Now that just touched my heart in more ways than you'll ever know.  My mother passed away 4 years ago and I miss her so much, even now.  And you, without knowing sent me a fairy, which was her name.  Thanks!

You keep your head up. Things will get better. Remember you're just 6 or 7 days out from surgery so you are gonna be sore and grouchy. Hope things get better for you. Here's something to help!

You go mister! You're gonna do great! Keep us posted...Here's to losing!

What is the exclusion and what is your insurance?  I have Medicare and while they didn't cover Dr. Oakley's fee, they covered Dr. Korn's.  Dr. Oakley's fee was around $5,000 and I have no clue to the hospital fee as I was covered in both events.  Again, depending on your insurance company, the pre-surgery requirements might be different than mine.  I had to visit a nutritionist and a psychologist for starters.  Then you have to see a pulmonologist and a cardiologist for tests to see if you'd survive the stress of surgery.  You have to have a chest x-ray too.  I don't know about Dr. Oakley, but with Dr. Korn, you have to attend a seminar on Gastric Bypass and attend one of the support groups.  I know the support groups are held on the 3rd Tuesday and Dr. Oakley's are held on the 3rd Monday but I don't remember the times, sorry.  Here's Dr. Korn's List 1.  Gastric bypass seminar 2.  Gastric bypass video 3.  Gastric bypass support group meeting 4.  Exercise plan 5.  Nutritional referral 6.  Psychological referral 7.  Office visit with Dr. Korn 8.  Additional referrals / tests 9.  Office visit with Dr. Korn to set surgery date. 10.  Pre-op class @ St. Luke's 11.  Pre-op visit with Dr. Korn 12.  Surgery!  Hope this helps

I found the same results and I'm a computer tech.   I used the HTML version and make sure you copy all the code to paste into the signature area.  Good Luck!