I finally called about weight loss surgery and they signed me up for the 16th. The only thing is the lady said she didn't think they offered the sleeve! Only lap band or gastric bypass. I told her on the website (hospital website) had on on the bottom of their site the verticle sleeve. She looked at the site and seemed surprised it was on there and said maybe they do offer it and that I will find out for sure when I go to the seminar.

I hate to waste my time going to the seminar if they don't offer the sleeve. I'm not interested in the other two after what I've read and I hate to go farther away to get it done, but I willif I have to.

The sleeve isn't something that a lot of people sound familiar with. She may not be a part of the bariatric team there.

I went to a seminar a year and 1/2 ago in support of someone looking into WLS & I'm pretty sure that they didn't mention it then. When I went for my seminar in December.. it's what the team was mostly tap dancing about. Good luck, I hope that they have it

The sleeve has only been around for the last 8-9 years and some insurances are just now starting to cover it.

Well the procedure has been around a while, just not used for weight loss so much. It was used to treat ulcers (or so I was told).

Yes I went with my grandma to a seminar 3-4years ago and they did the sleeve but the insurance that most people there had didn't cover the sleeve. Now they do