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Shelli_d

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Shelli_d    38

Shelli_d
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I'm still in the research phase and this one doctor/hospital has a $200 dollar out of pocket program fee. Did/does any one had to do this?

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aroundthetown    8

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Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston has a $500 program fee that is NOT covered by insurance. I had to pay it, and it suuuuuucks. I can see why they do it, but I wish they would give it back to you if you keep all your appointments for a year or so.

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Shelli_d    38

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wow thats alot..i guess they want to make sure you are totally committed to this life change

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Cindy C    150

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Mine was $100.

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MustangMama    2

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I had a $200 program fee as well. Looks like its common to have some kind of additional fee.

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Pittbull29    1

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Mine was $350.

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SIPS in Seattle    345

SIPS in Seattle
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:blink:Wow?!?!?!? No, my doctor did not have a program fee. Didn't know they did that, what is the purpose?? :blink:

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Jodi_620    37

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$375.00 It was to collect all of the pre-op results, submit to insurance. nutritionist, and a lifetime of aftercare guideance (a big joke considering the surgeonrecently pulled up stakes and moved to Florida)

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shakey88    37

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I had to pay $160 but that was for all the nutrition, exercise and life skills classes that I had to attend!

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Lalola    2

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Mine was 600, and as someone mentioned it is for the aftercare. Able to speak to the nutritionist and what not... I am going to be calling them all the time asking them to give me therapy on all aspects of my life! :)

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SIPS in Seattle    345

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:o Gosh, I'm so glad my surgeon's office doesn't have anything like that. The nutritionist portion was included as well as all my fills for the first 13 months (I've had 6 so far). My last fill was under fluoro and I didn't even have to pay for that.

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killerhighlights    1

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Mine was $300. It paid for my nutritionist visit, physical eval, and nutrition classes that was all required by insurance. But now, they have post-op meetings (like a weight watchers meeting) each month that I get to attend free of charge and I can continue to see the nutritionist. Plus they gave me a binder outlining everything there is to know about the band and foods with the band. So I would say it was worth it.

I'm actually pretty excited about the post-op meetings. I lost the most weight on weight watchers. I suspect it was the group support aspect (and the points system) that did it for me.

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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
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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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