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Has anyone had their surgery or will be having their surgery by Dr. Wegner in Memphis?

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Has anyone had their surgery or will be having their surgery by Dr. Wegner in Memphis?

Me.....had surgery Tuesday

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How are you doing? Did the sure go well? :)

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I'm going to Dr Wegner. I'm hoping to have my surgery in October. Everything I've heard about him is good. I love in Olive Branch, MS.

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I had surgery done by dr. Wegner in 2011 and he was wonderful!!!! I've lost 115 lbs!! He is very professional and knows what he's doing!!! I've recommended friends of mine to him and they've had successful outcomes as well! Good luck!!

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Congratulations! Keep up the good work girl!!! AND Kudos to your friends as well. I am having my surgery done by Dr. Wegner as well. I have gotten my clearance from all doctors, been to the dietitian, went to both nutrition classes and am just now waiting for a call to schedule my surgery. When is it that they look to the insurance company for approval? I haven't heard anything about this part of the process...:/

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I've read that a lot of ppl keep calling their ins company to find out about the approval. You know what they say, the squeaky wheel gets the grease!

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That makes sense. Do you recommend calling throughout the process OR after you've gotten clearance from all specialists, dietitian appts, nutritionalist classes???

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Ill probably wait til I have all my list checked off that my advocate gave me as I'm sure that's the answer I'd get from the ins co.... That they won't do anything until the list is complete

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To Auntiebev726 ~ Ive got my list checked off. I was thinking now would be a good time to call, but I could have swore my patient advocate said that she would take care of it....hmmmmmm

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Oh then I would call the insurance co to make sure your advocate has turned it in. Couldn't hurt! I called and emailed my advocate about an issue that I ended up taking care of on my own, he never responded to either....

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Agree, I called to ask of they have all the papers they needed... At least I felt like I have some sort of control :)

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Today I went to nutrition class #1 & also had my appt with the dietician. I met with my ins advocate & we have everything checked off the list! I have my appts with psyche & cardio coming up. Now just waiting for time to pass..3 more weigh ins & class #2. I hope time goes by fast

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I went to my weigh in today & I lost 5 lbs!! Also, she said that I only have one more weigh in. I thought it was 4 total to have a starting point, then 3 monthly visits.

On a negative note, my H.Pylori test was positive.

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My surgery with Dr. Wagner is scheduled for Nov 5th. Im so excited and nervous at the same time. I start the liver shrink diet tomorrow and was looking for some ideas of what to put together for dinners. Any help would be appreciated :)

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