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My friend went through TrueResults, the staff in Austin are nice, but not organized. The staff in San Antonio were AWESOME and ORGANIZED!

One of my docs recommended Southwest Bariatrics, but they are not covered on my insurance. Dr. Ganta is, so I will go through him first and see what I think.

I hope you are feeling good since your surgery on 11/30. My friend had hers that day as well.

I will let her know that you did, so if she wants she can ask you questions if you are feeling the same things she is, etc.

Take Care and thanks for keeping Southwest Bariatrics in the back of my mind.

Charlah

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I also will be using Southwest Bariatric here in Austin. I met with Dr. Nancy Marquez and thought she was great. She took her time at the consultation and answered every one of my questions. I am self pay and was quoted $15000.00 for the surgery which includes 1 year of post op and fills. I go to meet the dietitian and have labs tomarrow. Then its time for pre-op. Every thing is on track for surgery in mid January.

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congratulations Holley! That is awesome that it is so close! Time will fly by! Keep us posted!

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holleyhobby

Congrats! I LOVED Southwest Bariatrics. They were great. Jerry (nutritionist) had me ROFL at my consult.

So far they have been extremely accommodating and very responsive for anything that I've needed.

Good luck and keep us posted!

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My friend went through TrueResults, the staff in Austin are nice, but not organized. The staff in San Antonio were AWESOME and ORGANIZED!

One of my docs recommended Southwest Bariatrics, but they are not covered on my insurance. Dr. Ganta is, so I will go through him first and see what I think.

I hope you are feeling good since your surgery on 11/30. My friend had hers that day as well.

I will let her know that you did, so if she wants she can ask you questions if you are feeling the same things she is, etc.

Take Care and thanks for keeping Southwest Bariatrics in the back of my mind.

Charlah

Charlah - I am going to the free TrueResults seminar Monday in San Antonio. Is your experience with them "first hand" or do you know someone who has used them?

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Charlah - I am going to the free TrueResults seminar Monday in San Antonio. Is your experience with them "first hand" or do you know someone who has used them?

I guess you can kinda say it was first hand. Although I have not had the surgery, my roommate has. I went with her to the seminar in Austin, and to see the nutritonist and just felt like things were very unorganized. I LOVED the staff in San Antonio. Dr. Gonzalez is the one that performed the surgery on my friend. She had her surgery on 11/30 and is doing great! They called her that Saturday to check on her. The staff in Austin didn't even call to check on her. I felt like they should have since this is the facility she will be going to.

Let me know how it goes! I think you will like the folks in San Antonio!!!

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Longhorn, you're right...St David's is on 32nd and I-35.

holleyhobby...my surgery was on Friday and my surgeon called me personally on Saturday. SWB was great!

racetrackweary, good luck on your way to Bandland!:biggrin1:

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I was banded on 12/20/07 by Dr. Nancy Marquez of Southwest Bariatric here in Austin. I am self pay and my total came out to $15,700.00. She was very thorough in her consultation. So far so good. Will keep you posted.

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Longhorn, you're right...St David's is on 32nd and I-35.

holleyhobby...my surgery was on Friday and my surgeon called me personally on Saturday. SWB was great!

racetrackweary, good luck on your way to Bandland!:biggrin1:

Hi,

I'm starting this process and trying to decide what surgeon to choose. How and which surgeon did you select?

laplap

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