About 8 hours post up and feeling good so far. Getting my walking in and my breathing exercises in. Just want to express a big thank you to my supportive, caring wife. Its been easier with her by my...
Type: Posts; User: str672
About 8 hours post up and feeling good so far. Getting my walking in and my breathing exercises in. Just want to express a big thank you to my supportive, caring wife. Its been easier with her by my...
Congrats!! I have my surgery on July 17, feeling excited and nervous at the same time. Again Congrats and I hope your recovery goes very smooth!!
You are lucky, you at least have a surgery date. I'm still waiting on insurance approval, I'm hoping this week they approve it and I get my surgery date, but I'm not losing hope, that day will come....
nrfalcon, dont know yet what hospital, not that far yet, I guess I have to get the insurance approval first. Im not to nervous but I am excited. Dr. Gonzalez was awesome, I had seen another doctor,...
anissa christine, omg $5 grand, I better start increasing my money Im putting into my surgery savings account. Goodluck my friend...
nrfalcon, so maybe I have to be prepared for a bigger bill (YIKES), I hope my insurance doesnt require the 3 month diet plan for me, the doctor didnt. Thanks for replying nrfalcon. I just dont like...
Anissa Chistine, your approval was fast, goodluck on your last month of pre-op diet, thanks for replying...
nrfalcon, Less than how many weeks? $2,500 they told me it would be a total of $700.00 (thats including deductible), maybe theres other charges that come up along the way...
My journey to gettin sleeved is getting closer and closer. My case was sent in for approval by the insurance (blue cross blue shield) last wednesday (June 20, 2012). I dont like the waiting game....
Well I met with Dr. John Gonzalez June 1, 2012, immediately I connected with the doctor and that made me feel really good. Not only has he operated on people that work in the same company I work for...
Yep tomorrow will be my first visit with my Doctor, I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I have a list of questions that I have come up with, and will take with me to ask my Doctor. I was...
Can I have his info so I can look him up online? Thanks str672
I've made up my mind on the sleeve but I'm afraid my Dr. might suggest the gastric bypass due to my morbidly obese weight of 350 and very high bmi# of 53. Has this happened to anyone? You want the...
I was wondering if anyone has a list of insurance companies that cover the gastric sleeve surgery? I've heard of some insurance companies will cover it and some will not. I currently have medical...
I also plan on getting the surgery this summer. This would also be the first time for me. I do it my health first, then my family. My health is slowly going bad and i need to do something now before...
Hey whats up, I have my initial appointment with Dr. Michael Seger on June 1, 2012. I was wondering if anyone had used this doctor when I stumbled into this post. Can you share your experience with...
My first appointment in my journey for the Gastric Sleeve Surgery will be with Dr. Michael Seger out of Bariatric Medical Institute (BMI) of Texas (San Antonio, Tx.). I was wondering if anyone has...
So I get met sleeve surgery done, all goes well, I start losing weight. I hit my goal of say 100 pounds, I make another goal, but I hit a plateau and my weight loss stops, what do I do to get passed...
Thanks for the info. and yes i am definately leaning towards the sleeve.
I want to thank every one who replied to my question. All the replies were very helpful, please keep them coming, I think I'm leaning towards the sleeve more and more as I read everyones replies....
Does anyone know of anyone or maybe yourself first got the lap band and then made the transition to the gastric sleeve? My I ask why? I like the lap band because of the surgery being an in and out...
Thanks, I plan to, I have my first meeting with my dr. on june 1...
Have many questions and concerns about the sleeve vs. the lap band...very happy to have found this forum, I'm hoping it will help me make my decision...