I just realized how lucky I am to have my hospital, my surgeon and my (soon to need) fills done within about 10 miles from my house. Tomorrow I have another pre-op appointment and it will only take me about 15 minutes to drive to it! Blessing.....

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Yes you are so blessed! Good luck and news on your appointment. Some people fly in and out. Traveling takes a toll. And I want to encourage those who have to go near and far, to keep up the good work. Stay on top of your health, and may GOD be with you as you travel.

Yeah you are blessed.. I have to travel over 340miles... by car.. not fun. but I have a GREAT Dr. and his Asst. that does lot by phone for me.. So I consider myself blessed as well.

My doctor is about 20 minutes from me, so I know what you mean. I love being so close in case of any problems that might arise.

I hear you too, Margo. My doctor and hospital are both within about 20 minutes from me as well. This proximity was a BIG reason why I decided to fight my insurer for almost a year rather than let them win and fly to Mexico for surgery. I know how important good aftercare is, and if it wasn't convenient to get to I know I wouldn't have followed up as carefully as I should. Good aftercare to me meant LOCAL aftercare, so it was worth the wait and the fight.

I knew it was meant to be when I first went on to the Inamed site and found that my doctor was one of the first in the U.S. doing banding, and had participated in the FDA trials. And to find that he participated with my insurer was icing on the cake! The only piece of the puzzle was the exclusion my carrier had for the band, but that fell into place too. Patience and persistence rule the day!!

Yep, you guys are lucky ducks, My band surgeon is back in Mexico and even though his fills are free, I'm using a band doctor in Miami (3 hr drive for me, each way, so that's a 6 hr drive, yuck) But oh well, I guess it could be worse.

Alex, can you help Isa on the plastic surgery thread, she tried posting some pics but it didn't work.