Knitchic

We have to put ourselves first. We are doing this for our health. They will come around.

Wow your before and after picture is amazing! You should be so proud of yourself. I should get my surgery date when I go next week to meet with the nutritionist and psych evaluation. Good luck with your conversion!

I'm curious about a dual procedure recovery time. I have a fairly large hernia to be repaired at the same time as the bypass. This is expected to be laparoscopic. Does anyone know if the recovery time would be the same as that for bypass only? Obviously everyone's pain tolerance and circumstances are different. I am trying to plan time off work from my desk job with no lifting what so ever. Thank you!

My insurance excludes the bypass even though it is needed for extreme reflux and hernia issues. My surgeon has a bypass package for $25,000 which includes everything except dietician and psych evaluation. I hope to self pay and have surgery this fall.

Hello everyone! I have been lurking for a few weeks. I originally went to the surgeon thinking he would say I needed a Nissan Fundiplication but I was surprised when he said with my BMI of 38 I wouldn't be a good candidate for that procedure and he recommended a gastric bypass as it has a 99% success rate for reflux. My question is has anyone on here had a similar experience? My insurance specifically EXCLUDES all bariatric procedures. We are waiting to hear if they will cover this due to it being for reflux and hernia repair.