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I have been considering weight loss surgery since 2002. Since then I have gained more weight, developed diabetes, hypertensoin, restless leg and sadness. i attended a seminar last week and have an appointment with a surgeon on tyesday. I just could not make myself have the gastric bypass so I am very excited about all I've heard about the lap band. I will be seeing the surgeons at the South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center. I am praying they will accept me as a patient for weightloss surgery and that things will move onlong well.

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Hi Mary,

You've made the right choice for you and that's all that matters. We all choose the surgery that will suite our lifestyle, right? Congrats on going to the seminar. You've taken the first step toward changing your life for the better. Good luck with your journey.

Tammy P

Lap Band 11/29/07

Dr. Dyer

Centennial in TN.

Tammy's Journey

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Hi Mary! Another Carolina Girl...Woo Hoo!! Good luck to you! I am going to the Weight Management Center of Baptist Medical in Columbia. Still pre-op, but waiting on insurance approval.

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Hey Kathy,

I saw Dr Givens yesterday. I have to move quickly and get my psych eval done. He told me that since I am a cash patient I can have my surgery whenever I want. That is the only advantage to being a cash patient. He did advise me to write to my congressman about the state employee insurance not covering weight loss surgery. I plan to do just that. I hope you will soon get you insurance approval. Best wishes. Mary

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Mary,

I am on the state health plan too, so if it weren't for DH's insurance, I wouldn't be covered either.:confused: I was thinking the same thing about writing our Congressmen, but it seems like there should be so much more we could do to help others in our same position who aren't fortunate enough to have other coverage or afford to be self pay. They just dropped the coverage in 2004, but i wonder why?

So I take it everything went well with the psych eval?

Kathy

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