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Dr. Ron Hekier - who has written 42 posts on Texas Lap Band Surgeons Talk With You.
Getting pregnant after the Lap Band!
Today we had 5 Lap Band patients call the office that they have recently become pregnant! Congrats to all!
Dr. Keilin left her thoughts on a guest post on LapBandDoctors.com
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Lap Band patients win a free trip to Washington D.C.!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Here are some details on an exciting campaign by Allergen, the manufacturer of the Lap Band. Part of the campaign includes a trip to Washington D.C. to meet with lawmakers.
Here are some excerpts from the email I received from Allergan:
Enter the Voice My C.H.O.I.C.E. Contest Program
This contest is for LAP-BAND® System patients. To [...]
Where are the new posts on the Lap Band blog?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Greetings everybody!
You might have noticed, at least I hope you did:) , that we haven’t had any new blog posts for a while on the blog at http://blog.noscales.com
We haven’t forgotten the blog or forgotten the patients that read it. In fact we continue to answer questions on blog posts. In the past few [...]
Blue Cross denial of care update
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Last week, we wrote about an arbitrary decision by Blue Cross Blue Shield to remove the designation as a Blue Bariatric Center of Distinction from Wadley hospital here in Texarkana. This was despite the program having that designation for several years, and nothing changing in our program and having no patient deaths or changes [...]
Blue Cross Blue Shield to deny teachers and other groups access to care
Sunday, February 21, 2010
People,
This is an urgent message about some unsettling news.
Last week Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana was informed by Blue Cross Blue Shield that they were immediately losing their Bariatric Center of Distinction designation, effective Friday February 26. They sent us this notification by email on Friday Feb 12 at 3:12 PM, I’m [...]
F— it.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Keilin and I had another chance to visit with Craig Thompson. Craig is the man behind the website
Weight Loss Surgery Channel and he was gracious enough to have Dr. Keilin and I share our knowledge with his audience. (Craig is a successful gastric bypass patient from many years ago.) [...]
Why your Doctor would like to live on curly fries.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Recently I had a patient that was doing well but had a minor slip-up in the past 6 weeks. They had done well in the year or so since their Lap Band, but gained weight uncharacteristically since the last visit. We went over their food choices and it turns out that they had seemingly “fallen [...]
7 things you do that don’t count as exercise
Saturday, September 12, 2009
When I ask my Lap Band patients if they exercise, I hear a lot stories. Stop your excuses. These 7 things don’t count as exercise. I have heard all of these stories.
1) I have kids (or grandkids) that I chase around.
Nope, sorry that is not exercise unless your 4 year old is running around [...]
Lap Band fill chart
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Per request from one of our patients, here is the official Lap Band Fill chart from Allergan that we have in each of our rooms.
(I know, what am I doing dealing with this at 10:00PM on a Saturday. I need a life…)
People are often surprised to see that they can actually lose weight [...]
Why haven’t you lost 40 pounds this month?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
This week, a Lap Band patient told me they were discouraged. I thought they were doing great as they had lost about 10 pounds since their last visit 6 weeks ago. Overall they had good weight loss. They had good awareness of using the Lap Band as a tool to control their portions by stopping [...]
Monday, June 28, 2010
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