my fill dr sucks. what to do?

[pashee 0]

hi everyone,

so, i had the band done in 1/08. so far, not so good. it's either too tight, or too loose. i've lost maybe 25lbs in a year and a half. totally dissapointing.

last friday, i was having a really sharp pain near the port area. i started feeling around, and i could feel something hard further up, and to the right of where the port usually sits.

i called my dr, and his highness only works on thursdays, so i had to wait over a week to go see him. by that point, the pain had mostly gone away, but i still think i feel TWO bumps in the area of the port. so, the port, and something else.

i went to my appt, after waiting almost an hour, he came in, and immediately went to fill me. so, when he was doing the fill, i was telling him i was having pain, which was the main reason why i came in.

he finished filling it, and i was tryin to get him to FEEL the area to see what i was talking about!! i wanted him to show me THIS is the port, and then tell me yes or no if he feel something else.

you know what his response was???!?!? "i don't know anything about that. i've heard of hernia's, but on the other side...." then he just walked out the door, and left me fuming on the exam table.

when i spoke to the nurse when i made the appt, she was telling me he'd examine me, and maybe ask for a barium swallow, or do a sonogram, which set the expectation.

i'm obviously just a port to this guy. i hate going in there. i hate talking to him. i hate his attitude. i hate the fact that he has absolutely ZERO interest in the actual result of this surgery. he's only going to either fill or remove liquid from the band, nothing else.

is this normal? am i crazy to expect more? have most of you found your after care to be similar?

i'm self-pay. i paid $17k out of pocket, and now i'm only paying $50 a visit for fills, which from what i'm reading, is really low.

has anyone had luck switching to another dr after the surgery?

i had it filled a lot, and now the idea of eating is just not fun anymore. i guess that's the point. i'm hoping to start losing weight now for real, but i don't ever want to step foot in that office again.

thanks for reading. i look forward to hearing from others on here if my experience is typical, and i just need to set my expectations lower, or if this is as bad as i think.

thanks!