and gas to come. Now they are pissing me off...#frustrated#

Frustrating, but note you HAVE lost 40 pounds! It sure beats gaining!

40 lbs is a good loss but most doctors will let you get to a 2 lbs loss a week before they. Get stingy with fills. Mine is tight with filling... Often I had to beg for them and several times I was denied because I had lost 8-10 lbs that month.

Why not go into the office and have a good conversation with the dr... Tell him you got the band to have a tool and you believe with a fill it will be more effective. Not going isn't good.... That's how people get off track so try it one more time and be Prepared with every thing you are doing... So he knows you are doing your part like tracking food, portions, calories etc.

Good luck

Great advice Floridays. I just wanted to add: I dont know about everyone else, but have heard my problem is common. "Exam room amnesia." I forget most of what I want to say/accomplice. FINALLY, I followed thru on an intent to jot my notes on an index card. Put arrows by each point to separate them. It worked fantastically. At first it was rather embarrassing,but only because of my insecurity. It only took one dr. asking one time what the 3x5 was for, and I gave him a brief explanation, how I could never remember....

He complimented me for doing this, and said that he wished more of his Patients would do this(I guess quite a few were doing it too), as it made the appointments much smoother, and the allotted time was plenty in that things were more organized, and the patients much happier.

Anyways, after he said this to me, I never felt embarrassed after that!

Good luck! Sandy