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For all those self pay people out there. What finance company did you use and how much was your interest rate if you do not mind me asking. Does anyone know of any interest free for a year or so options?

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The clinic I went to referred me to Prosper, which is sort of a crowd lending site. You sign up for the service, establish your loan (loan category, how much you need, how long of a term) and then they assign you an interest rate and a loan grade. Investors buy small or large pieces of your loan, and it gets funded.

It took several days for mine to fund and when it was done they transferred the money to my checking account. I think the interest rate was around 8.9% or thereabouts, but of course that will vary based on credit. I didn't think that was too bad for an unsecured loan.

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I was just researching the same topic,so far I found e-ffiancing and united,will let you know what i found out. I'm looking at 15 months interest free

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Mine is covered through my insurance but I know I went through care credit for my sons medical needs that were not covered by insurances. They do specials with 0 interest rates for like 12 months. Worth checking into. First make sure the drs office accepts this.

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I also used carecredit.com

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I went through True Results, My insurance did cover but I had to come up with $3900. True results financed that balance for me with not interest! Care credit is another option!

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I refinanced my home and took the money that was needed from the equity.

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For my sleeve surgery I did an unsecured loan at my bank because it was only $4,500.

Now that I've been researching plastic surgery for loose skin removal, I'm looking at financing again but it will cost a lot more. In my research I found LightStream which rewards those with great credit. A $10k unsecured loan can be as low as 5.99% APR which is fantastic for an unsecured rate. I'm keeping them in the back of my mind if I haven't saved enough once I start going to consults.

https://www.lightstream.com/suntrust-anythingloan?fact=16050&lcid=CS%7CLSL%7Canything%7CP%7Clearn%7Cfact=16050

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I went through True Results, My insurance did cover but I had to come up with $3900. True results financed that balance for me with not interest! Care credit is another option!

I'd love to know more about your experience with True Results. I am starting the process with them in TX. We have UHC as our insurance. WLS is excluded, but I am covered for the hernia repair. My part will be $3900, but my insurance has a $3000 deductible. I was told today that I would not have to pay that. I'm confused and wondering how that can be. Did you pay your deductible on top of the $3900? What did you have to do to get payments set up through True Results?

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If you don't qualify for a signature loan, then it is unlikely you will qualify for loans. If you have bed credit saving up and paying cash is the best option.

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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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      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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        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.

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