Re: Digest Number 234

[Guest guest]

so whats the consesus?? to stay laying down? or to sit up?? what

does everyone else have to say?

> I do eat and drink laying down (the nurse gets me a bendable straw

for the

> water and feeds me the applesauce with a spoon). I'm not saying

that

> sitting up will have the same effect for everyone that it does for

me, but

> my experience is that if I sit up with the needle in then I lose

all my

> restriction. On Tuesday this week I went in with 1.4 in my band

for a fill

> of 1.9. When I got home that night I had no restriction

whatsoever and

> could eat as much as I wanted. I went back the next day to have

them look

> at it again and discovered there was nothing in my band and so I

had them

> fill me again without sitting up and now I have excellent

restriction.

>

>

> Dr Rumbaut

> June 5 2002

> 352/316/165

> 3rd Fill - 1.9cc

>

> Re: Digest Number 234

>

>

> > ,

> >

> > How do you test how much restriction you have if you don't sit

up and eat

> > your applesauce? Yesterday they did have me sit up again and

had me drink

> > water three times, and then eat about 1/2 of one of those little

cups of

> > applesauce. After all of that, I felt restriction and said

maybe we

> should

> > stop. Once I laid back down on the table the feeling of

fullness went

> > completely away, so I said I might want a little more in the

band. The

> > doctor got pretty miffed and said that he was told by his nurse

that I had

> > restriction, now WHAT WAS CORRECT. Then the nurse said,

, you laid

> > down, you won't be lying down when you eat so remember that.

Intimidated,

> I

> > said fine and let them remove the needle.

> >

> > Do you eat lying down during your fills? If so, I will refuse

to sit up

> > next time and see if it makes a difference or if maybe some of

the fluid

> is

> > shifting.

> > How many cc's do you have in your band?

> >

> > Thank you for the info,

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Quick response to requesting x-rays and MRI files - just wanted to let you

know why they sometimes ask why you want them. If a doctor requests them,

there is no fee. So, if you have your pediatrician request the records for

you (and he/she gives them to you) you can get any and all records for free.

If you just want them for 'personal use' then they may charge you -

sometimes quite a lot of money. I had my daughter's surgical records faxed

to my pediatrician's office and she faxed them to me - it was free - when I

asked the hospital to fax the records directly to me - they were going to

charge in excess of $35.00 per page!

Robin