Hello, My name is Jacque (jackie) and new to this site. I was banded on Oct 6, 2003 by Dr. Pilcher in San Antonio, Texas. I am from Austin, Tx. I am a 35 (soon to be 36) single mother of 2 girls. I have the Swedish Adj Band. I was banded through a research study. I feel very lucky especially after reading all the post about people having trouble with insurance, and insurance not paying. I did not qualify under my insurance for the band because I am a pretty healthy obese person. I wanted to do something before I started having the health problems. I was lucky to hear about the research study and qualify for it. As of my last weight in which was the 5th of this month I have lost 19lbs. I had my first fill on my last visit. I lost most of my weight the first 2 weeks post-op when I was on liquids. I only lost 2 lbs from my post-op visit until my visit on the 5th which was kinda upsetting but then I was also happy that I had lost and not gained. My Dr. said that I had done good because I had lost the weight pretty much by myself without any restriction. I now have had my first fill and I feel no different. I really don't feel any more restriction. He put in 3.0cc.
I look forward to being in this group and gaining all kinds of helpful information, and passing on any that I may have.
Hello, My name is Jacque (jackie) and new to this site. I was banded on Oct 6, 2003 by Dr. Pilcher in San Antonio, Texas. I am from Austin, Tx. I am a 35 (soon to be 36) single mother of 2 girls. I have the Swedish Adj Band. I was banded through a research study. I feel very lucky especially after reading all the post about people having trouble with insurance, and insurance not paying. I did not qualify under my insurance for the band because I am a pretty healthy obese person. I wanted to do something before I started having the health problems. I was lucky to hear about the research study and qualify for it. As of my last weight in which was the 5th of this month I have lost 19lbs. I had my first fill on my last visit. I lost most of my weight the first 2 weeks post-op when I was on liquids. I only lost 2 lbs from my post-op visit until my visit on the 5th which was kinda upsetting but then I was also happy that I had lost and not gained. My Dr. said that I had done good because I had lost the weight pretty much by myself without any restriction. I now have had my first fill and I feel no different. I really don't feel any more restriction. He put in 3.0cc.
I look forward to being in this group and gaining all kinds of helpful information, and passing on any that I may have.
Jacque
10/06/03
Dr. Pilcher
227/208/150