Do I Tell My Current Surgeon?

[Ready4change 0]

Thanks everyone, for the information and the possibility that I can appeal and perhaps win. I am excited and anxious to meet with the surgeon in a couple of days to find out if he will support the decision to request a VSG in his letter to BCBS. I do remember him saying at the informational meeting that he believed in the future, the VSG would become the gold standard of bariatric surgery.

I am a pre-anticipator (just made that up!) and am already mentally skipping ahead to either a "no" or a long battle with no assured outcome regarding insurance coverage; meanwhile, I feel strongly that I want to proceed with the surgery sooner rather than later. My weight continues to creep skyward (42.2 BMI) and I feel strongly that by next year I will have developed Type II Diabetes (I'm two points shy of it according to March blood work).

When I think about traveling to Mexico to have the surgery, I don't worry about the surgery or going out of plan but about follow-up care afterwards and the possible attitude of my PCP (who does not know I am pursuing surgery--it's not required that I meet with her to get approval so I went straight to the bariatric center). I don't know what type of follow up is involved after the surgery. Do stitches need to be removed? I guess I'm afraid of being judged by my PCP. And at this point I'm making it all up in my head. LOL.

For those of you who have had the surgery done outside of the USA, what has been your experience with your local PCP?

Thanks!