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You know @@judy vsg you may like her. When I first met her I did--well enough to schedule with her each time. Before I was going to whoever was available. She just has kind of a no nonsense approach that comes off as arrogant and sometimes condescending. This was my experience yours may be different.

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Thanks, candygyrl! I meet her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes...

make it a great day

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My 1st appt with Dr Krause is next Wednesday. I was cleared to see him by rochester beaumont weight ctr. Once I see him, what time frame (estimate) am I looking at for my insurance (medicare only) to approve me? Weeks, months?

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Wow. That's awesome! Great job. You lost alot quickly! 140-145 is my goal too. It was never told to me that was too low, even by her and I'm bigger than you were pre surgery. 145 is a great goal, quite reasonable and achievable. I really want 145 to be my maintenence weight. If i could get to 135 which is low but gives me wiggle room.

Sooo everybody is going with Krause huh? My friend referred me to Hawasli but I forgot his name and when they started naming Dr's I said yeah Krause I believe that's him. Lol. Anyways I told my friend later and she said that wasn't her Dr. Buuuut I already committed to Krause. Plus it rolled off the tongue so nicely. Then I did my research and read review after review after review that he was basically the man. Once I finally met him, I knew Id chosen the right surgeon. I'm glad you had a good experience.

Do tell more about the mental difficulties.

Im going to henry ford, dr. Ganaw

@@diamondchic94 I'll be honest. I was very frustrated with the 6 month medically supervised process. DO not and I MEAN DO NOT go to Krause's NP Rachel Blind. Straight up Beyotch. We just clashed period. End of story. I'm not sure what her problem was but i felt that she was more of a barrier in my process. Unfortunately i will have to see her again but if I didn't it would be too soon!

Also, in terms of psychology, please go to Kevin. I wish I had. I had some other chic who is no longer there and really she was on some BS. first off... my evaluation was normal. I agreed to meet with her for a few more times after the eval just because I was previously in therapy a couple months prior for depression. I thought it would be nice to resume therapy under new pretenses. Wrong! She was not helpful at all. She just wasted my time and hers. My depression stemmed from marital issues and i was in the process of rebuilding. I wasn't engaging in any risky behavior or overeating. I was just hard pressed to find time for myself due to my family's hectic schedule.

I knew how to create a calendar, prioritize, delegate, meal plan and prep why are you wasting 45 min of my time to reinforce old concepts. I'm top of that This woman would not clear me for surgery. My clearance was being held up by her! My 6 months turned into a nightmare 12 months!!! She left the organization and my case was transferred to Kevin. He cleared me after my 2nd visit. He shook his head trying to understand why she kept me so long.

Good luck on your first visit. Just stay away from rachel. Everybody else is good. Dr Klenzar, Melissa NP those were the only others that I saw besides Rachel and they were great. Very supportive, helpful, informative, understanding. Rachel will blab about herself and how she just left this national conference and presented on her research and studies on bariatric surgery which show this and that and I think I'm a Dr but I'm not and I have a complex about it so I'll just act like a straight up BEYOTCH to people and sound authoritative to make people respect me. Girl BYE!

Anyways The other staff dieticians, exercise physiologist etc were awesome.

You're at the right place. Just get with the right people, do what is asked of you and don't miss any appointments. Within that 6-7 month time frame. It goes by quickly. I'm scheduled for surgery 7/1.

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Insurance problems So I went through the the state site my health to do my insurance with bluecross and on my end it went throw payed my premium and from there I thought I had health insurance got my card in the mail and they send me my eop! I had to go to the hospital for reflux that same month, a few weeks ago I go to check my po box and see a bill from the hospital I was beyond confused had to call bcbs they said I don't have coverage I explain to her everything that happen and she called my health! My health still had I had coverage since July! My payment got lost in cyberspace I guess! They said they will refund me the payment but in order to have insurance I have to make July August sept payments or I have to wait to November for coverage but I would be taxed because I went without insurance for more than 3 months the lady at bcbs set up payment schedule ! They honestly won't let me be great and get my surgery! The only good thing they said was my deductible is only $100 so after I get through with my block test it will be payed! Sorry for the long post but this is irritating and discouraging

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sassy sleeved, I know the 2 options are Royal Oak & Troy? I've never been to Royal Oak. Troy is closer to me & I love Troy, its really nice. Is Royal Oak nice too? Wondering why some people choose Royal Oak over Troy?

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sassy sleeved, I know the 2 options are Royal Oak & Troy? I've never been to Royal Oak. Troy is closer to me & I love Troy, its really nice. Is Royal Oak nice too? Wondering why some people choose Royal Oak over Troy?

I live closer to Royal Oak it's like 5 mins from my house. Royal Oak is the main one. I'm sure Troy is probably newer though. I do like the RO one and the staff was great.

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I had my surgery in Royal Oak. The staff there was fantastic

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