Any NC peeps?

[Sunnybare 6]

I love there are so many of us tarheels! even tho Im a wolfpack fan. I work in Raleigh at an Endoscopy office as an RN. TracyM I work in Rocky Mt in the ER for 7 years and had initially started with Dr Naziri in 2008 and found out I was pregnant. I have several ex coworkers that had their surgery through him and has done wonderful!. Jaye I am going thru Rex Surgical with Dr Ng. I have heard a lot of wonderful things about Rex. I'm glad your surgery went well and you are on your way. I can't wait to join you all on the losers bench! I am down 31 pounds since starting this journey and am jut starting to notice some changes. Yay! Any of you guys have Cigna insurance?

[Marla 35]

I live south of Greensboro Nc.....

[mom2lucky (suznc) 81]

I have Cigna. My employer had an incentive that if I had my surgery where I work (a hospital), that my co pay was waived. That helped me out a lot. I had met my deductible & apparently exceeded the out of pocket limit so some of my dr bills were covered at 100%. I had my first consult in August & surgery in November so only had to do 3 months of nutr visits. MD visit went well today & I can't to find out my lab results.

[w106fox 62]

I'm on BCBS Blue Assurance program. My insurance from work did not cover any of the surgery so I dropped it and picked up an individual plan.

HW 305 SW 292 CW 282 GW 150

[Sunnybare 6]

That sounds great! I was initially told 3 MD visits, but in actuality it is 90 days... 4 visits. I will have my 3rd visit May 7 and last visit hopefully June 13. When I first tried to have surgery in 2008 I worked at a hospital and they also offered that, but I found out about 1/2 through I was pregnant with my 3 year old angel. You are an inspiration to me looking at your #s. i am currently 14 pds higher than what you started and hope to lose to 150. You have done awesome!

[tbaby 27]

I'm in Charlotte, NC. Had my surgery March 19th. I'm down 49 lbs.

still have issues with getting ally fluids and Protein in.

My dr was Dr Voellinger with Southeast Bariatrics. Wonderful practice. .

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[dejaseana 41]

Im in Jacksonville NC. Had my surgery 9/25/12 with Dr. Miles in Wilmington

[Fancie57 50]

Greensboro here.

[Fancie57 50]

Greensboro here. Surgery on May 20th

[Sunnybare 6]

I went to a support group meeting tonight and they had Protein tastings. Isopure is NASTY! I found a few I think are tolerable. Any favorite suggestions out there?

[BabyGirl127 20]

I'm in North Raleigh. I had my surgery on April 8th in Wake Med Cary. Dr. Bruce was my surgeon. Good Luck!

[tbaby 27]

I went to a support group meeting tonight and they had Protein tastings. Isopure is NASTY! I found a few I think are tolerable. Any favorite suggestions out there?

So far the "Oh Yeah" Protein drinks are good. I couldn't do the isopure. I even bought one to try and mix with something I liked and still thru it away. Nasty!!

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[w106fox 62]

I went to a support group meeting tonight and they had Protein tastings. Isopure is NASTY! I found a few I think are tolerable. Any favorite suggestions out there?

I love the muscle milk- I get the pre-made and the powder :-) my favorite pre-surgery was vanilla - post surgery- chocolate lol. I also make a creamsicle one with the vanilla that's really good :-)

HW 305 SW 292 CW 282 GW 150

[Sunnybare 6]

Hey baby girl, I work in N Raleigh, we do a lot of the preop endoscopies, I may have done yours. How are you feeling now? Tbaby and 106fox I have tried both of those and they are good. I really like Pure Protein as of now, I can't stand it to be thick, it will be interesting to see what I like after surgery. Tbaby I just noticed my highest weight and yours are the same. Congrats on getting down to 282! I look at everybodies weights and journies on here and it makes me happy to see all of these people doing something to improve their life!!

[sunshine413 343]

Charlotte here!! I had surgery on 10/05/12 and I'm down 90#. I had surgery with Dr. Jon Pirrello from Southeast Bariatrics. I had surgery at Northeast Medical Center in Concord.