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I don't want to put a damper on things but I would think twice about self paying. I had my lapband surgery 4/27. I am very healthy with the exception of my weight. My medical clearance indicated I had no heart or other health issues. To make a long story short, my blood pressure went down during the surgery and they had a hard time bringing it back up. I was in recovery for about 6 hours. It finally came back up and I am totally ok but I ended up spending the night in ICU. So far, the doctors and hospital have sent in claims amounting to almost $49,000. The hospital claim was $40,500. I'm sure there are more claims to come. I'm very nervous because I will have to pay 15% of whatever the insurance allows and right now I don't know how much that is. If I were self paying I would be in a panic. You just never know what could happen. However, regardless of how much I end up paying I am very excited about the future.

I have not seen Dr. Hagood mentioned on this forum so I was wondering if anyone had used him. My surgery was approved today by my insurance company and I am hoping to have the surgery within the next 3 weeks. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply MsButterKup. I think Dr. Powell is in practice with my Dr. My Doctor is Robert Hagood. I received some discouraging news yesterday. The girl in Dr. Hagood's office told me the week before last that she would be sending all of the info. to the insurance company last week. I called yesterday and she hasn't sent it. I want so much to get this over with so I can get the weight off and get on with living. Oh well. Thanks again.

I know it is probably simple, but I haven't figured it out. It is probably because it is 2:01 a.m. and I should be in bed. Anyway, I just registered with this site a few minutes ago and now I can't figure out how to post a message. It is easy to reply to a message (as I'm doing now) but how to you post your own comments or questions? It seems like there should be a "Post" button. Anyway, I am new to this forum. I live in Mesquite, Texas. I am waiting to hear from my insurance (GEHA). The information was submitted to them last week. I think I am going to start calling them next week to try to hurry them on. I hope to get to know some of you. I am hoping to have the lap band surgery in early March. Sorry this is so long. And I would appreciate your help in how to post. Thanks,