Anyone know what day Dr. Hollis performs his surgeries? For example, my Gyno only operates every Thursday.

Just trying to manipulate my July schedule around. Carleigh, from his office is calling me back tomorrow, but I need to work on my schedule tonight and I don't want to put work in a particular sticky spot where he would want to perform the band.

My surgery with Dr Hollis is tomorrow. His surgeries are wednesday and Friday.

Wonderful to know. Good luck tomorrow. How exciting. I should have my date tomorrow. Don't forget to follow up! I can't wait to hear about everything. I plan on keeping a journal.

I am very excited. I'm not sure how I am going to sleep tonight. I took my "before" photos tonight.

Oh, was your egd preformed on a surgery day or is that just in the office, in and out?

I would not be able to sleep. On my last endometriosis surgery, my doc let me take ambien. I suppose you had to drink your icky drink today. That is probably the worst part. it always has been for me!

My EGD was two weeks ago. I'm not sure what drink you are referring to. I have been on this liquid diet for two weeks but that's it. He wants you to lose 10 lbs before surgery.

I was assuming there would be a prep drink like they do when I have had my last the lap surgeries, basically to clean out the insides, but I suppose since you have been all liquids it would make sense that there is no preop drink, which is good, because to be frank you are on the toilet all day, lol. It tastes terrible and i cried when I had to drink it. Funny now.

The preop diet True results gave me allows for 3 oz of lean meat and a cup of greens at night. did he make you go 100% liquid? If so I wanna go ahead and do that. They are planning to get me in in July>

I am so excited for you!

I started my preop diet a week early to help with the adjustment. I was on the same diet you mentioned but there were days that I wasn't hungry so I would just drink a shake for dinner. After the first week you adjust, the headaches go away and you don't feel like you're starving anymore.

was the EGD done in the office, or the hospital. how long did it take, and was it scheduled as a regular doctor appointment or is it considered surgery? just wondering if it will be on a wed or fri.

He is doing my surgery on Thursday, July 19.

Anyone else feel like you are just drifting at sea waiting on his office to call with information on scheduling, fees, etc?

hmmm, maybe I can talk them into getting me in on the 19th as well. Wouldn't that be something. They are not the greatest at doing things very speedily though.

yes, I call them about every day, because I need to know what my portion is. I don't understand how they don't know why this is the 1st thing we need to know. I said, if I am going to be scheduled in July, I need to know now. How difficult is it to figure out 10% of the surgical costs. If you don't mind, what was your part according to your insurance?

I am STILL waiting to find out my portion. My max OOP is $2500 and I have about $2300 left of that. The lady at True Results said my part should be around $1800, but the doc's office would tell me for sure.

I finally called the doc's office on Monday and basically had a nervous breakdown about not having a schedule even though I kept getting told I was going to be called "tomorrow". I know they are busy and I don't want to be "that patient", but I was going nuts and taking way too many anxiety pills because of the lack of schedule (see blog for more details - ha).

I got my email from J (the scheduler) and I am trying to find the webinar I am supposed to watch before surgery.

This whole process is making me crazy.

I take it you live in Houston? What part of town? Is there a bandster group here? I would love to be able to meet up with other bandsters as a support group!

knowing this really ticks me off. They told me they would call me on monday. I had to call them right before 5. They told me they would get back to me on Tuesday, again I called them before 5. Now they have told me they would call me today with #'s. I just might lose it too. How do you schedule a surgery that you don't know the cost of???!!!!