SouthernMiss

Hattiesburg's Weight Loss Surgery Support Group meets the last Tuesday of each month.

Tuesday, December 29th

6:00 pm

Office of Dr. Beverly Smallwood

206 South 28th Ave. (across from the Super D)

Hattiesburg, MS 39401

601-264-0890

No requirements on the types of surgery, or where you had your surgery.

Loved ones are welcome to come too.

Hope to see you there!

~ Tammy

I am interested in your need to find a fill doctor in Ms. I see you haven't had much response. Have you found someone? I am a wanna be in Memphis and looking for a low states doctor price for the Lap-Band. I think I found maybe 13,500 near Nashville but still checking. The doctor in Memphis I would Like to go to but cost 18,000, will not even take other patients for a fill. I just went to the office last week and they mentioned getting a flood of calls for fills from other doctors and most from Mexico ops. A friend in Dallas had researched doing the op in Mexico. That doctor said he could recommend a friend doctor in Dallas metro area for her fills. Sometimes they have associates that do fills in the states.

I came to the MS site in hopes that there was a lower cost dotor in Mississippi. I had called a doctor in Oxford and got an ungodly price. Over Double of any other price I have ever heard. I wondered if I had gotten the cleaning lady on the phone,but she assured me she answered the phone all the time. Since there is not much traffic on this site, I guess no one is affording the surgery in Mississippi. Let me know how your search is doing and any other information you have. Good luck

Dr. William Avara in Ocean Springs was $15,000 for financed Realize Lap Band. And he will do fills for surgeries done in Mexico.

Hello everyone,

I'm a newbie and am planning to be banded in Mexico as soon as I can get a passport. I can't find a reasonable fee in Mississippi and my insurance has a written exclusion for anything weight related.

Before flying off to Mexico I need to know if there are any doctors in Mississippi who will assume the aftercare and fills?

Thanks for the information.

Warmest regards,

Vivian vsander2@direcway.com

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Dr. William Avara in Ocean Springs does fills for Mexican Lap Band surgeries. Call his office and ask for Lisa.

That slime is just your body's natural secretion to help you get your food down your pipe. It's not harmful. In fact, it means that your body is doing what it is supposed to. But of course, our goal is to eat small enough bites to not have this happen.