Hi I was wondering if any of you are from or around the Pittsburgh area?

I am! I'm having my surgery in PIttsburgh also.

That's awesome! Which hospital? I was at west penn. Great experience! When is your surgery? Bypass? Are you excited? Nervous?

West Penn too! Who was your surgeon?

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I'm having bypass as well.

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That's cool! I had Dr Eid. Love him. I had no issues at all. All went very well. Where in Pgh are you located?

I have Dr. Eid too, what a small world haha. I actually don't live in Pittsburgh, I live in State College, but I just chose to have my surgery in Pitt.

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Ahhhh ok. How bout I babysit for a doctor I used to work for and her and her husband are both from state college!!!! And next weekend my son wants to go there for the Kanya West concert [emoji13] for his 17th bd and stay at the college for the weekend with his good friend. Crazy small world huh!!! You will be so happy with Dr Eid. He's a great surgeon. Do you go to west penn for your apts monthly or one of his offices?

I go to my PCP for my monthly appts, and I just met him about 3 weeks ago. I have 3 months left, so I'm about halfway there. I go back to see him in December, then my pre-op in January, and surgery mid-January.

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I have a question for you about Dr. Eid, assuming you had insurance, did you have to pay all your bills up front? Like after the hospital stay, that kind of thing. Or did they bill you?

From Pittsburgh here! My surgery is at magee dr ramanathan on oct 28

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I am also in Pittsburgh! Also at Magee with Dr. Courcalcas

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I go to my PCP for my monthly appts, and I just met him about 3 weeks ago. I have 3 months left, so I'm about halfway there. I go back to see him in December, then my pre-op in January, and surgery mid-January.

I hope your apt went well! It's exciting isn't it?!? Time will go so fast for you! If you have any questions feel free to ask away

@@cls5186 I did not get billed for anything other than my deductible stuff. And once I had my surgery I never was billed again. I paid nothing.

@@kenya1129 Hi neighbor! I wish you luck with your coming surgery. I know quite a few people who had their surgery in Magee.

I also have a Pittsburgh group on Facebook called Gastric bypass/sleeve Pittsburgh id you would like to join us. You could meet up with people who have had the surgery at Magee and had your doctor and get information from them. Hope to see you there. We're also having our first meet up on October 15th @6pm if you'd like to join us!

@kstags. Hi. Have you had your surgery or due to have it soon? Magee is a wonderful hospital. I have a friend who had your doctor and had a great experience. If you read the post above I'd love to have you join us too! Feel free to look for us on Facebook under gastric bypass/sleeve Pittsburgh and join our amazing group! Lots of help advice and friends to join

@@claddagh66 we're on the same track, haha this is my fourth month, December being my last also.

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