I would like to know if there are others on this message board who have had the Realize Band surgery at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth VA and who the dr was who performed surgery.  I'm have a major setback - dr cannot find entry site to make adjustment,, and it is very frustrating when they tell me to come back in a month to try again.  12 weeks Post op with  no fills to date, and the dr who did my surgery deployed to Afghanistan before he was even able to give me the 1st adjustment.  I have seen a total of 3 different drs, and will be seeing a 4th dr in a couple of week.

Well after researching the boards and reading everything I knew to be prepared for the unexpected. I just didn't expect it the first day! The nutrinist had to step out of the room to make some more copies and when she came back she said she had some news. She said it's bad and they weren't sure how it would affect some of us in the room. It seems some insurance companies as of today had a new requirement, 10% of your starting weight has to be lost.

We're supposed to call back tomorrow afternoon to find out if our individual insurance companies have added this new box to check off. I had intended to wean myself off carbs over the next 7 days but tomorrow I'll be "on".
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Thanks so much for the reply Caroline. I'm not sure if Dr. Mo will do the surgery or if Dr. Naziz.
I'll have to ask next week for clarification on that.

Thanks to a nasty little stomach juju bug that I picked up last Spring from eating seafood every other day for a couple of months, I was forced to make that choice. I couldn't eat and drink at meals because I felt like I had swallowed a whale if I did. I realized while doing research that this was something I would have to continue if I chose to continue on the WLS journey. It's a part of life now so that's another box checked. I'm still not able to consume the amount of liquids that I used to do on a daily basis but it's ok.

Hi,
     How did you do on your post op visit? My surgery is on the 24th Feb. I'm excited and a little nervous. I'm 52 and this will be my first major surgery.  I'm on the Optifast diet now and a few days ago I was down 14 lbs.  I do miss food though, we normally go out and eat mexican food on friday night.  Havent missed a mexican night for 2 1/2 years.  Oh well Trying not to think about it too much.  Hope all is well with you.  Take Care, Debbie

It's a newbie,
3 years, 11 months and 46 days that I've been thinking about WLS and I'm ready or at least I believe I am.

My doctor just smiled when I asked for a referral, Tricare Prime here, and said she was wondering why it took me so long. We discussed it in depth and she was just beaming. She's a woman of few words, no-nonsense doctor so it was very unusual to see her like this. I guess she does like me as a patient.

I attended my informational meeting at Blue Point on Monday, scheduled a date with Dr. Moazzez and then was able to get an appointment yesterday due to a cancellation. I felt very comfortable with Dr. Nain, he answered the questions that I had and overall came away with a great plan.
I'm scheduled for the mandatory Tricare requirement of 6 months of supervised diet/nut classes starting on Wednesday.

Has anybody had any experience with this doctor? I've read his bio and compared it to the original doctor that tricare has recommended.

I'm sure I'll have quite a few questions while taking my first steps on this journey.
Thanks,GG