I'm going to my first appointment tomorrow. Can anyone provide any questions I should ask? I know the basics that you can find on websites, i'm just wondering if there's anything that the experienced have asked or wished they would have asked. :sneaky: thanks :thumbup:

I'd really done a lot of research before I went to my first seminar and didn't have a lot of band questions to ask--they were mostly practice-specific things, like what their pre-op diet consisted of. I also asked about the number of bands the surgeon had placed, the post-op diet, what kind of pain relievers they allowed, and what their fill policy was. There were more, but I can't think of them off of the top of my head :thumbup:

The fill policy is a biggie. I would ask how aggressive the surgeon is with fills. I would want to know how long it is going to take to reach proper restriction and how frequently they will give you a fill. Some doc's make patients wait 6 weeks in between fills.

I see many people in these forums complaining because it has taken them so long to reach proper restriction. Some of them are taking 8 months to get there.

I have the older style band and at first worried it would become a problem at some point but it only took me 2 fills to get good restriction or my "sweet spot" so I began losing immediately.

Best of luck to you.

thanks so much for the imput; had my first visit with the surgeon today and ask most of those questions. I'm approved and now have to participant in the 4 month weight management plan (ironic that i've spent the last 30 years on an unsuccessful one) but whatever the insurance company wants, they seem to get. :scared2: