DR. Byrne and Dr. Morgan from MUSC in Charleston are now offering the lap band surgery. Noone has been banded yet and I hope to be on the list as soon as I get my package filled out and faxed to their office. They only offered RNY before and I absolutely knew that I did not want this. After about a year of research, I finally came to my senses and thought that I would be left with no other surgery choice until this week!! I am so happy! The band is what I want and I hope that everything goes smoothly. I have MUSC Options as an insurance provider and they cover the procedure. It also scares me to see how many people go to Mexico to have this surgery then get home and have nowhere to get follow up or fills. Now that MUSC is offering this, I hope more people will come to Charleston for their care. I'll post soon and keep ya'll updated.

I grew up in SC and miss it sooooo much. IF you are reading this and still living in South Carolina never take it for granted. South Carolina is wonderful and so are the people that live there.

Ok with that said, I am currently living in New Jersey and I wont say how I feel about that but I was banded here by a wonderful doctor.

Now here is the question, my cousin who still lives in SC is looking for a band doctor.............any one have someone that would like to referr? She has checked into a couple of doctors so far and wasnt impressed with either of them.

Any help you could give would be appreiated

Dr. Givens at Lexington Medical center is a Dr. that she should check out. My brother in law had surgery with him and had only good things to say.

Sharon

tammy, i could not find a doc experienced enough in the state of s.c. for me. i was self-pay,monterrey, mx. this was because of dr rumbaut being the most experienced doc i could find. he was great.the cost was $10,600.

he has a friend named dr ponce in dalton,ga that i will probably use for fills. maybe she should check out dr's in atlanta/georgia. there is also dr champion in marietta, ga. i was going to use him if ins had covered.:biggrin1: