I had my consultation in towards the end of Jan and with my insurance company have to do the 6 month supervised diet which will be complete in July which is not a big deal, but what has me frustrated at the moment is that due to some unforseen circumstances there is no way I can come up with the proggram fee the doctors office requires to proceed with surgery..I called the doctors office today to see if they had any other suggestions on what I could do and pretty much got well the program fee has to be paid before any further appointments can be scheduled. So after that phone call that was an exercise in futility, I feel like I am back to square one in trying figure out what I am going to do...My mom suggested looking for another doctor which I looked into tonight and have some calls to make in the morning but I am not really sure how much good they are going to do..Sorry I just needed to vent a little bit.

I would follow your Mom's suggestion and look for another dr. I did not have to pay a program fee, and from reading on here alot of others did not either. Good luck! Tamara

How much is the program fee? Can you use a credit card? I wouldn't pospone the surgery for sure.

The program fee is $700. I dont have a credit card or access to one to put that much money onto it..I found another surgeons office when I was doing some research online and contacted them today, they are location in Cincinnati, which isnt too far from me and they were very friendly and informative when I talked with them on the phone..They still have a program fee but theirs is $300 which is still going to be hard but is more doable than $700 for me...They are sending me some information and once I get that I am to give them a call and they are going to set an appointment up for me to meet with them..So thats where things stand at this point..