Hi all,

i am looking to get my surgery through 'beliteweight' in detorit, they have a couple of doctors, i believe that their main surgeon is Dr.Webber however. Anyways i was wondering if anyone has gotten their surgery through this group ?? any input on your expierences would be great too!!! ANd i am open for suggestions for doctors in the northeast who are well reputed and inexpensive(i have no insurance!) thanks for all of your help!

Lauren

Hi all...I too had my surgery at Harper Hospital, but with Dr. Nunn and I can't say enough about him and his staff. Harper is also known as a very good hospital. If anyone is in the Detroit area and looking for a good doctor I would recommend Dr. Nunn a thousand times......

About Harpers, and Belite team. The doctors were ok, I had my surgery performed by Dr. Webber and everything was suposed to be OK. Dr Weiner also took care of me after surgery... anyways. The belite team is terrible, I was waiting at the airport for 4 hours when I got to Detroit, they are so disorganized... some girls told me surgery was at noon and the hospital called and asked me to be there by 6am because my surgery was at 9. When I left, this girls were suposed to get me a taxi, well ... it never came and I lost my flight. I had to get out of the "hotel" and get a cab by myself and pay $60, which were never reimbursed. Can you imagine waiting for 3 1/2 hours for another flight when you just had surgery???? Did they apologize? NOPE Did they care??? I dont think so.... I called everyone at belite weight and still I haven't heard a word about them.

Once in my hometown, I had my firts fill, well... it went sooooooooo wrong because one of the tubes in my port was kinked, nobody knows why, so there I was in soooo much pain, I couldn't even swallow my own saliva. I called belite to give them some heads up and ask if they've heard something alike my case... never heard back from them.

I don't want to judge the doctors, I was treated fairly good at the hospital. But BeLiteWeight customer service sucks. This guys need to realize that this is surgery we are talking about, serious shit can happen and you need to get what they promised. I would NOT recommend them, and I regret not doing more homework before my surgery.

I've heard great hings however about this medical team in Minnesota, at HCMC, Dr. Leaderer and Dr. Crook are great. This is the team that took over my case after I had so many complications with that kinked tube and I got to meet a lot of their patients and I have not heard anything but great things about them.

This team take seriursly your weightloss journey and they are always available whenever something happens. I should've stay here for surgery, like I said, the doctors were OK at Detroit, belite sucks tough, but HCMC's whole team is truly amazing. They've embraced my case and call me everyday while I was really sick and ... just great people. The nutricionist is awesome, the doctors are great, the nurses and customer service do what they promise. I would've ended up getting rid of the band if it wasn't for them.

does beliteweight also work with mexican doctors. i understand they are facilitators. why use middlemen? advatages?

does BeLiteWeight also work with mexican doctors. i understand they are facilitators. why use middlemen? advatages?

I just asked this question recently and the way I understand it... advertising on places like OH is verrry expensive. If they go through a 3rd party and advertise they get group discounts or some such thing.

Some docs hire coordinators to do more, to handle the patients and essentially, the 3rd party coordintors tell the docs what surgery they will be performing and when. Other docs don't like that and prefer to have their own staff deal with patients before, during, and after surgery.

really? the coordinators tell the doctors what to do? then how can you tell if you are going thru a middleman or what is the advatage of that?

that must jack up the price, right?

really? the coordinators tell the doctors what to do? then how can you tell if you are going thru a middleman or what is the advatage of that?

Just ask them.

There are some coordinators that are decent, honest, and don't BS you. They will tell you the truth. If you don't want to deal with a 3rd party coordinator because you aren't getting what you need, then call the office directly and speak to your MD's staff. My problem with coordinators are the people that post HERE and don't TELL you they are coordinators. They get a commission for referring you to any given doc. Those are the people that have less value than dog drool in my mind. They don't tell you they are coordinators.

No, it doesn't change the price to patients. I don't know how it all works but I know there is no additional fee for this.

There used to be. There used to be a place called Belightweight (vs. belite) that did charge between $1500-$3000 for the honor of referring you to a doc, doing your fills, giving you infections, and allowing you to lose your band but she went out of business. Belite is different, they don't do fills, they don't give you infections, etc. But it is their job to sell you one of their docs.

See the following links for more info if you desire:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f11/researching-mexican-doctors-101-a-43575/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f80/skany-evil-repulsive-patient-coordinators-45630/

You should try the Barix clinic in Ypsilanti. They are all very nice. I am getting banded by Dr. Schram on Jan 3rd. Barix is very attentive to my needs and so far I like everyone I have met with. I have done a lot of research on Dr. Schram and he comes highly recommended by everyone that uses him. I would try there. The phone # is 800-282-0066

Barix is banding again? Cool! They had lost their surgeon a while back and folks were having a hard time getting fills. Good to know they are banding again.

I am scheduled with Barix for banding Jan 9th and I would love to know ANYTHING else. Hospital? After care? Fills? My Doc is Popalawski?

Thanks

I just had my PAT(pre adm. testing), and I found out you can't drink 1 week before surgery. I was bummed out obout that because I want to have some fun on New Years Eve. Then you can't eat anything the day before the surgery and you have to take a laxative. It is out patient surgery, so you won't have to worry about bringing anything except someone to take you home. The actual surgery is only about 15 minutes. You have a 1 hour meeting with a nutritionist who explains a lot about what and how to eat after the surgery. You get a book about nutrition. You also get a chest xray, ultrasound of your gallbladder, ekg, breath test and bloodwork. It't about a 3-4 hour visit.

Oh wow. This is so helpful. Thank you again. My pre-test date is the same as your banding date J-03. Good Luck with everything and I will be praying for you. Are you excited? Scared?

I was banded in st. johns hospital in detroit, mi on October 16th. My doctor was Dr. Meguid. He is also in with Dr. Hawasli, their office is in st. clair shores. I don't now what their self pay amount is however I can tell you that they are very very good surgeons!!! They take great care of you and I personally feel very confident and comfortable with Dr. Meguid!!!:clap2:

To the user that had surgery by Dr. Weiner at Harper, does he do the fills in office? And can you give me his phone number? I had the surgery done by Dr. Wood at Harper but his office is so far from me and Harper is closer. Thanks.:eek:

Was an overnight stay required at Harper with Dr. Weiner? DId anyone out there have to stay overnight after banding?

Thanks