New to this/lots of questions!

starmlm16 · March 3, 2009

I am in Houston also and I went to True Results here and had Dr. Hollis as my surgeon. He was really great.

I am 4 weeks out from surgery and having my first fill tomorrow.

Pain wasn't to bad with this surgery. I had my appendix removed 5 months ago and that was more painful than this. I had my surgery done on Friday and took the next week off work and that was enough time to get back up to speed.

My insurance didn't cover weight loss surgery so I had to self-pay. They have a couple financing options if that is something you can look into. I paid $12,900 for the surgery and two years or 10 fills after that. I look at it like I would rather be paying this off and looking good than contining to be unhealthy and not happy about it.

Becuase I was self-pay I didn't have to jump through so many hoops to get the surgery. I didn't have to have a psych or nutritionist evaluation. All I needed was lab work and a EKG to make sure I was healthy enough for surgery.

Hope this answers some of your questions!!

barkleigh · March 3, 2009

Thanks so much for the feed back. It's good to know about the pain part. I am such a baby sometimes. And the cost...wow i really appreciate ya'all being so honest about it with me. I did call my insurance company and there's a good chance that i will meet the criteria, however, this all goes through the doc. I've been seeing a lot about Dr. Felix Spiegle....(sp?) He's in the woodlands....closer to me that downtown for sure. Any feed back on him? thnx barkleigh