Hi Everyone..I live in upstate NY...Has anyone had the lap band who live in upstate NY. I used Dr. Kwon in Port Jervis. If anyone has used Him please reply. Thanks..Hope everyone is well...Thanks

Great News! I am so glad that everything turned out all right. Now, hopefully you can relax and enjoy your mushies!

Eileen

I am glad everything turned out well!

I live in Port Jervis New York ,and have heard wonderful things about Dr.Kwon. I have been to his office and his staff is also great . I did how ever choose a different Doctor to preform my lap-band Surgery .Dr, Pucci in Goshen ,New York . No other reason except he (Dr. Kwon) is over booked and it will be a while for me to have the surgery . Like everyone else I just want to get my life back in a hurry and I don't have time to wait for appointments . I decided to go with Dr. Pucci after reading about him and his credentials. I have talked with other patents that come and go out of his office ,so I feel secure in knowing he will do a fine job. I really liked Dr. Kwon ,and have seen him at the hospital, he is very caring and yes strict which is a good thing .I wish everyone who is doing something to help themselves the best . I should be having my surgery some time February if that . I just finished my sleep test ,but was told I would have to go back for a c cap (whatever that is ). I also was told after I had my endoscopy that I have a hiatal hernia and do suffer from acid reflux. I just hope that doesn't stand in my way . One thing is I don't really understand how all this insurance works . I do have lap-band in my policy (Aetna) ,but am I still going to get the surgery or does it still have to go through a staff meeting where someone determines if I can have the surgery? I have a BMI of 41.1 and have been big my whole life I'm 5'1".Dr. Pucci said I would make a good candidate for the lap-band and have done all the other test he requested from me .My doctor said he would write a nice letter for the need of the lap-band . I have really bad knees and have been on pain kills for a while now ,and have tried on numerous occasions to lose the wait Weight Watchers , redux (before they pulled it from the pharmacies-soup diets over the counters pills ,stavation,you name it I've tried it . Well that's my story and I again wish everyone the best luck there is .