Go to Lapband.com and look for Doctors in your state, it says on the website whether they do fills or take Patients from other states.Hope this helps.

Go to Lapband.com and look for Doctors in your state, it says on the website whether they do fills or take Patients from other states.Hope this helps.

Thanks for the post! I checked it but it said there were NONE in my area. Put in a zip code of the next biggest city, still NONE. I'm in the sticks!

But I put in my former zip from out west...my doc wasn't on the list. Yet he is the most sought after doc out there. But I'll check it again in a few months to see if anyone around here is listed....I have to go to Mexico for an adjustment because it's just cheaper to fly to SAN and back than it is to my former doctor, rent a car, etc.

Maybe he is not registered on the site or he just uses a different brand band.

After care is one of the biggest "dirty little secrets" about getting a lapband. Good luck finding anyone to take care of you if you move, have the bad luck to get a "know it all surgeon" who will not listen to you when you start having problems with the band, etc.

I literally have called surgeons in 3 different states and not one will take me as a patient. I am a travel nurse. No one told me I would be joined to my surgeons hip for the rest of my life if I want a fill or develop problems with the lapband. I was never told before surgery that no one would see me except for the surgeon who did my operation if any problems develop.

If I had it to do over again, I would have went with the sleeve.

I contacted 4 docs on that lapband.com site you gave.....they are 1 1/2 hours away but they all said they would take on new move-in patients.

Thanks again!