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Dr. Gary Bunch/Dr.Erbella,Bradenton

LynneB

By LynneB, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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LynneB    0

LynneB
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Anyone use them or going to use them? I love Dr Bunch & his assistant Kris. I would love to know if you went to them, how did it go? Any info you can give me would be great. My date is 4/11/08 so its getting close!

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*susan*    1,709

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Hi Lynne, I am so sorry you haven't recceived any responses. I am from Jacksonville, so I am unable to answer your question.

I see that you were scheduled to be banded yesterday. How did everything go?

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Tralynn222    17

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Anyone use them or going to use them? I love Dr Bunch & his assistant Kris. I would love to know if you went to them, how did it go? Any info you can give me would be great. My date is 4/11/08 so its getting close!

Hey Lynne!! I was banded by Dr. Bunch and I love the whole crew over there. Dr. Erbella does my fills and he is the best!

By now you should be banded...would love to know how it all went for you.

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Islandgirl    0

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Hi,

I live out of the country and will be banded in Italy in June. I visit Florida to see my children several times a year. Do you think your doctor will do fills on people living out of the country? I have no one on the island where I live to do this part of the program.

Thanks

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Tralynn222    17

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I have no idea if they would do fills on someone who lives out of the country. You would have to call them and find out. Sorry...and good luck!!

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Islandgirl    0

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Thanks for the reply. I will call them on Monday, and also asked my doctor in Italy to call. I think they may have trained with him. If so, maybe they will be more open to taking me on. Do you know how much they charge for a fill and do they do the fluroscopy each time as well.

Thanks for you help,

Island Girl

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LynneB    0

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Hey sorry I havent been online in a few days. Everything went SUPER! I am 9 days post op now & feeling pretty good except for some lung pain & a swollen baseball sized port. I just love the whole Bunch/Erbella crew too!

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Islandgirl    0

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Scary....why the baseball size lump at the port site? Can you sleep at night or does it keep you awake?

I wondered what your energy level is like. I'm having my banding done next month in Italy while I attend a conference. I'm hoping that I feel good enough to attend all my sessions. Are you really hungry or weak?

Thanks and keep up the good work,

Islandgirl

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Tralynn222    17

Tralynn222
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Thanks for the reply. I will call them on Monday, and also asked my doctor in Italy to call. I think they may have trained with him. If so, maybe they will be more open to taking me on. Do you know how much they charge for a fill and do they do the fluroscopy each time as well.

Thanks for you help,

Island Girl

Islandgirl:

I don't know how much they charge for a fill because my insurance covers them. They charge my ins $180 per fill but it may be different for paying customers. They do the fill in office - no fluoroscopy. If the port is hard to locate they use an ultrasound to mark the spot.

FYI - I had the surgery on a Wed and was back to work the following Monday. :wink2:

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LynneB    0

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My port was swollen because for some reason I had alot of internal bruising. Just they way my body reacted I guess. I was tired the first 3 days but not really weak. I was hurting pretty bad (general soreness) the first 4 days, but you may be different. Good Luck!!

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Hi! Just wondering if anyone had any experience with the doctors in Sarasota? I'm south of Sarasota and am looking for the best doctor who is closest to me. It is good to hear about Bradenton, but am hoping on feedback on others as well. Please let me know! :wink2: Thanks a bunch!

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I had Dr. Erbella and Dr. Bunch. My surgery was 7/2. I was very pleased with them and the whole procedure. I live in Bradenton. How are you doing. Have you had adjustments yet? I get my first in 2 weeks.

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Islandgirl    0

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Hi,

Congrats on getting through surgery. I had my surgery in Italy in June.

Do you have a separate email account? You can email me any questions as jbaumberger@gmail.com

I hope you are doing well with the device and sticking to your soft foods.

Island girl

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

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