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Chris1982

By Chris1982, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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*slim*    2

*slim*
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Nope. They said I wasn't owed any. They never cashed my. Check for my initial program fee. It was all lumped into one large payment.

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Carrie_C    9

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Maybe, lol!

Well, I got my refund check, but it was a lot more than I thought it would be. So I don't know what happened. But I had to call and call to get it.

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*slim*    2

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I'm just glad that you got your check. I know that I never actually complained to them about her, but I am sure that some people may have. Then again, maybe she just got a better job. Who knows?

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*slim*    2

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Dr Ponce at the Gastric Band Institute is doing my surgery on Jan 26th (I start my pre-op "liver" diet on Jan 12). For those of you who used Dr. Ponce, how did you feel for the first few days post-op and what are your recommendations for pain relief/gas relief/sleeping?

Hey you start your pre-op on Monday! w00t! Congrats. It is getting closer everyday!:grouphug:

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Carrie_C    9

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Yea, I'm glad I got my check too, but I know it is not right. I am just waiting to get a bill from them saying I have to pay it all back. It looks like my program fee was refunded as well as some of the other money I was supposed to get back. So I don't know.

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*slim*    2

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Wow, that is strange. I would think that since they sent you the check that they couldn't really come back and say that you owe it. Of course, just because it wouldn't be right, doesn't mean that they won't do it. Are you going to call and ask, or just wait. I don't know if I could hold on to that much money without spending it.

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Yep - I'm been spending this week getting my "last meals", my favorite restaurants. I have a last business lunch meeting at Sticky Fingers this Monday and then I start guzzling the Glucerna. My pre-op class is Wednesday AM and I get my pre-op lab work done that morning also. Did you have any flavors of Glucerna that you didn't like? I bought a pack of chocolate but I haven't tried it yet.

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*slim*    2

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You know, depending on how many you think you can drink, I found them cheaper at Sam's. I paid $26 for a case of the glucerna.

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Carrie_C    9

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Wow, that is strange. I would think that since they sent you the check that they couldn't really come back and say that you owe it. Of course, just because it wouldn't be right, doesn't mean that they won't do it. Are you going to call and ask, or just wait. I don't know if I could hold on to that much money without spending it.

No, I'm not going to call and ask. I'm just going to go along with it. If they send me a bill, too bad, I have decided I'm not going to pay it back. They can kiss it, LOL! I am going to use it for my college tuition money this summer. It is sitting in my savings account. They shouldn't be charging so much for a stupid "program fee" anyway. I wonder if anyone else has gotten it back.

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No, I'm not going to call and ask. I'm just going to go along with it. If they send me a bill, too bad, I have decided I'm not going to pay it back. They can kiss it, LOL! I am going to use it for my college tuition money this summer. It is sitting in my savings account. They shouldn't be charging so much for a stupid "program fee" anyway. I wonder if anyone else has gotten it back.

I don't know, but I would love to get my program fee back. Even if it was just half.

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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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