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I did, Had my surgery in Livingston.

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I did, Had my surgery in Livingston.

My consultation is in Springfield but I'm guessing they are affiliated with multiple hospitals. Who was your dr. Also what should I expect in consultation?

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On my first visit he gave me all the paperwork, and told me I had to see the "nut" I'm about 1 1/2 hrs from Livingston, so I asked if I could navigate out of St Barnabus, he told me that was fine ( just remember to get scripts, if you do this, he will give you a paper, but he will still need to give a script} If you navigate within the hospital, expect to spend the day there. I navigated for cat scan, pulmonary, sleep apnea, cardiac, some bloodwork. I always made the "nut' appointment for the same day as I was seeing the surgeon, and she was accomadating.Most people have to lose a reccomende weight loss prior to surgery (insurance) so they weigh in each time you go, and they look at the scale. It's basically each time you go, you will be given things to do, and when all is done then they will set your surgery date.Also if you navigate out, they usually fax the results, always ask for a copy of anything, St. Barnabus was very good at losing everything, because f high clientel. You will have to get a psych clearence. He actually red flagged me for only being off of cigarettes for 3 months, but doc still cleared me, so I'm not too sure why they send you to see a psych. My "nut" told me that the psych's usually red flag most people, so if that happens don't worry. If you smoke "stop" they do a urine test, usually 2 weeks prior to surgery, and it can tell them if you have smoked I think up to 6 weeks before.(which has to be done at the hospital that you will have the surgery} That's about it for pre-op. It's a lot of work prior I spent the night at the hospital, and was sent home the next day. Hope this helped. My doc was/is Dr.Prakash Paragi. St. Barnabus isn't far from you,What hospital in Springfield are you going to? I only know of St Barnabus in your area. I'm familiar with Springfield. I used to live in Plainfield, and have family in Cranford. Good luck, MsJoy!

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I have no idea which hospital I will end up with or dr. This will be my 3rd consultation because the other 2 were just to far in south jersey. What insurance did you have? I have Amerihealth epo. I'm so ready to start this process

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Hi MsJoy, sorry haven't been on here much. I'm not sure if you have had your surgery. I have N.J Horizon health as my insurance. Let me know if you were approved, if it happened, and God bless with everything!

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Hi MsJoy, sorry haven't been on here much. I'm not sure if you have had your surgery. I have N.J Horizon health as my insurance. Let me know if you were approved, if it happened, and God bless with everything!

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Hi, I have horizon nj health also. I just made appt. With Dr. Paragi, please tell me the process and how long everything took from your first appt. My appt is September 12th. How was your surgery and recovery?

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Hi, I have horizon nj health also. I just made appt. With Dr. Paragi, please tell me the process and how long everything took from your first appt. My appt is September 12th. How was your surgery and recovery?

Hi well I'm now 6 days post op, my 1 week check up is actually today. I started my process back in the early days of May 2014. I could have been sleeved as early as July 14th but I wanted to give my jobs enough time to find extra help. My recovery is going amazing each day it truly gets better. Remember Protein protein!

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Hi well I'm now 6 days post op, my 1 week check up is actually today. I started my process back in the early days of May 2014. I could have been sleeved as early as July 14th but I wanted to give my jobs enough time to find extra help. My recovery is going amazing each day it truly gets better. Remember Protein protein!

Thank you for the info, glad things are going well.

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Msjoy83 who was your dr and what hospital did you go to.And did you have horizon nj health?

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Msjoy83 who was your dr and what hospital did you go to.And did you have horizon nj health?

My Dr. Was and is Angela Glasnap loveee her. Surgery was at Overlook hospital in summit. Love the staff there so courtesy and supportive. Insurance I have Amerihealth EPO NJ. Anything else feel free to ask :-). Just left the center for my 1 week check up everything is great. Lost 9 lbs in 6 days yayy

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