Hello All,

Has anyone found a fill doctor in the Houston area? My UHC insurance has an exclusion so I'm considering having my surgery in Mexico with Dr. Jose Rodriguez. He charges $7300 for self-pay and I heard he's a pretty good doctor. I don't want to have the surgery until I find a fill doctor near Houston because I won't be able to continuing going back and forth to Mexico. Also, do y'all know anyone who developed the Mixed Connective Tissue (MCTD) auto-immune disease after having the lap-band procedure? I have Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism and was concerned about developing another auto-immune disease after the procedure.

I also had surgery done in Mexico. After interviewing quite a few doctors I just had a fill with Dr. Stephanie Eijsink at Scott & White in College Station. She's great, has a band herself so knows what we're experiencing, charges only $200 with no special counseling or tests necessary ahead of time (not for me anyway), and she's not judgemental about those of us who - out of necessity - had to have our surgery done in Mexico. I highly recommend her.

You can contact Dr. Stephanie at seijsink@swmail.sw.org. I also have her address & phone #, but not handy.

Dr. Marvin in Houston does fills. I called his office to verify this......his office staff said yes. I haven't had any yet......my surgery is this Thursday 12/15 with Dr. Rumbaut in Mexico. But......like I said..I did call to verify.

My doc is Dr. Jose Rodriguez too. And I live in Houston. I do go back and forth. We make a weekend out of it. It still costs me less than a fill in Texas.

I have a friend who is the nurse, of well know Gastric Doctor in Houston that does private fills. She does all the fills for the in office BAND fills, for a flat rate of $85.00. Needless to say she's GREAT.

Would very much appreciate any contact information you have for your friends doctors office. Many thanks.