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Hi Tom,
Welcome to the losers bench. 65 pounds is a huge loss. Congrats!
What is the difference between Gastric Bypass and the Mini Gastric Bypass? Never heard of it before. My curious mind would love to know.
thanks,
michelle
on 1/12/08 11:21 am, edited 1/6/10 7:06 pm - Ewa Beach, HI
Hi Linda,
Was your band defective? Or did it slip? Just wondering. And did HMSA pick up the tab the second time around when you saw Dr. Fowler?
Have a good weekend!
HMSA covered my surgery. All except $4000 which was a doctors fee that covers 5 years of post op care(he flies here every other month). It also covered 2 roundtrip tickets from Kauai to SF and 1 week at Cathedral Hill Hotel. The hospital where the surgery was at was CMPC or something like that. California Medical Pacific Center i think. Dr. Cirangles website is www.lapsf.com
Did your chiropractic adjustments help with the pain at all? Mine was all temporary relief but once the weight started coming off, the pain started going away.
If you want, come on over to the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy forum and chat with Jeni, JSquared, she changes her name sometimes. She lives on Oahu and can give you the low down on when Dr. C will be on Oahu for her next follow up visit. I think he's coming to Kauai first week in Feb so he should be island hopping around that time.
Take care!
michelle
on 1/7/08 2:09 am, edited 1/6/10 7:06 pm - Ewa Beach, HI
I heard that Dr. Murayama is doing the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy laporascopically now instead of open which makes a whole heck of a difference during the recovery phase. That is the whole reason why I used Dr. Cirangle cause he was the only guy doing it at the time. I DID have to fly to SF but he comes to Hawaii every other month for checkups so it's all good.
Me too on the Chiro visits. My insurance doesn't cover that kind of visits so I had to pay outta pocket for each and every visit. The regular physicians only wanted to medicate me with Vicodin(which sometimes isn't a bad thing) but it never got to the root of my problem which is losing weight and keeping it off. Oh man, i cannot even express how great my bones and joints feel. My ankles don't hurt, my knees don't hurt and I don't huff-n-puff when going up hills..........it's freakin' awesome!
Call the insurance company, see what they say and schedule a Consultation.........if can, can.....and there is no such thing as "NO CAN" in my book! It's more like "Where there's a will, there's a way!!!"
k-den....Happy Aloha Sunday!
on 1/6/08 6:55 am, edited 1/6/10 7:07 pm - Ewa Beach, HI
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