I am really close to my surgery date. Probably sometime in June. I have all my tests done except for one more I am having on tuesday at the request of my insurance co. I am nervous and dont really know what to expect. Any one out there have it done at Welborn in Evansville? also am new at computers and have never tried a "thread" before. Sorry for my un-knowledge..........

Welcome Jen

You don't have to be a computer geek to be on here, just part of the bandsters. I had my surgery on May 5th in Louisville,Ky and I can truly say it has been a great ride. I have had no problems thus far and am down 17 pounds as of today. No regrets! Good luck on your upcoming surgery and hopefully you will find an Evansville Buddy on here. Do you go to any support group meetings? Most of the centers that do the surgery will also have a support group and you could check out some info from folks that way.

Keep in touch.

My husband was self pay so we had no choice but to go out of the country. We went to Mexico and had a wonderful experience. Cost was 6999. Total!

hi there, sounds like you found a great deal and had a good time too. I am in the process of getting my lap band approved by my insurance co. Actually I have completed all the tests and gone thru all the programs, psycology tests, medical tests and so on and on and on. Deaconess weight loss center is where I chose to go because no one does it in Owensboro that I know of. You might check with them to see about after care and fills. They have been great with me so far. Good luck and keep in touch.............Jen

hello jenhay , whe in evansville are you going and what dr. have you choosen i am looking into the lap band now and stressing over who to trust. thanks, God bless

hi there famrika, i am going to the Deaconess weight loss center and I have been seeing Dr. Keahlor {spelling it wrong!} pronounced Kay-lor, for the last 4 a half months. I have not actually seen the surgeons yet and won"t until my insurance has approved and given the go ahead. you should think about going ahead and making an appt. because it is a long drawn out process. there are classes and tests and support group meetings that are mandatory that you complete before they will do the surgery. you can go into my personal profile and leave me a message an d it will be easier for me to find. I am so computer illiterate! good luck jenhay

I am really close to my surgery date. Probably sometime in June. I have all my tests done except for one more I am having on tuesday at the request of my insurance co. I am nervous and dont really know what to expect. Any one out there have it done at Welborn in Evansville? also am new at computers and have never tried a "thread" before. Sorry for my un-knowledge..........:smile2:

Did you have your surgery? Who did it? Do you like them? Will they take on "fill" patients? I am coming back to my home in Boonville, IN. next month (had the surgery in Las Vegas)...need to find a doctor to do my fills...any info you can give me would help. I also need to find a support group to join in the Evansville, IN. area.

Thanks

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I am really close to my surgery date. Probably sometime in June. I have all my tests done except for one more I am having on tuesday at the request of my insurance co. I am nervous and dont really know what to expect. Any one out there have it done at Welborn in Evansville? also am new at computers and have never tried a "thread" before. Sorry for my un-knowledge..........:smile2:

Did you have your surgery? Who did it? Do you like them? Will they take on "fill" patients? I am coming back to my home in Boonville, IN. next month (had the surgery in Las Vegas)...need to find a doctor to do my fills...any info you can give me would help.

Thanks

did you find a fill dr. close to you? I'm having surgery in Mexico August 28th 2012 found a dr near and In Cincinatti, but hope to find one closer. I live in Western Ky.? Let me know what you found out please....

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Hi famrika,

I too go to Deaconess Weightloss Solutions in Evansville. I had my banding done on the 1st by Dr. Todd Burry. He's a really great surgeon except that he's hardly ever on time. . He's also the Medical Director for the whole program at Deaconess. They have a monthly information seminar that you can attend and they give you the paperwork there to get started in the program. I've had a really long journey with this. I should have had my surgery back in June but due to health complications I didn't get it done till Oct. 1st. I started the whole process last Nov. Dr. Koehler is the regular doc you see until it's time for surgery, then you get to meet one of the 2 surgeons that do the procedure. Dr. Burry is the main surgeon but his partner Dr. Haughn also does them. Who you choose is based on who you like and which one fits best into your schedule (they each do appts. only on certain days). Good luck and I'll be glad to answer any other ?s you have if I can.

Carol

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Hi there! You might want to check into Deaconess Weightloss Solutions. They're in Evansville and they also have their own support group.