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Also, there are a few of us who, although we can afford self pay in the states, we prefer our MX surgeon. (and Cordinator)

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BliS insurance covers you for complications that may arise from surgery. If you have a complication (leak, stricture, bleed, clot in leg, pulmonary embolism, etc...) who pays for the care for that complication? If you have no coverage you may be surprised to find out that you are on the hook, even if you have general medical coverage through insurance. That can be financially disastrous. Thankfully complications are pretty uncommon. You can check out if your surgeon carries BliS by contacting the company via the internet. I provide a complimentary 90 day coverage policy for my patients and thankfully have not had to use it but its better to be covered in my opinion. 8000 for the hospital, surgeon, anesthesia and pre-op and post-op care is a great price! Best of luck to you on your journey!

Dr B

That is a good question for me to ask. As I am unsure. I know that my follow up care is included. I just got my bill this morning to prepay, and with insurance getting some of the cost because of the other things they are fixing, I am paying $7,125.00.

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Musuem-Mama,

Sounds like you have a great deal. Best of luck to you on your surgery!

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Feel like an ass but so grateful after reading this. .my insurance covers EVERYTHING except a $150 nutritionist appt.

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Dr B

That is a good question for me to ask. As I am unsure. I know that my follow up care is included. I just got my bill this morning to prepay' date=' and with insurance getting some of the cost because of the other things they are fixing, I am paying 7,125.00.[/quote']

May I ask you who was your dr? :)

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May I ask you who was your dr? :)

Dr stowers with My Bariatric Solutions.

:)

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Dr stowers with My Bariatric Solutions.

:)

Great price! Do you live in TX??

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Great price! Do you live in TX??

Yes it is! Yes I live in waco. Going up to dallas area for surgery.

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So your insurance is paying for part of it? I called them and they quoted me a different price. Their website says 10,900 I believe.

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Yes it is! Yes I live in waco. Going up to dallas area for surgery.

Cool! I live in MA! , but I like the cash price....how was your experience? Hospital? Thanks :-)

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So your insurance is paying for part of it? I called them and they quoted me a different price. Their website says 10' date='900 I believe.[/quote']

Yes the web says 10, 900..., do you know whats include this price?

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So your insurance is paying for part of it? I called them and they quoted me a different price. Their website says 10' date='900 I believe.[/quote']

Yes, and I signed with them before they went up just recently. Insurance is covering the part for the hernia repair and gallbladder removal. This brings my cost down some. They will work with you on the cost. I have benn so pleased with the assistance they give.

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Cool! I live in MA! ' date=' but I like the cash price....how was your experience? Hospital? Thanks :-)[/quote']

So far so good! Getting sleeved on the 5th of June. Woohoo!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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