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I am trying to find a chat room where others have been banded by the Southern Surgical team in Covington La Is there such a site?

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Hi there!!

I am going to be banded on July 17, 2008 by Dr. Thomas from Surgical Specialist. I live in Slidell, La. Waited a long time for this to happen. Started the process in late Sept. 2007. Anybody out there from Slidell??

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Hi plevy aren't u excited. Ihave mine set up for july 15th in slidell just two days before u. I am from franklinton dr moore is my dr. Nanaislosingit is set for july 16th we will have to stay in touch

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I am so glad to know that you are getting banded the same time I am. We do need to keep in touch. I'm sure we'll have a lot of questions for each other. Good luck to you. I'll be waiting to hear from you.

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plevy, That is great. Yes mine is July 16th at 1:30. Nothing after midnight I will be dieing of thirst by 1:30 PM. Lets all stay in touch. This is great. Can't wait.

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I am set for my first consultation with Dr. Clark Warden with Surgical Specialists in Metairie on July 16th. Can anyone tell me what are their procedures meaning what do they do on the first consultation then how long after do you have different tests done and how long after is the surgery date?

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During my first visit they assess you medically and decide what all u need to do I took the psychological test while there and only had to get clearance from my primary md and bloodwork done. It also depends if your ins pays u may have other things to do like a sleep apnea. It took me about two months to get my date I went to a couple of classes too goodluck

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I am going to be self pay so thankfully I won't have to go through as much pre-op stuff.

They told me something about 3-4 weeks after the first consultation you should have a date scheduled, unless I misunderstood what they were saying.

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angelwhispers,

you will be lucky if you get it set up that fast, but good luck I hope you do, I only have one week left to be banded, I'm excited, I started my process in May and I'm self pay

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I was banded in September 2007 by Dr. Lavin. I am a self pay.

At my first consultation, I filled out paperwork and talked to Chris, the nurse practitioner. She gave me "homework" which meant setting up appointments to have bloodwork and a sleep study done. Once those results are in, your patient liason will contact you to set up a date for surgery. You will have to go for a pre-op visit. My surgery was done at Fairway Medical Center and went very smoothly. It was about a month or so from my first consult to the surgery date. What delayed it was the timing of the appointments for the bloodwork and the sleep study.

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Hi Virginiaann--

Was so glad to meet you today. All I have left is to meet my Doctor Tuesday (the day you have your surgery). I'll be saying some prayers for you. Will be in touch after my surgery Thursday. Good luck to all you other bandsters out there. Maybe one day we can all get together after we loose all this weight. I feel we all have something in common, no matter what led us to be banded. Keep in touch.

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