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Trish Allen    2

Trish Allen
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I am self pay too. In fact I am financing through care credit. I feel that life is short and I would pay anything to be feel fit and be healthy,,,time to put my money where my mouth is (I've certainly put everything else there)! I'll have pymts of approx. $200.00 a month for a 5 yrs. I spend at least 200 monthly on restaurants, fast food, and junk food. I am 48 yrs old and am having a 'Life Changing Event'! Surgery is tomorrow! Wish me luck and I wish you success and happiness!!!

What a great attitude. You will be successful if you maintain this outlook. Hope I can feel the same as soon as I can get this scheduled. I also am Self-Pay and am trusting that I will make this through.

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Coco's Mum    1

Coco's Mum
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I'm scheduled to have surgery on 7/14/11. My insurance is not covering the surgery so I'm self pay. I'm using all my money for the surgery so I'm worried something will go wrong (ie. port flip, band slip) and I will have to have surgery again and pay for it. Should I be having this surgery if I'm self pay with no money? The followup on fills/adjustments I'll be able to handle but if anything goes wrong, I'm probably screwed. Any suggestions or thoughts?

Oh my gosh --- I'm having Dr. G too !! I'm a 50% pay (have they given you any idea what the cost will be?) but people I have talked to (who did more research that I did) say he is wonderful. I met a nurse in our group session this past weekend who works at UofM hospital. She drives from west of Ann Arbor for Dr. G and she said he's better than anyone at UM. He'll do a fine job for you ... you'll do a fine job for yourself ... you are worth it !

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highland    168

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Check with your insurance company..I was self pay however "if complications arise during or from from the surgery " my insurance company will pay

Good luck :lol:

I am also a self pay and this is my understanding -if complications arise they will step in.

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RobbieNow    0

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I'm scheduled to have surgery on 7/14/11. My insurance is not covering the surgery so I'm self pay. I'm using all my money for the surgery so I'm worried something will go wrong (ie. port flip, band slip) and I will have to have surgery again and pay for it. Should I be having this surgery if I'm self pay with no money? The followup on fills/adjustments I'll be able to handle but if anything goes wrong, I'm probably screwed. Any suggestions or thoughts?

Make sure to check the insurance will cover complications if you are self pay. My insurance not only specifically prohibits WLS, it also specifically says it will not cover any complications from WLS. So I am thinking very hard about how to get the surgery. I may have to change jobs and I really hate looking for a job. Good luck.

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WEESIE    5

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Congratulations on finding peace with your decision. Welcome to pre-bandland!

Thanks everyone for your comments (both for and against self-pay). It's been very helpful in making my decision. I'm going to continue on the path toward bandhood. smile.gif Please feel free to continue responding since I truly enjoy reading everyone's comments.

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DarleneRN    4

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Hi,,are you having any more luck with the Protein shakes? I am on day 2 of the full liquid Proteins and the thought of the shakes makes me queasy. I was able to barely get them down yesterday,,I don't feel today will be any easier. Just the thought of them sickens me, I'm sure it doesn't help that I feel absolutely no hunger...

Good luck! I'm a self-pay also. Got banded June 24, 2011. I'm still adjusting to the Protein drinks etc. Yuck! Haven't been able to drink everything I'm suppose to but everything is suppose to loosen up some eventually.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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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