I am from the monroe area and a nurse myself! I use Rita Zuber for my fills. She has a clinic in Calhoun Louisiana. I just LOVE her. She is the sweetest woman. I had my lapband in February in Dallas and she does my fills. I have since moved all of my records to her office and she is now my gp! Ms. Zuber also does the pre-op work ups at her office and refers you to doctor of your choice! she does have her reccomendations also1 She likes to use Dr. Cribbins in Dallas. Thats who is used and he is the nicest man you will ever meet! However if you have someone else in mind she will send your pre-op things to them. She also does the post op care and the Fills! SHe uses a flouro machine to look at your band and port. You can also watch while she is filling you and she gives you a picture to take if you want also! I have had no complaints with her at all. like she told me from the get go---this is not a miracle surgery.YOU have to do your part and work with it!!! That is so true! The only bad experience I have had is with the surgery centers guy Michael Stamper....he never returned my phone calls and i think he was somewhat misleading. With that being said he is not at all affiliated with Rita. He is employed by the surgery center! I highly reccomend her and she is also cheaper thatn anyone else around this area!!!:smile:

I am from Calhoun. Had surgery 9/5/08 with Dr. Cribbins. I had the same trouble with Michael. My husband and I both made call after call to him and it took forever for him to call us back. Nice enough when you finally get him to call you back, but, too little too late!

hey there,

I live in Alexandria and am being banded in Denver. I am looking for someone a little closer to home. I was considering Houston for fills, but Monroe is MUCH closer. Do you have an idea of what she charges for fills?

Thanks!

HI please give me more info on her I need a fill dr pls pls pls update us

I would also like some more info on Ms. Zuber...mainly, will she do a fill on someone who had their band in Mexico? I have a fill doctor but he is 150 miles from me. I checked with Yahoo Maps, and she is 135 miles from me.

Hi I jusr wanted to update yall. I got an apt with Rita Zuber she is a nurse not a dr but she does have the band herself and they were so nice at her office. Here is her info :cursing:

Dr. Rita Zuber

202 Highway 80 E

Calhoun Family Care Clinic LLC

Calhoun, LA 71225

10:45AM

DEC 3

oh I forgot she does floro and charges 215.00

Hi, I had my lapband oct 29, 2008. I live in delhi, la. My doctor is dr. merrian, from shreport la. I get my first fill Dec. 10, 2008. I didn't know there was a doctor in calhound that does fills.

I am from the monroe area and a nurse myself! I use Rita Zuber for my fills. She has a clinic in Calhoun Louisiana. I just LOVE her. She is the sweetest woman. I had my lapband in February in Dallas and she does my fills. I have since moved all of my records to her office and she is now my gp! Ms. Zuber also does the pre-op work ups at her office and refers you to doctor of your choice! she does have her reccomendations also1 She likes to use Dr. Cribbins in Dallas. Thats who is used and he is the nicest man you will ever meet! However if you have someone else in mind she will send your pre-op things to them. She also does the post op care and the Fills! SHe uses a flouro machine to look at your band and port. You can also watch while she is filling you and she gives you a picture to take if you want also! I have had no complaints with her at all. like she told me from the get go---this is not a miracle surgery.YOU have to do your part and work with it!!! That is so true! The only bad experience I have had is with the surgery centers guy Michael Stamper....he never returned my phone calls and i think he was somewhat misleading. With that being said he is not at all affiliated with Rita. He is employed by the surgery center! I highly reccomend her and she is also cheaper thatn anyone else around this area!!!

I just wanted to do an update... I had my apt and I LOVE rita she is sooo nice and for the first time I got to see my band. :thumbup: She also printed me a picture She also gave me a big fill and for the first time I have a restriction :thumbup: It cost 215.00 or 200.00 cash. Anyone needing a fill in louisiana or texas go see her its well worth the money and drive I promise :cool:

Dr. Rita Zuber

202 Highway 80 E

Calhoun Family Care Clinic LLC

Calhoun, LA 71225

She only does fills on wednesday

I am from the monroe area and a nurse myself! I use Rita Zuber for my fills. She has a clinic in Calhoun Louisiana. I just LOVE her. She is the sweetest woman. I had my lapband in February in Dallas and she does my fills. I have since moved all of my records to her office and she is now my gp! Ms. Zuber also does the pre-op work ups at her office and refers you to doctor of your choice! she does have her reccomendations also1 She likes to use Dr. Cribbins in Dallas. Thats who is used and he is the nicest man you will ever meet! However if you have someone else in mind she will send your pre-op things to them. She also does the post op care and the Fills! SHe uses a flouro machine to look at your band and port. You can also watch while she is filling you and she gives you a picture to take if you want also! I have had no complaints with her at all. like she told me from the get go---this is not a miracle surgery.YOU have to do your part and work with it!!! That is so true! The only bad experience I have had is with the surgery centers guy Michael Stamper....he never returned my phone calls and i think he was somewhat misleading. With that being said he is not at all affiliated with Rita. He is employed by the surgery center! I highly reccomend her and she is also cheaper thatn anyone else around this area!!!:thumbup:

I haven't had my first fill yet. Does it hurt? Also can you feel it afterward - the restriction inside or only when you eat?

What are the rules to eating?

As you can tell my doctor hasn't told me anything since the surgery two weeks ago. :girl_hug:

wow your dr is not doing so good... ok the first fill you will probably feel nothing... it takes a few fills you know. The fill itself does not hurt just a little stick and thats it :thumbup: What you eat depends on your fill but either way you will have to be on liquids the day of your fill then the next few days start slow to see what you can handle. You dont feel it on the outside only the inside. I went 4 months with no restriction then finally I went to rita zuber now i have restriction and I am on mushies right now still after 4 days its great you will see how it is dont worry :girl_hug:

Well, I took everyone's advice and I called Rita Zubars office. I have an appointment tomorrow (12/31) at 10:15 for my first ever fill. I had surgery 6 weeks ago, and I am very ready to keep this thing going! Thanks for the referral!

I have had fills at the office in Calhoun as well. I received a letter stating that they are going to charge for the fills I am not sure if this letter was sent to every patient that has had a fill or just the ones without insurance. If it was sent to everyone, I think that the patients that have insurance should call and see what they are allowed to charge for the fill. It is going to depend on if Rita is a provider with your insurance. If she is, she can not charge you $250 unless you are required to meet your deductible before they pay. If your insurance only requires that you pay a co-pay then they can only charge you the co-pay. They have told several people that they will have to pay the $250 to get a fill even if their insurance company is a provider and I am here to tell you that this is called insurance fraud!!!!

I'm so glad to find this blog! I had my surgery 9/16/09 w/ Dr. Cribbins and he was awesome. I seen the earlier post and I had the same problems with Michael Stamper! I'm scheduled to go get my first fill 11/4/09 @ 9:00am!