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Hi everyone! I live on the west side of Houston' date=' Cypress to be exact. I am having surgery in Tijuana Mexico on March 23. I have insurance but after paying the deductible and co-pays I will come out cheaper going to Mexico. I just moved here in Sep. I am from Longview TX. I would love to meet people in the area who have had surgery or will be having it. We could just talk or we could meet to exercise before or after surgery. If anyone is interested let know and I will give you my phone number.

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Hi my name is amber i recently found out my insurance does not cover this. I was curious. When u do it in mexico do they offer payment plans as well or cash up front?

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Amber' date=' I have United Healthcare. I had to go through 3 months of meeting their criteria but they paid for 80%. I went to Dr. Collier in Conroe. He is AWESOME! And they will walk you through the insurance nightmare.[/quote']

Unfortunately they told me my insurance has an exclusion on this :'(

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Hey fellow Texans! There are a lot of us Houstonions here! I am from the NW area and my surgeon is Dr Turnquest at NW Hospital.

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Hi. I too live in the Houston area. I asked some sleevers if they wanted to get together about a month ago. Since I had to have rotator cuff surgery, was worse than thought. I'm healing fine. Just not what I had expected. Besides that I am moving. Not sure when it could be quick depending on the sale of my house. So if anyone was wondering I just got super busy and am sorry I didn't follow up.

Hope everyone is well and losing!

Can't remember if I wrote this or not but my surgery was at Memorial City hospital by Dr. Leiva. I love him. His office is on 290 near Huffmister.

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Well since we can't get in there can't we start a group here? I'm north of Houston and pre op with dr balette in the woodlands anyone else using him?

I'm one week post-op and I had dr. Balette

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Hello!

Get your maps out, Wortham, TX here. Revision and hernia repair on march 20th, healing well and ready to enjoy life once again.

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Hi Larry here in Houston. I was sleeved 3/26 at Methodist with Dr. sherman! Are there any other Houstonians on here?

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Hi Larry here in Houston. I was sleeved 3/26 at Methodist with Dr. sherman! Are there any other Houstonians on here?

Hey, fellow Houstonian here! I will be sleeved hopefully come July at NW Medical Center with Dr. Turnquest. :)

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Hi Larry here in Houston. I was sleeved 3/26 at Methodist with Dr. sherman! Are there any other Houstonians on here?

Another Houston solution here. Will be sleeve May 20th at Park Plaza with Dr. SHERMAN YU. So how are you feeling 5 days out?

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Hi,

everyone I from Bullard Tx had my sleeve march 4th with Dr.Beall in Tyler TMF...

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Another Houston solution here. Will be sleeve May 20th at Park Plaza with Dr. SHERMAN YU. So how are you feeling 5 days out?

Feeling great, down 20lbs and no pain!

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Hey' date=' fellow Houstonian here! I will be sleeved hopefully come July at NW Medical Center with Dr. Turnquest. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

This is the best decision I made for my health! I feel great.

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Houston here too. Sleeved 12/6/12 with Dr. Hollis at Memorial Herman Southeast. Good to see some fellow Houstonians!

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Houston here too. Sleeved 12/6/12 with Dr. Hollis at Memorial Herman Southeast. Good to see some fellow Houstonians!

How has your post op been.

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How has your post op been.

It's been excellent. I had some complications and was very well cared for. Dr. Hollis went as far as giving me his personal cell phone to keep in contact after hours. He is a very caring physician with great bedside manner. His pa Beth is nice but doesn't think outside the box well. She is however very responsive and enthusiastic.

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