Hello everyone am LT!

My name is LT am from Texas age 29 and 112 pounds over weight. I have done a lot research and am sold that the band will help me. I ran into a problem with my insurance and they do not cover the surgery. :confused2: So now am on the search to find a private insurance company that will cover the surgery. Am so desperate that for the last three days I have not went to work or talked with any family members about this. Am so unhappy right now.

I have been on so many diets and so many pills that I have lost all hope. Please if you read this and have any suggestion or answers to my problem please respond here or respond to my personal email candiland12@gmail.com.

Love is hope!

Hey there... Have you thought about going to Mexico and self paying? It can be less than half the USA cost. I have no regrets.

I have never thought about. Is that were you recieved your surgery?

I had to self pay. Dr. Kirschenbaum in Denver has resonable rates and through his office they can help you find financing. I went ahead and bit the bullet and paid in full (that was the most painful part of the whole process) but as I near a month post surgery I haven't regreted the money a bit. Plus when I consider how much my weight would have cost me I guess it works out in my favor

Alot of people have the surgery done in Mexico since it's about 10,000 there. But there are doctors around the Us that also do it for 10,000. I know there is one in Colorado and one in Coosbay, Oregon.

Thanks for the information. I am looking into all possible ways right now.

I wish I could pay in full. Trust me I will find away.

Good Luck on your journey. Keep faith!

thanks for the support!

I would link you if I could find it, but there's a thread somewhere about people who have been banded in Mexico. There are some awesome places to go!! I was self-pay, and I was going to go there. I ended up self-paying 2x the cost to have it done in the states just to appease my family.

candiland, I don't know if you'd be interested in going the loan route, but in the packet I got from the hospital, there was pamphlet from National City Bank that is offering special discount rates for the Realize Band. I'm not sure if it's for every state or what the discount is, but it says you can go to www.RealizeBand.com for additional information, if that's an option you'd like to look into.

I'm sorry your insurance won't cover the procedure. Mine doesn't either. :tongue:

Thanks for all the information. I will use it all and thanks for the support. You ladies keep on going one day I will be right behind you.

Thanks for the link I will check it out ASAP.

Candiland my price in Mexico was $7950 instead of the $16,500 that it would have cost me in Kansas City. Check it out.

Hey just to let you know i have the same problem wit my aetna they wont cover my surgery so im switichin to personal choice they do there rates by age so since im 27 my rate was 162 dollars a month for insurance which is cheaper than self paying look in to personal choice the phone number is 215 557 7577 im not sure what it is out of state!

thank you so much ckelly37 I will check into that today if not first thing tomorrow morning! What great information.