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Pinkygirl    34

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I live in the southwest suburbs and am in need of a new doctor office that accepts bcbs....I am already banded so just need a new doctor for follow-ups and fills. Can anyone assist me?

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divabray    0

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I also have BCBS, I go to UIC, 1801 w Taylor, in Chicago. My Dr.'s name is Elli. He is really nice. 312-996-9646

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Pinkygirl    34

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Most doctors dont accept patients already banded :( does you doc?

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scoutstar29    2

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I have BCBS IL and I am with Dr. Nagel at Northwestern Memorial. It's a nice program.

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Pinkygirl    34

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Where is that scoutstar? Downtown?

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divabray    0

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@ FAYFAYE, I believe so because we have a round table discussion while we wait for the doctor to call us in for our fills and there was a girl there who came from another doctor to him. I provided the number in my first post so you can check it out.

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Pinkygirl    34

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I'm getting so nervous! Im going to call everyone monday! Thanks so much ladies!

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AngelaL    0

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My surgeon was DR. Hungness @ Northwestern (same practice as Dr. Nagle) and he is great too :) all of the staff I have dealt with there has been great. Kaitlin Fiore (NP) did my last fill and she is awesome too! Good luck!

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MizKelly    2

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I go to Dr. Peter Mihalakakos in Joliet.....He is wonderful!!

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Pinkygirl    34

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I called his office in joliet and she's not sure if him or his partner wi take a already banded patients. This is going to be the problem for all doctors :( I hope she calls me back with good news

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FeelingGroovy    2

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I also go to Dr Nagle at Northwestern...I like him and the staff is incredible. Kaitlin did my last fill. She is great so is the rest of the staff. Northwestern also has a lifestyle medicine group with great Drs, Nutritionists and shrinks. I like to get help from every angle...good luck to you!

Ally

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patyann    14

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Dr. Christopher Joyce - Joliet- Bariatric Center of Excellence - Silver Cross Hospital.

BMI Surgery SC

1300 Copperfield Ave

Suite 1060, Joliet, IL 60432

(815) 723-8571

BMIsurgery.org

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Pinkygirl    34

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I just called Dr. Joyce's office and he does accept already banded patients!!! I feel so much better now.....Thanks everyone! Now to pick between silver cross or st. joseph's~ if st joseph accepts me.

Dr. Christopher Joyce - Joliet- Bariatric Center of Excellence - Silver Cross Hospital.

BMI Surgery SC

1300 Copperfield Ave

Suite 1060, Joliet, IL 60432

(815) 723-8571

BMIsurgery.org

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Pinkygirl    34

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Now to choose between doctors! Any objective with dr Joyce?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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