jenjen82

has anyone had the spider sleeve? what do you think? who was your surgeon? id love to see pics...

i went to a seminar the other day and on one of the printouts it shows the different features and outcomes of the different surgeries and for the vsg it says that in the first year the average person can lose 46-83% of excess body fat...so there is a big difference from person to person i guess..it sure would be nice to lose 83% the first year...i really can imagine it!!!!!

Wow. Y'all have pointed out some interesting things here. I'm wondering if my quoted price is less than non self payers.....huummm....and yes care credit is only for 18 months then like 26% or fixed for 14.99%. I wish this was covered because my health is at stake ...I hate this

Omg. I'm so sorry iggy. Good luck and take care!!!!

Iggy. What happened?

Thanks everyone for your advise. I don't have a 401k to borrow from. I'll figure this out , I'm going to make some calls tomorrow.

Ok thanks for the advice. I'm just starting to research lap band and trying to understand everything

Im 29years old and weigh212 lbs my bmi is 37 and I have high blood pressure, pre diabetic, insomnia, degenerative discs, I have already had to have back surgery due to a really bad herniated disc and I currently have another herniated disc but it isn't surgical yet. The herniated disc caused nerve damage to my foot resulting in foot drop which has caused me to put on 10 lbs in three months, and because of the foot drop excercising is very limited...I should have five years of documented obesity with my doctor. I have unitd health care and really hope they cover the surgery. Do you think I'm a good candidate?i really believe this would improve my way of life and maybe allow me to live a longer, fuller life...so if anyone has any guesses or opinions of wether I'll be covered and if I'm a good candidate????thanks. Jennifer

Also I was wondering was the fill is that everyone is talking about ? Do you hae to do that forever