adamsmom

I'm on March 10tjh, too. Going to TJ to get sleeved by Dr. Kelly.

I now have my financing and will be able to move foward with my surgery with Dr. Kelly on March 10th! Just so, so happy that this is finally becoming a reality for me! I have already purchased plane tickets and I'm ready to move to the next, healthy stage of my life! Yay me!

I asked the ame question on the other fpurm--answers varied - 5-20 bucks, depending on diffiernt scenarios. Some akso tipped nurses, etc.

Assuming I get mine on the 10th, I wil have left just before you get there, but I'll let you know how it goes,.

Wow, sounds like a coordinator trying to get your business. You ave to go with whom you feel most comfortable, but just know that these forums are crawling with coordinators who want to take business from each other. I have witnessed that some of them will stop at nothing. Try not be be influenced by extreme posts.

work will be there when you get back!

congratulations to you! May you get stronger and feel better each day! Please write lots of details when you feel better.

I am planning on getting mt surgery with Dr. Kelly on March 10th--just trying to pull the financing together. So if all works out, I'll see you at Hospital florence

If all goes tro plan, and I get to book my date for sure--I'll be leaving right as you arrive--ships that pass in the night LOL!

Exactly my experience. I will bring a cashier's check and deliver it by hand when I get there. ALso, by going directly through Dr. Kelly, you don't pay the coordinator fee.

I'm planning to go wih Dr. Kelly at Hospital Florence. Boy oh boy! When I finally book this and confirm I will be on cloud 9! I am also going directly through Dr. Kelly. The coordinators and all their drama are a big turn off for me! I have heard that the guest bed at Florence is very uncomfortable. Has anyone found that to be true? I'll be bringing my mom with me and she's a bi of the Princess & the Pea!

Sorry they did this. If you are obsese enough to qualify for WLS then I hate to break it to you, but the success rate of those who do the diet/exercise/will power route is barely 3%, depending on what stats you look at. Reseach has proven that we cannot treat this disease by will power alone, and diets don't work. Good luck to you, dear.

Also--receipts must be in English, and travel is covered: plane fare for you and one travel companion who will take care of you while you are having surgery (as long as this is the sole reason why you are traveling, and upto $50.00/day EACH for you and a travel companion for hotel (as long as the hotel is not extravagant).

I have been on the phone this week with my FSA with exactly the same question. They CAN and DO cover out of country medical expenses, INCLUDING bariatric surgery, as long as you can get a doctor to write a note stating that the procedure is medically necessary. This is just to ensure you don't go for cosmetic surgery. But it is legit and IRS will not give you grief. If anything, Your FSA company is being like most of them are one way and another--they look for ways to stall reimbursement. Stay on them and insist that they reimburse you. Good luck.

May I ask why you chose to cancel?