Anyone ever go to him/hear anything about him? I had my first referral visit with my PCP today and he referred me to Dr. Fisher. I'm a little leary, because my PCP had only ever heard of Dr. Snyder in Aurora doing lapband surgery. He'd never even heard of Dr. Kirshenbaum. Apparently, Dr. Fisher does the other wls and I got the impression that he "of course" is able to do the lapband surgery. I like that Dr. Fisher is local (I live in Colorado Springs), but would like more information--I don't want him practicing on me! :eek: Thanks for your reply.

Hi willowcat,

I was just banded by Dr Fisher. I have nothing but good things to say. Everything went very smooth and the staff has been wonderful too.

Teresa, Wow! You really were just banded--11 days ago!Congratulations!

Thank you so much for posting a reply!! Whew! That's really good news about Dr. Fisher!

I'm still in the insurance approval stage of this whole process. At the pace this is going, though, I don't think I'll be getting banded anytime soon.

Did you self-pay or did your insurance cover it? Kaiser Permanente says that they'll only pay 50%--even after waiting for them to approve the surgery!

Do you happen to know how much Dr. Fisher and his team charge for the lapband? I'm going to need to dip into my savings account to cover my half (it would be kind of nice to know beforehand how much I'm looking at). Thank you for your reply.