I am helping a friend with some research who is interested in having the Lap Band, any of you from the Illinois are have any good Dr.'s to reccomend so I can email him the info?

Siva1

I went the infosession on 7/9 at the MIBC. The doctor wants to do the sugery @ mibc from what he said at the Infosession. My consult is Friday ...getting nervous. Let me know how it goes.

heheheh RELAXXXXXXXXX! it is all scarey in the beginning but trust me once you get use to not eating and eating and eating ! You will be fine, you will find there are foods you can't eat any more, one thing I learned is you have to remeber you will have 2 stomaches, and the one we use is smaller,a nd wont take the foods we use to eat, like acidey or greasey foods, wont set well! So be don't be surprised if you get sick from certain foods you use to love! I woke up in recovery! ANd said what the hell have I done, but after that I was fine, and have not regeretted for one minute! I have a whole new me and a whole new out look on life! And yes I would do this surgery over time and time again, with no questions asked. It is like most things in life, it is what you make it to be. You can loose the weight and keep it off, or learn the ways to cheat and blame everyone else for you not loosing weight. It is hard at first to change your ways of eating and you think you are not getting enough but you will know when you are hungry and need food. Just remeber to drink plenty of fluids and take vitamens.

Hey JOY JOY how did the info session go and the consultant let me know i'm curious is your process long? let me know thanks.

Silva1

I went to the info session on 7/9. I picked the Saturday afternoon session. I checked in a waited in what looked like a hallway with chairs. It was a pretty full house about 50 people. We were introduced to Michelle the patient coordinator, Nicole the dietitian, Jodi the patient advocate ( she has the band and lost 80lbs her goal weight) and of course the Dr’s. Dr Horgan is not all business he answered all of the questions we had and he is very witty too. I like that he is no nonsense he said “ if this does not work for you then you are not working the band”. I signed up for a consult right after the session. I had to wait until 8/5 for my consult. I got there kinda late, I had to take the Metra and a cab to get there and traffic was crazy. When I got there about 4:20 I could tell everyone was getting ready to pack up and go (it was a Friday, so who isn’t ready to leave early) Anyway I got weighed EEK! Had my BP taken, etc. Then Michelle came in to ask me about insurance, I told her I was a self pay then we moved on to meet the Dr. Dr Horgan was on vacation so I met with his associate cant remember his name but we talked for about ½ hr. He agreed that I was a good candidate and from there sent me to the dietitian. By then she was ready to leave but did stay to talk to me briefly about my diet now and after the band. Well the all checked off on my chart (required) so next is the psych eval on 8/31 I have an afternoon appt so I would have more time and not feel rushed. The receptionist said after the psych eval I would set up an appt for my pre-op testing and from there it would be about 2 weeks before my surgery date! That’s fast, but if feel prepared. I was thinking I would do it in Jan, you know to start the new year but I want to use this as a tax deduction for this year. So in the mean time I am researching financing companies and trying not to go crazy thinking/ obsessing about this.

125lbs here I come!

joy

Oh JOY JOY you are a joy!!!! check with dr. horgan office about the financing maybe they will help seeing that you are self pay and all....I envy you ....YOU GO GIRL...still waiting......

siva1

thanks hon, I swear im gonna get fired from "chatting" on this forum soo much i cant help it though! This is great...not alot of people know about this in my life, and no one at work ( they would ask toooo many question and grill me everyday).

yep, this is sooo true and you are too funny....i'm lapband talk addictive also and have not gotten it yet "lol"you know instead of siva1, I should have name it "can't wait"......."lol" talk to later

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Well I had Dr. Horgan band me.... He did a great job... The staff is GREAT... I have to say i love the staff... lol..

Kim

I got banded at Alexian Brothers Hospital by Dr. Rantis . That hospital isalso well know for this type of surgery. I am one week out. I will get my first fill in 4 weekes.

Dr Vafa Shayani. Great doctor. I lost 115 pounds with him. it is going to be 2 yr my bandivesary in November.

Dr Shayani is working from Loyola Maywood. Phone #708.327.2447

Dr Amir Heydari has a office in Crystal Lake and a few other Mchenry county locations. He is the best!

Meliss

Hi all, my name is angie and I am new to this website. I have been researching the Lap Band for quite some time now and have decided taht I want it done yesterday!! I do need some advice. I live near Springfield Illinois and there is one doctor located here in jacksonville that does the procedure. He has only done about 20 to date and DOES NOT use fluro on his fills, these are the 2 main things that scare me. I have heard so many great things about Dr. Horgan in Chicago....do you think it would be silly of me to drive 5 hrs to have him do the procedure or should I just stick with whats near me?? I dotn want to put my health on hte back burner but I al so dont want to have to drive 5 hrs many times a month, I would hope that I would not have to go so many times but you never know!! Also, I am almost sure that my insurance covers it, i have BCBS hmo. Will they cover any surgeon that your PCP refers or how does that work> I really appreciate your time and advise!@ I am so ready to join the many of you that are feeling so great about yourselves! If preferrable, you can email me directly at angiewiu@hotmail.com Thanks, Angie!!!!