lookin2lose

Yes, sometimes it is all about the benjamins! But seriously... I've found myself kind of lost on here checking the prices of the surgery if I had to pay out of pocket. I see the surgery itself is around $8,000 to $10,000 or more. I've read some people go to Mexico for the surgery and kudos to you who did but that's not an option for me. Even if it was, thank Maury for scarring me for life with his "plastic surgery gone wrong" shows. For those of you self payers and even people with insurance coverage I ask.... how much do the fills cost? While it sounds like a very simple procedure, I know doctors can turn things into a major ordeal and make it cost hundreds more than it should. Oh, and if I am wrong on the cost of the surgery, please give me your input on this too!

A good doctor should do a pregnancy test before surgery. If I were you, I would test myself beforehand as well just in case your doctor wouldn't. The reason I say this? My SIL had gastric bypass surgery like 3 years ago. At 1st they did all the testing and then the insurance denied her. Another month or so went by before her doctor got the surgery approved, and I guess they never retested. 2 WEEKS after the surgery she did a home test and found out she was pregnant. To me, for her to test positive 2 weeks after the surgery would mean she would have been pregnant during the surgery, right? All said and done the baby was fine and he is still "normal" developmentally now but a lot could have happened.

Thank you for the fast replies!

Thanks for the price quotes. since there's a difference in pricing I have another little question.... what is the difference between saline and flouro? Is one more effective than the other?

I came across this site when I was looking for chat on lap bands. I am at the point where I just want to research the subject, I don't want to jump into it just yet. I just know gastric bypass surgery is not an option for me because I do not want something that invasive. I've always been overweight and can remember going into 7th grade at about 140 or so and by graduation I was 179. Now, approaching my 25th birthday next weekend, I am 228 lbs. This puts me at a BMI of 39.2 which scares the crap out of me. I mean I am only 0.8 points away from morbid obesity! I don't think I am at the point where I can't move, but for once I'd just like to be able to walk into Victoria's Secret and buy something. My husband often wants to go in and find something for me to help me feel more beautiful, but it makes me feel a little worse knowing the local store doesn't have a plus sized section so NEWS FLASH.. nothing is going to fit me! I love my husband more than anything and while that situation makes me feel embarassed I'm also glad in the respect that he loves me for who I am and doesn't see me as being a grotesquely huge woman. Don't get me wrong, I want to do this for my health first. I want to be there for my son as he gets older and has kids. I don't want him to have to be teased in school because of how fat his mom is. There's just so many reasons I want to lose weight period. I tried Weight Watchers and lost.... and then gained and gained and gained some more. I'm giving it another shot to see how I can do this time around but I just want to know my options. If I fail this time I need to know all of my options to slap my weight issue in the a$$ before it slaps some more on mine along with all of the soon to come health problems. I have a physical scheduled with my doctor for March 8th. Yeah, and I made that back on December 8th! She's a great PCP though and to get a huge time slot with her for something like that is hard. My son is 8 months old and I am at the same weight I was before my pregnancy. I had borderline gestational diabetes, borderline hypothyroidism, and mild preeclampsia. I think for 4 or 5 months my feet looked like Fred Flinstone! All of this landed me with a semi-emergency c-section at 39 weeks 5 days and my son only ended up to be 5 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches. I want another child, but I don't want to go into that pregnancy being overweight and put that baby's life at risk like I did my son's. I'll be lurking around the boards trying to find my information before I go asking questions, but if anyone has some sites with a great explination of the surgery along with before/after care, etc... please let me know! I'm also up for instant messaging if anyone would like to discuss their journy with me!