Hi,

I am new, have not been banded yet. I have a meeting scheduled on March 9th with Dr. Bono. He is 75 miles away, I could have gone to Geisinger, but I sent them 2 referrals and they never called me. I was curious to see if anyone has used Dr. Bono.

Thanks.

My sister sees Dr. Bono. She actually had her banding done in Texas, but living in Pa she had no choice but to find a dr up there. She seems to like him and his office people.

Good luck, Joanie :sneaky:)

Yes -

I live west of Scranton and I started the process back in September 2008.

I finally have my surgery date - April 13

Edited March 11, 200917 yr by Elayne

Hi,

Are you still having your procedure this month? I have my first appointment with Dr. Bono next Thursday. What tests have you had to have done? Thanks.

Yep - My date is April 13.

I'm into my first week of the 2 week full liquid diet -and I think I've been losing about 2 pounds a day!

But it's getting more difficult because it's low carb and high Protein.

I'm getting kinda weak and my teeth want something to bite into.

I have pre-op testing at the hospital on Thursday the 9th followed by an appointment at Dr. Bono's office on Moisey Dr.

Hospital's at 12:45 for several hours of tests.

I had about 12 tests/consults/approvals before submission to the insurance for final approval

Psych, blood, chest x-ray, endoscopy, primary Dr., cardio, sleep study results (if you have sleep apnea), pulmonary, support meeting, physical therapy, dietitian, Doppler, supervised diet (which is no longer necessary for BC)

Since my BMI is under 40 - I had to have more tests to warrant the necessity of the procedure.

It's an intensive process - but I can't believe I'm almost a week away from the surgery.