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Noni

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Noni    0

Noni
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Hello fellow Texans! I am planning to have the lap band done in the very near future. I am a self pay patient, so will probably go to Mexico. I am considering Dr. Rodriquez in Juarez first. If I could find a good surgeon in the states that was close to MX cost then I would consider that also. If you are close to central Texas and have been banded, where do you have your fills and where did you have your surgery? I am excited and scared at the same time! Would love to hear from you!

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Hello fellow Texans! I am planning to have the lap band done in the very near future. I am a self pay patient, so will probably go to Mexico. I am considering Dr. Rodriquez in Juarez first. If I could find a good surgeon in the states that was close to MX cost then I would consider that also. If you are close to central Texas and have been banded, where do you have your fills and where did you have your surgery? I am excited and scared at the same time! Would love to hear from you!

I had mine done at providence in Waco Tx Dr Moffitt I was self pay.

Christi

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Noni    0

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Hi Christi. Glad to hear from you. Best of luck in your new life. I hope to have a decision made soon. Keep in touch!

Mary

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I got banded on 11/8/07 by Dr. Longoria at Southwest Bariatrics here in Austin. Everything about my experience has been perfect...I can't say enough good!!!

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I live in the Austin area and have been going to True Results on Palmer hope to send in to Insurance on 1-23-08 for approval we have been getting all the requirements to send in. My wife is also planning to have the band also after mine. The people at True Results have been easy to work with I just hope the Atena goes approves the WLS.

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Noni,

What part of Central Texas do you live? I live in Killeen Tx and I am planning on being banded by Dr Ganta in Austin (Austin Bariatric Institute). I had my initial consultation with him in Dec. I am using my 401 K to pay for the procedure seeing that my insurance does not cover bariatric surgery.

Barbara

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Noni,

What part of Central Texas do you live? I live in Killeen Tx and I am planning on being banded by Dr Ganta in Austin (Austin Bariatric Institute). I had my initial consultation with him in Dec. I am using my 401 K to pay for the procedure seeing that my insurance does not cover bariatric surgery.

Barbara

I will be banded tomorrow. I live in Stephenville, Texas. Dr. Marsden is my surgeon, he is in the Hurst/Euless/Bedford area! Good Luck to you!!:rolleyes2:

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I live in the Austin area and have been going to True Results on Palmer hope to send in to Insurance on 1-23-08 for approval we have been getting all the requirements to send in. My wife is also planning to have the band also after mine. The people at True Results have been easy to work with I just hope the Atena goes approves the WLS.

I have Aetna, they do approve the surgery. I will be banded tomorrow, I am so excited!!!

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I will be banded tomorrow. I live in Stephenville, Texas. Dr. Marsden is my surgeon, he is in the Hurst/Euless/Bedford area! Good Luck to you!!:rolleyes2:

Hey.. I see the yellowjacket on your avatar! I grew up in Granbury and went to Tarleton for my B.S. I love Stephenville! Great town! My wife and I talk about all those walks in the parks we had while we were dating there.

I was banded in Nov. 07 here in Waco. Dr. Sims.

We used to live on Long Street right with all the old houses and brick paved roads!

By the way... did you see any UFO's the other night? LOL!

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No, I didn't see the UFO. It has been rather entertaining. Stephenville is a wonderful place to live. I grew up here and graduated from high school, went to Tarleton, moved to Houston and got married, had children, now moved back to Stephenville to be close to my family.

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I hope everything went well If atena approves me I will use Dr. Marsden also I hear alot of good things about him.

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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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