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LauraD

By LauraD, in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals

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LauraD    2

LauraD
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Hi, all. I am interested in any feedback or info on surgeons in the Austin area. I have been to a couple of informational seminars, but am hoping to learn more from actual patients before I commit to a specific surgeon or clinic.

Also, any other Austinites getting ready to get banded? :)

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Longhorn    1

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Laura:

I'm in Dripping Springs and work in Austin. I'm planning to get mine done by Dr. Jorge Rincon in San Antonio. If you do a search on him here and on the web, you can learn more. One of the members here shared her experiences with him and convinced me to check him out further. I've read nothing but good things about him.

Good luck!

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made1977
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Laura,

I'm not sure about the Doctors here in Austin but I tried to go through True Results and they were inadequate, disorganized & extremely lacking in knowledge. I'd avoid them. Marion

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LauraD    2

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Thanks to both of you! Longhorn, I'm out in Oak Hill, so honk your horn next time you drive through the Y.....

Take care & best wishes.

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Longhorn    1

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Thanks to both of you! Longhorn, I'm out in Oak Hill, so honk your horn next time you drive through the Y.....

Take care & best wishes.

I'm in Oak Hill every day! And we used to live there and our kids went to Patton. I hope you find a doctor you like. Feel free to PM me. Good luck!

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Thanks to both of you! Longhorn, I'm out in Oak Hill, so honk your horn next time you drive through the Y.....

Take care & best wishes.

Laura did you got my email and message about Dr. Ganta?

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LauraD    2

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Lonestar, yes!! I replied in the "60s" thread, but I should have emailed you as well...I'm so sorry. Thank you so much for the reassurance. Joy has contacted my insurance company, so we are just wanting to hear what hoops I am going to have to jump through to get them to cover the surgery. (Fingers crossed) I really appreciate you taking the time to help me- how are you doing?

Kristina, I'm hoping for January at the earliest-even if my insurance co. cooperates, I can't take the time away from work until then. But can I live vicariously through you until then? :mad:

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Longhorn    1

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Lonestar, yes!! I replied in the "60s" thread, but I should have emailed you as well...I'm so sorry. Thank you so much for the reassurance. Joy has contacted my insurance company, so we are just wanting to hear what hoops I am going to have to jump through to get them to cover the surgery. (Fingers crossed) I really appreciate you taking the time to help me- how are you doing?

Kristina, I'm hoping for January at the earliest-even if my insurance co. cooperates, I can't take the time away from work until then. But can I live vicariously through you until then? :mad:

So are you going through Dr. Ganta? I just called his office today and I have a consult tomorrow! I'm so excited! I'm self-pay so I may be able to have my surgery in as little as two weeks. And it's only $12,500, plus pre-op expenses, but including a full year of after-care including free fills. If you haven't already, check out this article from the Austin Chronicle: The Austin Chronicle: Food: Enough Is Enough!: I've been a food critic for 15 years. I've been overeating all my life. Recently, I decided enough is enough!

Let's keep in touch! :)

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you might want to check out Dr Nilesh Patel. I haven't met him yet, but I spoke with his office today, and he might be less expensive for self-pays, because it doesn't cost you anything if you have insurance. No idea yet if he's good but his credentials seem to be great.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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