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Near Beaumont,Tx..Question for a friend who is wanting information on Lap-Band

:help: :help: A friend of mine is wanting to self-pay to have lap-band.He is 525lbs and is in need of something now! He lives near Beaumont and is wanting a local Dr. who is highly recommended and if anyone knows the cash cost.Houston would be ok to travel to as well....Thanks for any information

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Hands down, Dr. Spivak! His fee is $15K for self pay and that includes the cost of fills. I felt, like many others, that I was in great hands.

Good luck to your friend!

Kj

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I personally chose another weightloss route and I was very successful.My doctor doesn't preform lap-band but suggested this forum for me to ask questions for my friend.Thanks again

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I think Dr Felix Spiegel is 12,500, but not sure.

He is located in the Pt Neches area AND in Houston.

He has a web site - you can look him up and get a number to contact his office for more details.

http://thetexaslaparoscopy.reachlocal.com/coupon/?scid=23077&cid=16460&tc=06030908093258115&kw=141624:25230&dynamic_proxy=0&primary_serv=thetexaslaparoscopy

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Dr. Spivak has a great track record and reputation. He's in Houston also (mentioned previously). Try the website obesityhelp.com that has info. on surgeons and WLS.

Good luck to your friend. Shawn

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I have scheduled my lap band surgery for two weeks from now, with Dr. Michael Hsu (he is in Orange, Texas, just east of Beaumont). He is awesome and charges around 12,700.00 - I'm kind of partial to him anyway, as he cured me from breast cancer in 2003!

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