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I'm a 55 year old female from the greater Kansas City area. I hope to be having my surgery in about 4 weeks!

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Hi dalistone, I'm in the KC area. Since one of the only surgeons around who does the sleeve is in KS I'm sure there are several people who are "here" geographically, but not "here" on this board.

I currently have a lap-band, and know about 40 people in MO and KS who are also banded or have been banded, but don't personally know any sleevers -- that I know about. :)

My band has slipped and I'm working on a sleeve revision. I think. Communication-wise it's a 1 way street so far, so I hope I'm not just in limbo.

35 y/o female here.

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Hi dalistone, I'm in the KC area. Since one of the only surgeons around who does the sleeve is in KS I'm sure there are several people who are "here" geographically, but not "here" on this board.

I currently have a lap-band, and know about 40 people in MO and KS who are also banded or have been banded, but don't personally know any sleevers -- that I know about. :)

My band has slipped and I'm working on a sleeve revision. I think. Communication-wise it's a 1 way street so far, so I hope I'm not just in limbo.

35 y/o female here.

Nice to 'meet' you. Which doctor did you use? I'm going with Doctors Malley and Fearing. I've been hearing a lot about banded people having the band out and getting sleeved. Now I'm glad I didn't get it when I started looking into it! I know several people at work who had the band. It worked great for 3-4 of them and not so great on a few others.

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I'm 5 - 6 years out and except for 3 people with whom I've lost touch with, everyone I know who had their surgery around the time I did or before has lost or needs to lose their band. That includes a few slips and an erosion that were just diagnosed in the last few weeks. I help the admin of this site moderate a board for lab-band and though I'm not terribly active there, I do monitor posts and the prospects look absolutely miserable. I think I've seen all of 2 people banded in the 5 - 7 year range who still have their bands. Granted, a lot of them have quit coming to the board so there are a lot of people we'll never know about. I see a lot of "oldies" wondering if there's anyone out there who still has their band.

I lost weight with it, then gained some back with a pregnancy and now have no fill. My stats are in my signature. I think it's a great short-term tool, but who wants short term?? Diets are short term, too - and cheaper. :)

I have a friend who was banded by Dr. Malley about 6 or 7 years ago IIRC. I considered switching my lap-band aftercare to him, but at the time his wait list to see other surgeons' patients was about 8 months and I couldn't wait that long Yikes. I've heard good things about him. I've never heard of Dr. Fearing. My lap-band was done by Dr. Hoehn through Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He also did my GB, and did my EGD. At this point I plan on having him also do my sleeve, but we'll see once I can actually talk with him about how he does it. One of the surgeons who was with Dr. Hoehn (Dr. Hitchcock) was with Dr. Malley at one point, but I don't know if he still is or not.

So Malley is doing the sleeve now? That's interesting, I wonder when he started. As of about 2007 I think he was still only doing the lap-band. Does he actually do it, or does he have a sleeve surgeon in his practice?

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Dr Fearing joined Dr Malley less than a year ago. She is supposed to be the one who does the sleeve but they said they do them together. Dr Fearing is very nice.

I'm 5 - 6 years out and except for 3 people with whom I've lost touch with, everyone I know who had their surgery around the time I did or before has lost or needs to lose their band. That includes a few slips and an erosion that were just diagnosed in the last few weeks. I help the admin of this site moderate a board for lab-band and though I'm not terribly active there, I do monitor posts and the prospects look absolutely miserable. I think I've seen all of 2 people banded in the 5 - 7 year range who still have their bands. Granted, a lot of them have quit coming to the board so there are a lot of people we'll never know about. I see a lot of "oldies" wondering if there's anyone out there who still has their band.

I lost weight with it, then gained some back with a pregnancy and now have no fill. My stats are in my signature. I think it's a great short-term tool, but who wants short term?? Diets are short term, too - and cheaper. :)

I have a friend who was banded by Dr. Malley about 6 or 7 years ago IIRC. I considered switching my lap-band aftercare to him, but at the time his wait list to see other surgeons' patients was about 8 months and I couldn't wait that long Yikes. I've heard good things about him. I've never heard of Dr. Fearing. My lap-band was done by Dr. Hoehn through Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He also did my GB, and did my EGD. At this point I plan on having him also do my sleeve, but we'll see once I can actually talk with him about how he does it. One of the surgeons who was with Dr. Hoehn (Dr. Hitchcock) was with Dr. Malley at one point, but I don't know if he still is or not.

So Malley is doing the sleeve now? That's interesting, I wonder when he started. As of about 2007 I think he was still only doing the lap-band. Does he actually do it, or does he have a sleeve surgeon in his practice?

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Hello ladies! There are several KC-ers on here we are in the Kansas City social group...feel free to join!

Welcome and good luck :)

Jen

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Hey Everyone!

I will be getting my sleeve this Monday! I am using KC Bariatric with Dr. Kowalski. I have been very happy with this group. The staff is amazing! So kind and supportive. Always willing to answer all my many questions. I also was impressed with the staff I meet at Hospital Specialty and Spine where I will have my surgery. Nice to see some more Kansas people. I live at the bottom of the state but work up in the KC area often.

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Congratulations and good luck! Let us know how things go.

I'm so jealous that you're getting it done so fast. I can't believe that it takes this long just for them to call me with a scheduled date!

Hey Everyone!

I will be getting my sleeve this Monday! I am using KC Bariatric with Dr. Kowalski. I have been very happy with this group. The staff is amazing! So kind and supportive. Always willing to answer all my many questions. I also was impressed with the staff I meet at Hospital Specialty and Spine where I will have my surgery. Nice to see some more Kansas people. I live at the bottom of the state but work up in the KC area often.

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I was sleeved on July 18th by Dr Malley (he actually does the surgery). Other than a problem with nausea right after surgery which got out of control because the nurse at Menorah wasn't giving me anti-nausea meds as often as she was supposed to, I have had a great experience. Since surgery have lost 12 lbs with 28 lbs lost overall. Nice to see other KC people on the board.

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I was sleeved on July 18th by Dr Malley (he actually does the surgery). Other than a problem with nausea right after surgery which got out of control because the nurse at Menorah wasn't giving me anti-nausea meds as often as she was supposed to, I have had a great experience. Since surgery have lost 12 lbs with 28 lbs lost overall. Nice to see other KC people on the board.

So great to hear from you! My big question right now that I would like to ask you is how long did it take for you to hear your surgery date after insurance approval? This is driving me crazy! LOL!

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Sorry, I read your signature now. :)

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When they called to say I was approved they gave me my surgery date right then. They haven't scheduled you yet?

No. :(

Lisa the insurance lady called and said that they had received the approval and the next step is that I would hear from Megan (I think). She is the scheduler. I have waited 2 weeks. I WANT THIS DONE! LOL.

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I would call and remind them. That seems excessive.

I'm hoping for a return call from them tomorrow. I called them a week ago and then this last Thursday I left a voice message.

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