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Allison4283    7

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Hi there! I live in Nashville. I'm new to the site and just found this thread full of advice! Hope all you guys who sleeved in December are doing well! I just began my journey and I'm waiting on my first visit with St. Thomas Bariatrics in a few weeks. But, I am having a hard time finding reviews of people who have used St. Thomas. Who have you guys chosen, and why?

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SuzzyQ_delli    35

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I chose Dr. Westmoreland because I had to be self pay and he had the best reviews and best price. I believe he is a surgeon at St. Thomas Rutherford but don't hold me to that. He does his self pay clients at Heritage Medical in Shelbyville. I LOVED everything about working with his team they were all fabulous from start to finish!!

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Susan Michelle Autry    10

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I've had trouble communicating with Dr woodmans office. I leave messages and they don't call back. They submitted my paperwork Feb 16th without my sleep study report and my insurance was going to deny my Auth due to the fact thst y BP is controlled with meds. I have sent my sleep study report to Dr woodmans office 3 times and they still haven't refiled with my insurance. I left a message 2 days ago with them and still no call back. There's no way I can self pay. It's way too much $$$ I pray my insurance approves with the sleep study. My bmi is 37.1 high BP and mild sleep apnea on a cpap due to my o2 levels dropping to 89 while sleeping. I have UHC community plan. Any advise would be appreciated

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lat72    38

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I live in Memphis and Dr Woodman is a great doctor there is an additional fee of $500 for follow up. He is the best surgeon in Tennessee

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meganmom    169

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Ashland City here!! Had my surgery on Thursday with Dr. Westmoreland

How are you feeling?

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SuzzyQ_delli    35

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Ashland City here!! Had my surgery on Thursday with Dr. Westmoreland

How are you feeling?
Where are you from? And how are you doing? I think you were a month ahead of me if I remember correctly?

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bleann9    1

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I've had trouble communicating with Dr woodmans office. I leave messages and they don't call back. They submitted my paperwork Feb 16th without my sleep study report and my insurance was going to deny my Auth due to the fact thst y BP is controlled with meds. I have sent my sleep study report to Dr woodmans office 3 times and they still haven't refiled with my insurance. I left a message 2 days ago with them and still no call back. There's no way I can self pay. It's way too much $$$ I pray my insurance approves with the sleep study. My bmi is 37.1 high BP and mild sleep apnea on a cpap due to my o2 levels dropping to 89 while sleeping. I have UHC community plan. Any advise would be appreciated

It seems to be a waiting game with them. My papers we all ready to go on the 18th of JAN and I just a callback today. I was able to get more info out of uhcc then the office. [emoji17] id call and ask for Deborah she's the one that's talking to me and setting up my tests. Gl

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meganmom    169

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Anyone who has had the surgery want to post there progress? Picture and stats!

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reree6898    1,164

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On the left was a few weeks after surgery, still around 300 then, on the right was taken a few weeks ago and I'm down 88 pounds so far. I am right at five months out from being sleeved.

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      It's been 10 long years! Here is my VSG weight loss surgiversary update..
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    • Aunty Mamo

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
      I'm down 31 pounds since the day of surgery and 47 since my pre-op diet began, with that typical week long stall occurring at three weeks. I'm really starting to see some changes lately- some of my clothing is too big, some fits again. The most drastic changes I notice however are in my face. I've also noticed my endurance and flexibility increasing. I was really starting to be held up physically, and I'm so grateful that I'm seeing that turn around in such short order. 
      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
      https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises
      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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