I live in the Dallas area and wondering if anyone knows of Dr. D. Kim in Colleyville? If so what was your experience with the doctor and are you satisfied with the procedure? Perhaps you can suggest a Dr.

Why don't you check with your insurance company (if they cover WLS) and see what surgeons are on the approved list? Those of us who are self-pay could go wherever we chose and could make recommendations that might not be on your insurance. Let us know who's approved and go from there.

My wife and I are working with the Baylor Weightloss Surgery Center in Grapevine. My wife was banded on 4-17, and my surgery is this friday. Dr Randall Wright our surgeon, and he is great. Very easy to talk to, none of the normal ego that a surgeon shows. The whole staff is very friendly, and they work to get all the insurance kinks smoothed out.

I went through TLCEdge in Plano. My surgeon was Victor Gonzalez. He was great. He was patient. He answered all my questions. His office staff was very helpful. I would recommend him to family and friends. However, if memory serves, Dr. Kim may be one of the surgeons they use. Don't hold me to that, though!

I go back to TLCEdge for my fills. Turn around time for appointments is great! The longest I've had to wait was about 7 minutes. Most of the time I'm in within a couple of minutes. The staff is absolutely wonderful. You can go to a group seminar with them, or schedule a one-on-one seminar. I was self pay so I went for the private seminar. My first meeting with them was October 21, 2008 and I had surgery November 6, 2008. The website is www.tlcedge.com. Click on surgical weightloss.

Best of luck to you!

I was banded on 4/8/09 and used Dr. Frank Felts. I went through Lapband Solutions and they handled everything for me. All I had to do was give them my insurance information and they took care of all of it. Even when I was denied they handled all my appeal paper work and everything and go me approved. I loved my surgeon and his staff. Dr. Felts does all my fills...I never have to worry about a nurse doing it.

www.lapbandsolutions.com

Good luck!!

Dawn

I was banded on 4/8/09 and used Dr. Frank Felts. I went through Lapband Solutions and they handled everything for me. All I had to do was give them my insurance information and they took care of all of it. Even when I was denied they handled all my appeal paper work and everything and go me approved. I loved my surgeon and his staff. Dr. Felts does all my fills...I never have to worry about a nurse doing it.

www.lapbandsolutions.com

Good luck!!

Dawn

dawn who was ur case manager at lapband solutions....and what insurance denied u..im currently with lapband solutions and im now just waiting on them to send my stuff to aetna for approval....i just finished all the required doc visits.

My case manager was Kristina and I am with Cigna.

My case manager was Kristina and I am with Cigna.

oh ok..thanks for the feedback!

I was banded on March 30th in Carrollton by Dr Frank Veninga. He was great and his staff also was wonderful. They worked with me for about a year in half through illness and 2 insurance companies inorder to get me approved. Good luck and I hope everything work out with you.:mad2:

Hello! I am not from Texas but I wanted to stop in and welcome you to LBT and look forward to hearing about your lap band adventure :mad2: