Lost in Shreveport

Hey everyone, I am new. My name is Megan and I'm trying to get the surgery done but I honestly don't know where to start. I have medicaid and that also makes it hard because I feel like this surgey is my last hope at a happy life and I dont even know if they will cover it. And on top of that I would then have to find a decent surgeon that I trust that will accept medicaid, and alot of them wont. Can anyone help me find my way? Does anyone know anything about doctors in Shreveport that are good? And how I should approach the Medicaid company? Anyone been through Medicaid and gotten approved? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks so much! - Megan

HEY MEGAN, WELL I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU,, PLEASE READ SOME OF MY STORY ,, YOU CAN READ MY POST , ITS TITLED "DEPRESSED BEYOND WORDS" ANYWAY I LIVE IN BATON ROUGE AND BEFORE THAT NEW ORLEANS ,, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A MEDICAID DOCTOR FOR 3 YEARS NOW , AND FINALLY FOUND THE ONLY 2 IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA , THATS DOCTOR DANIEL SCOTT ,AND DR LOUIS MARTIN,, HOWEVER SINCE THE HURRICANE DR. SCOTT HAS MOVED TO DALLAS,TX.. AND HASNT STARTED WORKING YET, AND DR.MARTIN MOVED HERE TO BATON ROUGE TO VISTA BUT VISTA WILL NOT TAKE MEDICAID ALONE , THEY ONLY TAKE MEDICAID ALONG WITH ANOTHER INSURANCE , DONT KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE, BUT I DON'T,, SO SWEETIE I WISH I COULD HELP YOU OUT BUT SOO FAR, I AM HOPELESS MYSELF, I'VE HAD SOME AWESOME PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD TRYING TO HELP ME OUT ALSO, SINCE I SEEM TO COME ON HERE EVERY MONTH AND BEG!!!! LOL,,, AND SO FAR NOTHING EITHER,, I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO TEXAS TO GET MY SURGERY STILL DONE BY DOCTOR SCOTT SINCE I WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE MY INTIAL SURGERY DONE IN OCTOBER , I HAVE HAD ALL THE TEST AND ALL,, BUT NOW TEXAS WON'T EVEN TAKE MEDICAID FOR WLS,, SO TEXAS IS OUT,, NOW I AM LOOKING AT MOVING TO ALABAMA TO GET THE SURGERY DONE, SOO UNFORTUNTLY MY ONLY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS TO START CHECKING OUT OTHER STATES AND DOCTORS THERE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE TO GET THE SURGERY BREIFLY ,, THATS THE ONLY THING I KNOW OF,,,,, THERE WAS A MENTION OF LA REHAB COVERING IT AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT TESTING , WHICH TAKES AS LONG AS GETTING ON MEDICAID , BUT IT DEPENDS HOW BAD YOU WANT IT ,, ALSO THE FACT THAT I TALKED TO THEM AND THEY DIDNT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL I WAS TALKING ABOUT,, I KNOW TEXAS REHAB COVERS THE SURGERY AND ALA REHAB DOES BUT OBVIOUSLY LA DOESN'T ,, SO IF I HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR FIND SOME WAY ,I WILL DEFINITLY LET YOU KNOW,, I KNOW HOW HORRIBLE IT IS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR BEDROOM AND NEVER LEAVE < LITERALLY>,, BUT THERE IS SOME KIND OF HUGE WEIGHT LOSS EVENT IN HOUSTON THIS WEEKEND AND IT IS GIVING SOME TIPS ON HOW TO GET LA REHAB TO COVER YOUR SURGERY, AND ALSO SOME WONDERFUL SPEAKERS ABOUT THE SURGERY,, IF YOU CAN GO I AM SURE WE STILL HAVE SPACE , I BELIEVE ITS LIKE $30-$60 DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN GO ,, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE AND GET ADVICE ON THE SURGERY,, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOUR INTERESTED,,, ALSO HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING INTO THE SURGERY AND KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT , OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE LOOKED INTO IT? GOOD LUCK AND DON'T LOOSE HOPE < I speak more wisdom than I do>!!!

Hey Ashley Nice to meet you! Well, I wont be able to attend because I have a son with no one to watch him and no money for the trip - plus I would probably get lost. Haha. Anyways, No this is not my first time thinking about it. Ive watched multiple shows on TLC,MTV, Discovery health channel and many other shows and gone to many websites for information. I feel I am very well prepared and know about everything there is to know - hell, if I could, I'd probably do it myself! I know and understand all the risks and what happens during after even before surgery. I am very confident about the surgery itself its just getting to that point that is my problem. Ahh well, Maybe one day. I hope to meet people on here as well that may be able to help my search in finding a surgeon and/or hospital willing. Thanks so much for replying!

Sorry I don't know about Medicaid with this surgery, but keep pressing forward. I hope it works out for you.