DreamsOfSkinny

Did you complain of not being touched enough prior to your weight loss?

I think it would take a very long time for me to get tired of the excess of attention from hubby.

What would you do if you had complications while in the states? Have you asked your ins. If they'd cover it?

Thanks! Sadly I had my gallbladder removed 4 months ago and had NO idea there was a procedure that only required 1 incision. Kind of mad no one informed me of my options.... But now hoping I can do this for the sleeve

How much was this Dr in Louisiana? I'm from there and would be tempted if it comes down to ins. Denying me....

Well I've now requested all the 5 yr. documentation, comorbities (sp??), tests results the Dr. Wanted and hope to get everything by Monday.... One more thing down. I'm already thinking I'll have to do the 6 month diet but read on UHC that you can do 2 3 month weight records with Dr. Within last 2 yrs., which I should have. But I'll just take it step by step. I'm already off of work on leave until beginning of Feb. so I am really wanting to get surgery end of Nov/Dec. I'd hate it if I got denied bc wasn't 40 BMI for 5 yrs or no 6 month diet. I did tell my husband today, and he didn't really say much besides you know I'm not on you about your weight. Let me know how I can support you because since you researched this then it must be important.

Oh wow!! 1) i hope you feel better/heal from stitches but 2) get fluids down! Scary. Did ER Dic recommend anything?

You look great! What a big difference from pre op pics. Fantastic loss. When were you sleeved?

Well another curious post I have... How did you tell your spouse of wanting to get sleeved? I have no idea how to go about this as we've been together for 5 yrs with me struggling with my weight the entire time and he is only slightly overweight and hasn't been his whole life like me. I feel like he can't fully relate to this.....I'm tired of losing and gaining and never feeling full and not being able to maintain on my own. I've never been within my healthy weight range since probably I was 5. I want my life! I want a life and don't want the weight to keep holding me back -- from getting my dream job, being confident, feeling sexy/better sex life with my hubby, exercise easier, feel better, wear the clothes I want, be looked at as normal and can hang out at a variety of events.

30 lbs is amazzzzing for 1 month out of surgery! Congrats. That's great that you had someone close to you that went through this prior so you and your husband knew what to expect and trust that Dr. too. Question for you--- you said your daughter had gallbladder issues...that's another concern of mine as I had gallbladder removed in June. 1) I want to find a Dr. that would (could) do keyhole on me so I don't have to have my stomach look like a complete battleground but 2) worried that I would have to wait longer to have sleeve as this surgery is still kind of new..... I also had appendectomy laproscopic as well in 2006.... so my belly button has top and bottom scars.

But look at your progress so far! He must be so excited to have you safe but more so healthier now

Thank you for this info! It's been quite hard to find any program fee information from patients on this site, so have been trying to research this myself. $600 is NOTHING compared to $5,600 good for you!

Thank you for this Rick! I'll look into Dr. Jossart as I see he accepts United Healthcare so hopefully he is in-network. I've heard some great things about him, and now that I've talked to several patients of Cirangle from here I understand that the program fee is not anything negotiable even if my insurance would cover it all. Too bad -- I need to cancel my consult I think now and try to find someone else. I would think that I could have most everything covered as the insurance told me over the phone by UHC and my MAX cost would be $2k as that is all I have left for OOP max until June 30th, 2013. Also I saw that on the Sutter Health website for Dr. Jossart that UHC doesn't require a 3 or 6 month diet period... greattttttt! I'm crossing my fingers on this as I meet the over 40 BMI so hope I could get this done quickly.

Hi OTR -- I see you went to Mexico for your surgery. How do you do follow up appointments?

Hi VST Addict -- that's who I'm seeing on Tues. for consult as I've heard he's the best but when I called coordinator told me it's a $5,600 program fee ontop of the cost of the surgery and what my OOP max is from ins. That made no sense to me and I hadn't heard anyone else on here saying they had program fee... as I have ins. that will cover tests, visits, follow ups, physch eval. What was your experience with his office?

I'd love to know that too beautyandbeyond.

You must be thrilled to be down so much!

onemanwolfpack--- love the name and picture lol gave me a laugh! I said I had insurance, but it seemed like it was more of a cost for self-payers or those that ins. didn't cover tests, etc. Mine does, so it will be one of my many questions for my Tues. consult. This doctor was listed as one of the best sleeve surgeons for San Francisco and the US so I am really wanting to go with him.

I'm from BR but now live in Cali. Thanks so much for mentioning this spider technique as I had not heard of it before! What a great thing!! I need to ask about that and wonder how I can go about locating a local doctor that performs this-- the spider website didn't provide any search engine.

Oh wow! This Dr. office made it seem like they had a supplement package that was crazy expensive so I need to pay $5,600 package fee for tests, supplements, etc. Looks like I need to research more doctors and charges. Thanks for the reply!

So for everyone with UHC, the 6 month diet, does it have to start AFTER you have your consult or can it count for any 6 month range within the last 2 yrs.? I read on the UHC website that you could even combine 2 - 3 month stints within the last 2 years as long as you were weighed each month by a doctor and some notes were written......