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NiecyBelle12    5

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Vgb. ..I'm assuming that was with insurance,right?

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VGB    130

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No, my insurance doesn't cover this type of surgery! I paid $3499! I had surgery on the 16th! Check him out www.mycompletetransformation.com

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JamieLogical    8,727

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Try Dr. Clayton Frenzel in dallas, Tx! I paid a total of $3499.00 for everything!!!

I would be terrified to have surgery in the US for that price. Would make me really wonder what corners they were cutting to keep the price that low. Hell, that's $3000 less than I paid in Mexico! I don't think I'd even be comfortable going to a Mexican surgeon for that price.

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VGB    130

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Well, I had it and I am fine! I guess I forgot to add I had a hiatal hernia repair that my insurance did cover! I didn't want to go into detail, that is why I posted the website!

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JamieLogical    8,727

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Well, I had it and I am fine! I guess I forgot to add I had a hiatal hernia repair that my insurance did cover! I didn't want to go into detail, that is why I posted the website!

I saw on the web site that the standard rate for VSG is over $10,000 and the $3500 rate is for "qualified patients only". Maybe that's what the mean, that if you qualify for hernia repair, they only charge $3500, because then insurance is covering your hospital stay and anesthesiologist (two of the things that make surgery in the US more expensive).

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Rommy    7

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So, I am self pay. I was quoted 12,000in fla., but if there are post op complications,it's on me. Anyone know if insurance would cover post op complications if the original surgery did not go through them?

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JamieLogical    8,727

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So, I am self pay. I was quoted 12,000in fla., but if there are post op complications,it's on me. Anyone know if insurance would cover post op complications if the original surgery did not go through them?

It depends on your insurance policy. You should call them and ask. That's what I did.

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giggleblue    64

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i paid $4500 plus prescriptions.

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NiecyBelle12    5

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Hi Giggleblue...who was you surgeon? Dr. Corvala will be my surgeon but it may help someone else who hasn't decided on a doc yet?

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giggleblue    64

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i listed him in the surgeon section to the left of my post. :)

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NiecyBelle12    5

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i listed him in the surgeon section to the left of my post. :)

Okay. Thanks to you.:)

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NiecyBelle12    5

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Nieceybelle,

Do you have a surgery date yet?

4/24 but considering an earlier date.

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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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      Alisa_S

      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

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        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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