Can any of Dr. Miles or Schmitt's patients help me with a few questions I have? I have BCBS of AL PPO.

How much where you required to pay upfront? (with insurance)

What was the PREop requirement? (liquids for so many days etc?

What is the POSTop requirement? (liquids so many days, mushies.. etc)

I think that's all for now. We have a couple of vacations coming up and I would like to have a heads up on the money so I don't spend it on vacation lol and food requirements..... same.. need to be sure vacation goes along with them.

Thanks!!

Can you say restriction???? OMG! I thought I had restriction before, but WOW! I could only eat about half my bowl of soup for lunch! I made spaghetti for dinner (I usually just eat the sauce) and I could eat maybe 1/2 cup (I really think it was less than that). It usually takes a week or so for my fills to kick in - and boy 7 days later and BOOM! If it gets any tighter, I will have to get an unfill. I am having a hard time with any liquids at bedtime. I try not to drink anything after 7 (I go to bed around 9). I am still choking in the middle of the night. Any suggestions? That is the only rotten part about this.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

=)

Shawna

ford, sounds like to me you need some took out. i dont know what your last fill was, but you might need to get half of it out.

im not sure if im going to get on this time our not. im still got alot of restriction. and i dont want to have to go back and get an unfill. im at 6cc's no on my realize band. i have dropped 20 pounds since my last fill which was back in jan 12th.

Shawna when was your fill? Id give it a little bit of time...it may loosen up some.....GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

Are you taking anything for reflux?

I was suppose to get a fill yesterday but they cancelled and said no one was gonna be there on yesterday for fills so I have to wait til the 23rd. BUMMER and I need one NOW!

On the good note tho, I have lost 45 pounds and my mom measured me this weekend and I have lost some inches. If I remember correctly like 3 in my waist and 4 in each thigh so that is why my pants are baggy. :blushing:

Just thought I would share! I haven't posted in a while. I am hoping to make it to the meeting this weekend.

I was suppose to get a fill yesterday but they cancelled and said no one was gonna be there on yesterday for fills so I have to wait til the 23rd. BUMMER and I need one NOW!

On the good note tho, I have lost 45 pounds and my mom measured me this weekend and I have lost some inches. If I remember correctly like 3 in my waist and 4 in each thigh so that is why my pants are baggy. :cursing:

Just thought I would share! I haven't posted in a while. I am hoping to make it to the meeting this weekend.

That is wonderful Razberry! I'm only down 40 since October but I'm not compliaining! I am wearing 18/20's again and they are actually getting baggy!

It took me awhile to get caught up on all of the posts...I have been so busy with work and school lately I haven't had too much time to concentrate on logging in my diary or posting on here. It's great to see how everyone is doing good!

In my last post I referenced having severe dry mouth...well I found out that the medicine I am on causes dry mouth, but I was too big before for it to effect me! LOL SO, I have had to drop the dosage down to 1/2 and it's getting better. I thought that was funny! Here I was freakin' out because I thought something was really wrong and the whole time I was just "over" medicated!

Hope everyone is doing well... keep up the good, hard work and congrats Jason on your weight loss! :blushing:

~April~

Shawna when was your fill? Id give it a little bit of time...it may loosen up some.....GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

Are you taking anything for reflux?

I think it is getting better. I really think it was the timing. But I actually love this restriction, it is not so tight that I PB and hurt, I just get full quick.

I don't take anything for reflux, I don't think its reflux, I used to have that something awful, I believe it must be if I have any fluids left in my pouch and when I lay down, they must cannot get through. So I now just try not to drink at least 1 hour before I lay down. Which makes me wake up wayyy thirsty! :blushing:

Way to go Raz! You are rockin right along!

April you are doing great too! Yall keep it up!

I am ready for support group this weekend. That is one thing that I do for myself that I feel really helps me on the inside! Hope to see you all there!

Hope everyone's week goes smooth!!

=)

Shawna

I was suppose to get a fill yesterday but they cancelled and said no one was gonna be there on yesterday for fills so I have to wait til the 23rd. BUMMER and I need one NOW!

