Valdosta, GA

[KarenElaine 44]

Where is everyone? If there is a Bariatrics ofc in town there's got to be folks needing support aside from myself.

[Sharpie 3,306]

I don't live in Valdosta but near Live Oak... we have monthly support meeetings here... I had my surgery in Gainesville , Fl... hopefully you can find some other bandsters in your area...

[KarenElaine 44]

When I went for my psych evaluate Tues that there is a support meeting held monthly at the Valdosta Bariatric office. Good to know, cause I hadn't been informed of that yet.

[KarenElaine 44]

A lot has happened in a year. The Valdosta Bariatric clinic is now at Choice Family Medicine. Just happens to be at the office of my primary care manager Dr. Richard Rickman's office.

Jody Young is there (Awesome!) and Dan Ayers, I didn't know him from last year, but he's been great to work with so far as well.

They work with more than one surgeon, so if you go, there are options.

I was initially going to see Dr. Michael Baptista in JAX but had a paperwork hangup between their office and Tri-Care and since I had already had an approval last year for surgery with Dr. Cywes, Jody has been working this closely. Now I'm approved to go with Dr. Christopher Smith in Albany (Tifton).

There is a support goup meeting held at the office each month, although I haven't made it to one yet, I definately will be.

[Jody Young 0]

^{Hello Karen.......}

[catdaddy 232]

Hi everyone, I'm glad there's fellow WLS patients in the area. I had my RNY done in Gainesville, Florida because there wasn't anyone here to do it. I was told by my PCP early in 2014 that Valdosta no longer has a weight loss surgeon. My only problem with not having surgery here was that I ran into complications about 7 days after the surgery and had to be transported back to Gainesville for the recovery. I was lucky insurance covered everything but alas my families hotel bill wasn't.