Teachlady

Yes MESSA is the educational insurance for many teachers and support staff. They do not require a pysch eval nor a supervised weight loss program. However retired educators have BC/BS PPO which is a whole different ballgame! James, I'm betting your comorbidites would qualify. Got my fingers crossed for you!!! Judy

Hey there fellow Michibanders. I hope to be one of you soon. I'm in Alpena and will be having Dr. Bhesania do the banding. We have our surgeon consult on the 22nd of this month and hopefully can get a surgery date soon!! I've been doing a lot of research and am glad I found this message board!! Hubby is having the surgery too and we will support each other, but it will be nice to have some online support as well!! Judy

Just wondering if there is anyone in the area that has had the lap band done.

It really will be. And the surgeon said they would do both of us the same day so that's kewl too. Sure hope we get approval from the insurance company in a timely fashion. We're jumping through the hoops now.

I went online and found the Center of Excellence in Port Huron. Figured that would be a good place with an award like that!!

I just now joined this message board. I live in Northern Michigan and we have been to the seminar in Port Huron. We have our doctor's appointment 2/22 and hope to get a surgery date at that time. We means my husband and I. We are both going to have the surgery done. I'm anxious to get in here and become acquainted with you all and to read through the threads.