msgal2181

I used Dr. Wegner and St. Francis in Memphis also and I was so impressed with my advocate and the nutritionists are awesome! I had surgery on 10/27/2015 and I'm
Doing great! The staff at the hospital were so professional and nice! I had an all around great experience!! So thankful!! Can't go wrong with this group or facility.

When my son was 5 I was talking to a friend about a diet I was on and told her "there's a skinny girl in here somewhere" and patted my stomach and my five year old turned around saw me and loudly ask across the room "well momma why did you eat her?" I wanted the floor to open and swallow me! Kids are honest and sometimes it's brutal!

I have waited 3 years to have weight loss surgery and at 530 in the morning I will be arriving at the hospital for gastric bypass. It's been quite and whirlwind. I'm so nervous. Not about the surgery or the pain but I'm just anxious and feeling like something is going to go wrong and they won't be able to do the surgery. I know this is crazy but it seems to good to be true? Just ready for my life back!! Anyone else have the unrealistic fears ?

Thank you so much! This liver shrink is killing me though. I want to eat.

I went for my pre-op appointment yesterday morning and then at 315 in the afternoon I called and I was approved!!! I'm so excited and so ready! Surgery date Oct. 27th at 0530 am!

I called. I've called everyday. It's pending now and I'm going to call again today! I'm glad I called though because the first day they told me they had to send a letter out to obtain a denial from my primary insurance (which doesn't cover) and I knew they had that already and sure enough she found it and then told me she sent to pre certification department however when I called them the next day they had it but my insurance company had changed to a national per certification office on October 1st and my stuff was at the wrong place and then the next day and I called and they had it but the office had a system wide failure and it took another 24 hours to get it entered but it's pending now and I'm so excited and so nervous! I have a surgery date of October 27th pending this approval!!! I'm also now a non smoker and got to mark that on the patient information at my eye doctor yesterday and that felt awesome!!! Good luck everyone...

Yes hopefully we can be surgery buddies. I called this afternoon and it's still pending. I'm going to give it a rest for the weekend (only because they won't be there lol ) and start back on Monday morning!! Good luck everyone!!

Right there with you. We submit to insurance Oct. 6th!! So exited and ready. This has really gone fast. At first I was devastated and overwhelmed with all the things I was going to be required to do for approval but my patient advocate at my surgeons office has been wonderful. She had all my requirements listed and appointments made. The process has been much easier and the nutrition and dietician meetings were truly valuable!! Good luck everyone!! Hoping for a November surgery date!!

When my son was 5 I was talking to a friend about a diet I was on and told her "there's a skinny girl in here somewhere" and patted my stomach and my five year old turned around saw me and loudly ask across the room "well momma why did you eat her?" I wanted the floor to open and swallow me! Kids are honest and sometimes it's brutal!

When my son was 5 I was talking to a friend about a diet I was on and told her "there's a skinny girl in here somewhere" and patted my stomach and my five year old turned around saw me and loudly ask across the room "well momma why did you eat her?" I wanted the floor to open and swallow me! Kids are honest and sometimes it's brutal!

I just wanted to say please don't get upset when someone doesn't understand your situation. Only you know what you have done and what you are doing. I had a hysterectomy in 2012 and diagnosed with hypothyroidism and I have dieted, I have taken prescription medication, I have joined a gym and given up all the foods I was told to by my PCP who has been so understanding and has told me I needed the surgery. I could not pay the cash price with two kids in college and one in high school so I just kept trying and my weight would drop 10 lbs only to go up 7 lbs and then drop 2 and then gain 15 doing the same thing. This was so hard on me physically and mentally. I fought with my insurance who has a exclusion by my employer and I started saving for a trip to Mexico. My doctor told me my weight had been going up and down around 12 lbs for 18 months no matter what I had tried. People think you are lazy or have no self discipline or you are depressed or have repressed some childhood trauma or just given up. I never gave up and finally my husband was offered a new job with more money and insurance that would cover the surgery and he is so supportive and never questioned changing jobs to give me what I needed. Please don't give up and keep taking care of yourself and let the negative people go. I have seen some people talk about a doctor in Texas, Dr. Kim who has a cash price of 4900 dollars I think. I am not sure what that covers and what the hospital would require but it might be worth looking into for sure. Good luck and Best wishes.