4altman

Mine ran closer to 4 hours. The first 45 minutes was a general discussion about me and my past diets, and how I made this decision. The rest was spent answering over 500 questions on a computer that for the most part had nothing to do with the situation. "Did I hear voices in my head" etc. Pretty tedious, but friends in other parts of the country have had the same thing.

Hello fellow Nebraskans! I was banded on Wednesday, 4/30/08 at UNMC with Dr. McBride. Surgery went great, and other than a little reaction to the pain meds, I'm feeling pretty good. I do have some port pain and a little heart burn, but the office said that should work itself out in a few more days. I was lucky that I started the process with my insurance carrier (UHC) in December, since that locked me in and I could choose a Doctor. Beginning in '08 they want you to go to a "Center of Excellence", of which there aren't to many in the area (they wanted me to go to Kansas City". It seems like I didn't get attention I could have to setup all of the appointments and surgery date, since I'd done all of the prework on my own and was able to walk into the seminar with everything in hand. I took 3 months to get this put in! Dr McBride and the bariatric center at UNMC are working on getting certified as a Center of Excellence. I'm nervous about the 3rd & 4th weeks on pureed foods and woul love any suggestion anyone may have.