Anyone from wv?

I am from Morgantown, WV. I'm a newbie here!

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I'm from morgantown also!! Who is doing your surgery and where at in the process are you?

I am having my surgery at WVUH with Dr. Robert Quinlin. I work through the hospital, so I have to do a 6 month physician guided nutrition plan because of my insurance. I have my 2nd nutrition class on Sept. 12. So I'm guessing I will be having surgery around the end of January, or sometime in February. I'm so excited, yet soooooo nervous! How about you?

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I am also getting it done through WVUH with Dr. Quinlin. My insurance requires a 6 month supervised diet as well and my second appointmt is sept 9th and the surgery sometime in February. Looks like we are on the same track lol. I know what you mean about being nervous. I'm trying to learn all I can about the surgery and the diet after.

That's awesome! I am trying to learn as much as I can as well. So many new do's & don'ts! But it will be worth it in the end! Glad I made a new bariatric friend! lol We will have to keep each other up to date on our journies to the new us!

That's awesome! I am trying to learn as much as I can as well. So many new do's & don'ts! But it will be worth it in the end! Glad I made a new bariatric friend! lol We will have to keep each other up to date on our journies to the new us!

At first I was upset about waiting 6 months but I'm glad I have the time to do more research and prepare myself. And yes we will deffinantly need to keep each other up to date. I also have my psych appointment on the 5th.

I am from Clarksburg and Dr. Quinlin did my surgery on Monday (Aug. 26). He removed my band and revised me to gastric.

I really like him as a surgeon/doctor. He was really the first doctor to try to help me with all the trouble I was having with my band. My original surgeon left WVU a year after I had my surgery, which left me on my own to find a new one. I then went to see one in Charleston and he didn’t seem very interested to help.

Like I said, I really think he is a good doctor. And it makes me feel better that he trained under the doctor that did my parent’s surgeries in the late 90’s.

I am from Clarksburg and Dr. Quinlin did my surgery on Monday (Aug. 26). He removed my band and revised me to gastric.

I really like him as a surgeon/doctor. He was really the first doctor to try to help me with all the trouble I was having with my band. My original surgeon left WVU a year after I had my surgery' date=' which left me on my own to find a new one. I then went to see one in Charleston and he didn’t seem very interested to help.

Like I said, I really think he is a good doctor. And it makes me feel better that he trained under the doctor that did my parent’s surgeries in the late 90’s.[/quote']

How are you feeling now? Were they good about turning everything into insurance to get it approved?

Well I have PEIA, which is one of the worst insurances to have for this surgery. They agreed to pay to take out my band, but would not pay for the revision. So I was self pay. But Dr. Quinlin did talk to them to try and get them to approve it. Honestly that meant a lot to me because no other doctor has tried to help like he did.

I am still feeling a bit sore, but overall I feel good. The recovery with my band was easy compared to this. But I would never recommend the band to anyone because of all the problems I had with it.

I'm glad your doing good. And thank you for the info. I went into the information seminar convinced I was doing the lap band until I learned more about it. The bypass just seems like the better match for me. Dr. Quinlin was very nice and informative.