Sun_Flower

On 5/3/2020 at 12:03 PM, Everythinganna said:

On 5/3/2020 at 12:03 PM, Everythinganna said:

I called them once - I was confused by that process. If the procedure isn’t covered then it would be cheaper for me to go to local and pay 10,000 versus 15,500. There are at least three good surgeons in Florida that are in the $10-$11,000 range!

It just depends where you are located. I'm on the West coast and the self-pay options for sleeve are about $20,000 where I live...and that's if you can get a surgeon to agree to self-pay. Most will not do the surgery strictly self pay/ if you have already been denied by your insurance company. It's too much liability. So, the $14-15 K option Blossom offers makes a lot of sense in that case. I'm having surgery at Blossom in July for those exact reasons.

My surgery is scheduled for July 11th! I've been really nervous about flying out of state to have this done. The coordinators have been very kind, but very much saleswomen, so that made me anxious as well. I'm really glad to hear that everyone is having a great experience there, it is very reassuring.

Another worry I have is that when I signed all the consent forms yesterday and the forms mentioned potentially not being able to do surgery if one's liver is too large. I do have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease...but I think many obese people do, and that's why the pre-surgery diet is so important. I know they have to cover all their bases on the consent forms, but a big reason I need this surgery is to treat the NAFLD.