On the good note tho, I have lost 45 pounds and my mom measured me this weekend and I have lost some inches. If I remember correctly like 3 in my waist and 4 in each thigh so that is why my pants are baggy. :blushing:

Just thought I would share! I haven't posted in a while. I am hoping to make it to the meeting this weekend.

what time the 23rd you going?

April-Im glad to hear that your dry mouth thing is getting taken care of...my gut instinct told me it was prob your medicines....glad to hear youre getting better.

Cant wait til sat!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey my appt is at 3:30 or 3:45 on the 23rd and I soooo need some restriction now! :eek:

We had our own lil support group be4 my appt last time in the waiting area.... lol

Jason, are you goin on the 23rd?

Hi, just thought I'd check in. Well I was supposed to go back in for my fill yesterday but Ashley called me monday and told me that Lisa was not going to be there and would I rather see Dr Miles. I said I don't think so...he's the reason that I'm having to come back in the first place. I'm still bruised where he was digging around.

So raz, she gave you an appt next week? She told me there was nothing until March 9, I told her that I really needed to get in next week cause I am going to Gatlinburg for the first week of March and I really need a fill. If I have to wait till then it will be 2 months since my last fill and I still am not close to my sweet spot. This is so frustrating. I am really thinking about changing doctors. Anyone know of any good doctors around here that would take me?

Congradulations on the weight loss everybody...I can't say that I have lost any in a couple weeks now, and on top of that I am getting sick so I just can't get anything going right...:eek:

Hey my appt is at 3:30 or 3:45 on the 23rd and I soooo need some restriction now! :tt2:

We had our own lil support group be4 my appt last time in the waiting area.... lol

Jason, are you goin on the 23rd?

yea im going monday the 23rd. my appoint,enmt is at 330.

so i will be there when you get there. i will be there at 300. i like going early.

i dont know if im going to let him give me a fill our not. dont think i need one but i do want to talk to him.

Well maybe I will see you in the waiting room, however I don't know what you look like so who knows, I usually talk to people in the waitin room tho. I am one of those that seems shy but I am very talkative... lol

I am hoping to make it to the meeting on Sat. Hubby might have to work so I will have to see if my MIL will watch the wild kiddies for 2 hours or so.

I am sooooooooooooo glad it is Friday today, work is sooo busy and I am ready for the weekend. Hoping it is nice to go to Oak Mountain and do some geocashing.. anyone do that? We used to but are getting back into it. It is pretty fun for kids and adults and seeing what the hidden treasure is.... there are even some in clay & trussville.

Anyway I am blabbering and I must go and wake my wild boys and get them ready for school.

wel it was a long night last night. i got a phone call about 10pm and my dad was telling me i need to get up to there house. he couldnt get mom to do anything (talk, keep her head up and so on). so i rushed up there to see her in the car sloped over and dad holder her head up. the medics was working on here trying to get a i.v. started. her sugar had bottomed out. it was so low it wouldnt even show up on the tester. they finally got an i.v. started on her and pushed some d50 and she came around some. it took about 4 hours to get her sugar up to a safe level. i got her back home around 4 am and shes gone to she her dr now.

now to give you a short history on my mom. she has had 3 heart attacks and 2 storkes. she works way to much and doesnt get nowhere near the amount of rest she needs. never eats right and has to take way to much meds to stay alive.

im telling all this to show you why i got this lapband. it wasnt to look better to someone else. to wear smaller clothes, our to even fit in a ride at six flags that i havent been able to ride since i was a little kid. it was to see my kids grow up and hopefully see there kids born and grow up. i want to enjoy life with the love ones around me for a long time to come.

so when you are thinking that you cant do anymore and you wonder if the surgery was worth it. turn and look at the ones around you and say YES it was.

so smile today! because it could be alot worst for all of us!

Dang Jason I hope your moms ok...sounds like she needs to slow down some and take care of herself. I dont think Ive ever me her...

Are you going to the meeting tomorrow?

I hope your mom is doing better Jason.