maryb 1 Posted April 26, 2006 My daughter and I went to the seminar. Scheduled an appointment to see Dr. Collier the following Friday. He said we were both good candidates for the surgery. We talked about insurance and what was needed. I don't understand the wait! Dr. Richard Collier does his surgery at the same surgicenter the Dr. Spivak uses. I was private pay because my bmi was under 40 (impossible to get through on my insurance.) When I decided to have it done, I called his office he does the surgeries on Tuesday. They scheduled it for 2 weeks later and gave me the info for the preop diet for 2 weeks. I also had a paper to take to my primary care doctor for blood work, chest xray, and physical. I did this one week before surgery. My daughter decided to private pay yesterday rather then waiting on insurance. She called Capital One for financing, 2 hours later she had her approval, she then called Dr. Collier's office and told them she wanted her surgery on May 16th (3 weeks from yesterday). They said fine come in Friday to get your paper work for testing from primary care doctor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
