renay67

If you will email me and then I can give you my phone number to text. My recovery has been a bit tough at times but well worth it.

I did have to wait six months but it was because I had what I think was a panic attack and it landed me in the hospital checking my heart. Dr Kelly wanted to wait six months as a precaution. He said he does do revision in one surgery but he did not want to chance that the band may have caused my chest pains. He said his job is to do surgery but his first job is making sure his patients are save. He us really awesome, even though I did not like that I had to wait.

Nicole, i have Gulfstream core source and im well aware of the process. Dr Kelly is awesome, I just had my surgery on June 17th. Insurance covers little in the pre surgery part but 100% of the surgery. So over all I paid about $1,000 out of pocket but it was a little here and a little there not all at once. I can tell you once you get here it will be a minimum of 3-4 months before you have surgery. Get it this year because as of next year our insurance changes and who knows what will be covered.

Thank for keeping us informed. Dr kelly removed my lapband two weeks ago and yesterday he told me I can not have RNY for six months. I will be doing a three month supervised diet with bariatric team. To lose the weight before your next dr appt try the liquid diet (soups and protein drinks). Good luck getting approved and keep us updated. I think if we could be each others support it will help us be more successful.

I had severe pains in my lower stomach. It would not be all of the time. It mainly came on in the middle of the night. It didnt make sense to me but thats what happened. It was SO painful, like crying painful. I ended up having emergency surgery. Good luck getting it out. Surgery was a breeze.

I too am with core source, have either of you found out the if they require 3 months nutrition counseling?