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I know that's right. That is expensive.

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Thanks for the info about the band not being filled at surgery

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I know that's right. That is expensive.

Yes I only had to pay $1360 with the other doctor. We drove to Dallas on Thursday meet with doctor he did surgery Friday we drove back home right after I left hospital.

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Thanks for the info about the band not being filled at surgery

No problem every doctor is different.

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Awesome. My copay was $1000 so of that worked for me :)

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Awesome. My copay was 1000 so of that worked for me :)

I paid around $1100 for mine toy doctor . Then like $1200 to the hospital . I had to meet a $5000 deductible.

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I paid around 1100 for mine toy doctor . Then like 1200 to the hospital . I had to meet a 5000 deductible.

So you had to pay $9000 total?

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Well ladies I am getting ready to head to Dr. Hollis office to get my fill. I am so excited and hungry cause I can only have liquids until the fill lol I will report back later to let you all know how it went.

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Well ladies I am getting ready to head to Dr. Hollis office to get my fill. I am so excited and hungry cause I can only have liquids until the fill lol I will report back later to let you all know how it went.

Ok let is know !!!

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If I'm understanding this correctly, you stated that you didn't get filled during surgery? I'm just curious because I did. I believe they gave me 1 or 2cc.

I do owe you an apology. I made an mistake. I guess I was so out of it I thought I heard him say he didn't fill it. I had 3cc's in it and they tried to add 2 more but it made me to tight so I ended up getting just .5 cc's. I go back in 4 weeks to get another adjustment.

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Ok girls I have a question. I purchase Welchs grape juice because on the package it said no added sugar.......why I look at the ingridiants and it says 45 grams. I read more and its saying its the natural fruit sugars. Is that bad? Should I not drink it?

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This is only my opinion, but I think you should not drink it. I think your beverages are supposed to be calorie free except for skim milk. If you really want the juice, or since it is already in the house maybe add a small splash of it to your Water for a little flavor. I like to add about two tablespoons of orange juice to a big glass of ice water. Also know I have not been banded yet. I'm a wanna be :)

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This is only my opinion' date=' but I think you should not drink it. I think your beverages are supposed to be calorie free except for skim milk. If you really want the juice, or since it is already in the house maybe add a small splash of it to your Water for a little flavor. I like to add about two tablespoons of orange juice to a big glass of ice water. Also know I have not been banded yet. I'm a wanna be :)[/quote']

I love grape juice lol I will let the kids have it.

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I do owe you an apology. I made an mistake. I guess I was so out of it I thought I heard him say he didn't fill it. I had 3cc's in it and they tried to add 2 more but it made me to tight so I ended up getting just .5 cc's. I go back in 4 weeks to get another adjustment.

Oh okay.

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Ok girls I have a question. I purchase Welchs grape juice because on the package it said no added sugar.......why I look at the ingridiants and it says 45 grams. I read more and its saying its the natural fruit sugars. Is that bad? Should I not drink it?

Dr. Hollis suggested that I purchase lite cranberry juice. I did for a while and stuck to drinking tea and coffee.< /p>

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