PeggyBluebird

Ladybug, I live in Ohio just 1 1/2 hours from Detroit so I will just be driving there. I think it a bit odd that the surgeons you listed are (I think) the same surgeons that are listed for my surgery in Detroit. They are: Scott Laker, M.D., John Webber, M.D. and Matthew Weiner, M.D. They are pictured on the website for DMC (Detroit Medical Center) as the bariatric surgeons. I am starting to worry about this. My facilitator's name is Margaret and her English is very broken. When I initally scheduled this surgery, I had a different person. I was under the impression that I had to be at DMC a day before my surgery for the normal pre-op testing, i.e. EGD and blood work. Margaret seemed to think that none of those had to be done. Please let me know if you find anymore out. Good luck and lets keep in touch..........if you don't mind! Peggy

I also am getting banded on the 18th of this month. I went through Belite and paid the deposit. I am having my band done in Detroit and have also been getting worried about this being some type of scam. Anyone who has any knowledge of this company, please help!

Hi, I am getting banded on September 18th at DMC. Are any of you having your band done in Detroit? I am a little concerned that I have not been given an order to have a pre-op EGD. Is this standard procedure?

Hi everyone, I am scheduled to be banded on Sept. 18 at the Detroit Medical Center. I am a self-pay and it is costing me $11,700. My insurance would not pay due to my BMI criteria. I am 5'5" tall and weigh 224. I decided to have this done about 2 years ago but after my insurance refused to pay, I started checking into self-pay and Mexico hospitals, etc. I finally found this clinci in Detroit that is affilliated with a group of docs in Mexico. Has anyone out there had a band done by this group called the Michigan Obesity Surgical Specialists? I am preparing for my pre-op liquid diet beginning tomorrow and I can't tell you how nervous and anxious I am becoming. The surgery is supposed to happen at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) but my coordinator speaks very broken English and lately I am starting to wonder if this is some type of scam. Does anyone out there have any words of advice or encouragement for me...........please. I really want to do this but I don't want to get ripped off either. Peggy