floridagirl23

Please provide link as I am curious although if they have not been doing it long I would be weary. I am leaning towards True You in NC because I have heard they have the highest success rate. I contacted Georgia Surgicare and it was almost the same price so I figured I might as well pay an extra $1K and go with the best. The lowest price I have heard was Dr. Abel Bello who does it in the Dominican Republic for $6,500. He has a practice in Plantation Florida also but he charges $10,500 here in the U.S.

I wasn't aware they even offered this procedure. Or are you talking about Georgia Surgicare? I would be concerned with how many procedures they have done. I believe in order to reach master skill level, you have to have done 50-100 procedures.

I took Saxenda and only lost a couple of pounds but I would be willing to try this when it becomes available - if my insurance covers it. I think anyone that has more than 50lbs to lose would still be better off with surgery. I technically need to lose 75lbs to be normal BMI but would be comfortable with only losing 30-40lbs.

If you don't qualify for the VSG due to your BMI then I would suggest looking into ESG since it is for people with lower BMI's. However, ESG is typically not covered by a lot of insurance plans.

I have Aetna also and was required to take the test in order to qualify since my BMI is only 36. I really didn't think I had sleep apnea either but took it and found out I have very mild sleep apnea which helped me qualify.