04/13/09 VISIT AT DOCTORS OFFICE

Apr 14, 2009

Well this was a very interesting visit...... I had no restriction in my 4cc band with 4 cc's filled. Started to ask alot of questions to Dr. H. Telling him a was concerned and confused why he would use that size of band if our fat melts from the inside out??? Now I have no where to go.... and after gaining 10lbs. he tuned in and was very interested in finding out as well.

Long story short he called for his hand written notes from the hospital and those checked out to match my chart in the office 4cc band. He extracted the saline from my band and there was a little over 4cc in hmmm.. I then asked if it could be a slipped band issue he said no you would have problems eating and drinking. I asked I read on the message boards
other peoples experiences when they over eat such as it comes back up. I asked why doesn't that happen to me. He replied you don't have restriction that was why....... In a nut shell he filled my band with 5cc's the fax came through and his notes indicated 4cc band. SO I asked ok so if I don't have resrtiction now what is the next step he said upper GI dye test and wrote a prescription for me to follow up with my PCP for an authorization. Sending me out to the lobby to drink water
to two 4oz cups of water adn nothing I good feel the first drink make it's way down and the second was a little different.

Nevertheless I wanted to know what was going on and was happy that the upper GI was ordered and after 2.5 hours I left
to return to work. Driving on the 22 freeway home I started to feel a tightening in my chest and my mouth started watering
and silva started to build up and no burping was happening. I got concerned unable to swallow comfortably and called to let them know i was coming back. I arrived to find the doctor was at the hospital reveiwing my chart when then he came back to inform me the bar code sticker from the lapband AP package indicated I have a 10cc band and that explains the no restriction at 4cc's. ah ha..... I am just so relieved that I have a regular band I was really worried for about 4 mos that I was going to have to go through this all ovedr again. I now have 4.5cc's and it's only been 24 hours so i have no idea if that is enough yet......  I will circle back.   Happy as can be.............

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