Aloha All,

Hi I'm Kimberly, I live in Volcano, Hawaii. I started my WLS journey in August of 2010. I originally wanted to have the Lap Band, fearing the extremeness(is that a word) of the gastric bypass. Even at my age (36) I asked my mom for her opinion. She said go with the Band. I attended my first informational seminar with Dr Cirangle, and for the first time I heard about the VSG. After my initial consult, I had to go thru the insurance and do the Psych eval, and diet and nutritional eval. Boy was that a chore, I thought i was going insane just trying to get an appointment with a therapist, and then the 4 hour appointment, never wanna do that again. So finally I got approved for the VSG then to my slight dissappointment my surgen is not a provider with my medical, so i would have to get a loan to pay the $9800 up front. Another difficult task, needless to say God has a plan for me and this surgery. Everything is finally looking up, and i hope to have a date sometime next week. I'm planning for early February.

Congrats! Were you able to get a doctor in your network?

Actually Myrori, its a really long and drawn out story, but here goes. I applied for a surgery loan for the 9800 and was turned down only because i'm one of those people who likes to pay cash and not credit card. So the credit cards i do have, i got them only 2 years ago, and they want at least 3 yrs. So I called my Ins company and told my sad story and asked if they would reconsider my request for a LOA (letter of agreement) for payment to the surgen. They agreed. Then they communicated with my surgeon, they talked back and forth on a price, and then my surgeon decided to become a provieder with my ins. So needless to say I was one happy girl on Wed. They have signed the contract and i should get my surgery date next week. (fingers crossed)

That's awesome that everything is working out for you!

Awesome! Keep us posted!

Welcome and I hope you get your surgery date soon!