Hi! I am considering the lap band surgery and live near cedar rapids, ia. Is there any surgeons that you would recommend in this area? For those that have had the surgery, how long were you off work?  do the insurance companies give you much static? I just am not sure what to do!


                               Thanks, Angela

Thank you...and now I have that date to back it up...just a few short weeks away Oct 22! I'm in constant hyper dance mode now. Dr. G is awesome huh? 

I did get insurance approval..only took 7 days after we submitted! Going to Cedar Falls for Pre-Op Testing on Monday..and Mary said I could schedule a date then too! I'm hoping for late Oct..but I'm thinking they are into November already. Good Luck everyone! 

I'm finally scheduled as well! Oct 26...Lap RNY at Genesis in Davenport. Hard to believe it's only four weeks away! I found out I was approved just a few days after they sent in my paperwork, so it was a relief not to have to wait forever. I could have gotten an earlier date, but I'm doing quite a bit of traveling for work this month, so I thought it would be better to wait until late October. I'm so excited though! Can't wait to get this show on the road! I've been working on this (on and off) since 2002, so I think it's about time!

-Chris

Surgery on the 29th at the new Mercy facility in W. Des Moines.  Anyone from this area that has been through this before.  I think I "know it all" now, but I know that will surely change as I get closer to the surgery and after surgery as it actually starts happening really fast!
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