Everything posted by Kat1969
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DC or other who has a gastric balloon? How it going?
dont waste your money on the balloon ether you will be sick most of the time or it wont work i had it done and i wish i hadnt wasted my money or time i lost 20 lbs and that was the first month and that was it. if i was you i would look into vsg surgery , thats what i am doing now after i waisted 8k on the balloon
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
i had the balloon in may 2017 because my husband was against VSG at first but only lost 20 lbs . i will be having gastric sleeve hopefully in march 2018 the balloon was a total waste of time and money.
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
mainly problems with people who have surgery in mexico and since i was looking into mexico at first he was like NO WAY and so i talked to the surgeon who did my balloon and finding out that the requirements for our insurance company are not too bad he is more accepting of my decision.
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
my husband is an emergency medicine physician assistant and was a primary care PAC before that and had seen so many bad out comes from gastric bypass patients but he is willing to accept my decision since reading up on VGS.
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
your doing so good, i cant wait to be done with the surgery so i can just get on with my life.
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
awesome wt loss i only have to do 3 months with nut and 1 pyc visit so i am hoping for early march surgery date and iv been told to maintain my current wt
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
looking at getting sleeved in march 2018, i have to have 3 nutritionist visits did the first one today i am looking for other lower bmi people im right at the cut off of 35 with 1co morbidity of HTN I had the gastric balloon and that was a waist of time and money yes i lost 20 lbs but that was in the first month after placement. i really wanted to do gastric sleeve instead of the the balloon but my husband wasn't to happy about that decision he is in the medical field and doesn't think i need gastric sleeve but its hard to lose and keep off at any weight. and i am so sick and tired of always being on a damn diet. so anyone who had or is gonna have VSG with a lower bmi lets chat.
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lower bmi and gastic sleeve
looking at getting sleeved in march 2018, i have to have 3 nutritionist visits did the first one today i am looking for other lower bmi people im right at the cut off of 35 with 1co morbidity of HTN I had the gastric balloon and that was a waist of time and money yes i lost 20 lbs but that was in the first month after placement. i really wanted to do gastric sleeve instead of the the balloon but my husband wasn't to happy about that decision he is in the medical field and doesn't think i need gastric sleeve but its hard to lose and keep off at any weight. and i am so sick and tired of always being on a damn diet. so anyone who had or is gonna have VSG with a lower bmi lets chat.
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mexico or deal with insurance company
hi everyone i am considering vsg i dont know if i want to deal with all the hoops and time that i am sure my insurance company is gonna try and put me through to get approved when i can get it done in mexico for 5k has anyone had a bad experience in mexico from everything have read so far on here everyone says what a good experience they had i have aways said i would never go to mexico for a medical procedure. my husband is in the medical filed and is not happy about me even considering mexico.
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Experience with the ballon
I had the balloon in may 2017 had no side effects but i only lost 20 lbs and paid 7900.00 i wish i had just skipped the ballon and gotten gastric sleeve you will gain the weight right back
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prior auth
i have blue shield of california and it does cover gastric sleeve with prior auth does anyone have any ideal what they would want me to do to get me approved