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Great article about a nurse at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston who had VSG....

ttp://www.wcvb.com/health/hospital-nurse-loses-135-pounds-after-stomachslimming-surgery/39632422?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=FBPAGE&utm_campaign=WCVB%20Channel%205%20Boston

It's nice to see something positive in the media about bariatric surgery.

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@@Margie122 - perfect timing I can send to a friend who keeps thinking I had the lap-band!

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BIDMC (Beth Israel...) is where I originally started my weight loss journey back in 2009...I was scheduled to have the lap-band but my insurance company denied the surgery the day before it was scheduled. Fast forward to 2015 I have new insurance and ended up having the surgery done at Steward - St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton and had the VSG......everything happens for a reason! BIDMC has a good program I'm sure. I can also attest to the great crew at St. E's....and at Mt. Auburn in Cambridge as my mom had her surgery there. I really do live in a great part of the country for health care options.

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@@Margie122 - perfect timing I can send to a friend who keeps thinking I had the lap-band!

She will still think you had the lapband. Whatever surgery sticks in peoples mind is what they think surgery is. It is like people who call all soda Coke.

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@@dawnmac3903 yes I live near and I work in Boston.

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@@Margie122 - perfect timing I can send to a friend who keeps thinking I had the lap-band!

She will still think you had the lapband. Whatever surgery sticks in peoples mind is what they think surgery is. It is like people who call all soda Coke.

when in truth it is called POP.

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So glad to see this! I live just west of Boston and am being sleeved on June 6th at Mt Auburn. So far my care these past six months has been excellent.

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