Well they finally called after 2 months of waiting and the insurance company is going to cover it all. HALLELUJAH Now my banding date is Jan 9th but I am have a few concerns about the physicians track record. He has only done about 50. Anybody from MICHIGAN know about Barix Center? Anybody else banded there? Let me know your experience. Are you losing weight? Any complications?

I went to a HI-Profile Banding Doctor in Houston and I am wondering now that I am approved by insurance, should I go to the most experience doctor?

CJV

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Congrats on your date! Who is the doctor? Myself , I would want someone with a lot more experience. But that is your decision. Donna

ALWAYS go to the MOST experienced doctor.... there is no substitute for experience. Fifty is not very much. If you are in or around Detroit, you gotta be able to find any number of surgeons way more qualified.

The last thing I would ever want to be is someone's "practice patient".

I went to a HI-Profile Banding Doctor in Houston and I am wondering now that I am approved by insurance, should I go to the most experience doctor? :confused:

I think experience outways profile anyday.

Hey CJV,

I agree with the rest of the forum, choose a doc with more experience. Because in the end this does not JUST translate into surgical experice but experice with the band itself, ie fills and unfills and any other little thing that may happen along the way. Congrats of the beginning of your journey, I am right behind you.