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San Diego Bandsters out there?

Erink

By Erink, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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ellie619    0

ellie619
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Hi To All .. I Need A Fill Doc. Here In San Diego.. I Had My Surgery In Tj But Its Very Time Consuming To Go To Tj For A Fill( Should Have Thought About That Before ) Any Way Can Any One Give Me Dr. Muellers Phone # I Need To Know If He Would Be Willing To Take A Look At My Band And Regarding The Fill.

Thanks

Ellie

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Cocoabean    430

Cocoabean
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My insurance group uses Dr. Callery or Dr. Mueller. I attended both seminars, Dr.Callery's several years ago before Lap Band was available here or covered. He was great but preferred at that time to do everything open, not lap.I don't know if this is still true. Also I just couldn't commit to GB, I was too scared. Both of them have excellent records, stats, personalities, etc., but I like that Dr. Mueller has alot of laproscopic experience.

Dr. Callery did my surgery 2-15-08. He did it lap, I went home that evening, and did not have a catheter :party:

I went to Dr. Mueller's seminar as well as Dr. Callery's. My PCP recommended Dr. Callery, so I went with him. I liked them both. Dr. Mueller's seminar was more formal than Dr. Callery's.

It seems to me the biggest difference is that Dr. Mueller is much more structured in his program. Dr. Callery does not have stringent diet rules except for the pre-op fasting. Mostly I based my post-op diet on how I was feeling with general guidelines.

I had my first fill yesterday, all went well.

Denise

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VegasGrace    1

VegasGrace
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Everyone, I came on to this thread for assistance.

I'm in a bad situation where I live and have to get out, quick. But not like today. I can go in 3-4 weeks and still have my family safe.

I need a place to live. I'm online looking at Craigslist but don't know what those city names are or where they are.

I need a good neighborhood that's decent in rent. I can afford rent -I'm not destitute. But I need resources on where to go.

Thanks for any input.

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christasha    0

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Grace I'm not sure what areas you are interested in . . . or that San Diego prices are "decent" at all anywhere - it is rather expensive to live here. Give me more info and I'll try to help . . . but I'm leaving town for a week on Sunday (5-11). Best of luck to you!

Chris

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Vanity    0

Vanity
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Hi, I'm in SD too! El Cajon actually.

I'm going to be banded in TJ by Dr. Ortiz on 6/24!

Is there a group that meets offline?

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Cocoabean    430

Cocoabean
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Hi, I'm in SD too! El Cajon actually.

I'm going to be banded in TJ by Dr. Ortiz on 6/24!

Is there a group that meets offline?

Hello there! Thinner Times offers off-line support, as well as an online forum:

Support Groups | Practice Information

I am not sure if their off-line support is just for patients of their practice, you might want to call to be sure before venturing to Poway.

Best wishes for your surgery!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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