Question:
what happens if you move and need a fill?

what happens if you move 1200 miles away from where you get your lap band? can you find a doctor that will fill your lab band if they didnt do the surgery?    — saraweeks (posted on December 14, 2008)

December 14, 2008
Sara, Yes, you should be able to find a GI doctor to help you with your post surgical care. Ask some of the people where you have moved to who they use or recommend a doctor. Good Luck and God Bless, vinnigirl
   — vinnigirl

December 14, 2008
I would start to go to support groups to meet people. Than you can ask them about the area doctors. I wish you good luck.
   — [Deactivated Member]

December 14, 2008
YOu cannot just go to any GI doctor, nor to any other gbariatric surgeon without research. Best you go to the USA State ma of where you are going on OH and check out alol the LapBand surgeons. Call ahead and see if they take patients from otehr surgeons. Even thoguh our lives here are so mobile, liabilty is great for a surgeon to take any patient that is not theirs. Also go on the web site Allergan.com, the company who makes our band here in the States, and also any Mexican doctor. They will have a list of doctors who wiol take other patients not their own. Remember when you had the band you signed up for lif long car. IT needs to be checked regularly. Just any GI doctor will not do. It is your responsibility the rest of your life to find care for it. I travel a lot and find a LapBand doctor ahead of time anytime I'm gone for a long period of time.
   — Barb McGraw