Considering WLS

I am live in the triad area and I am considering having WLS.  I am thinking about either going the duke or greensboro for the surgery I and wanting people experiences with either place for their WLS.

I'm from New Bern, but will be having my surgery (VSG) in Mooresville because I'm self pay. I've heard good things about both. I know Greensboro has an excellent surgeon. I would think The Surgeons at Duke are just as good. In my opinion Duke has the better facilities, especially to respond to potential complications. Hope this helps a little as the NC OH Message Boards are dead and do not have much activity.

My surgery is upcoming (10/10).  My dr is from the Duke group.  My recommendation at this moment is to try the Durham office over the Raleigh one.  I have had to push this thing through myself.  My partner is having WLS too and has had the same experience (phone calls not returned, schedules messed up, pre-op package not complete).  I still feel confident in my surgeon based on his reputation.  The office staff seems sweet but they are not very efficient.  

I had my original consult at the Raleigh Duke office, but my Dr told me he could get me to surgery sooner @ the Durham office, so all my procedures/visits will be in the Durham. The Raleigh office took FOREVER to contact me after submitting the health questionnaire online, then 4 weeks to schedule the initial consult, then they had to reschedule my initial consult for 3 weeks later. So it took about 3 months to get an initial consult appt. Then it took 6 weeks after the initial consult to get a EGD appt. I hope the surgery is scheduled faster....LOL all this waiting us driving me nuts...LOL

Who is your insurance provider? I  have UHC and am trying to find someone that has them to see if they changed their guidline

I have Medicare. I had UNC for 7 years and they wouldn't cover it. I tried with them in 2008 and 2009. Good Luck. 

I have UHC in NC (California policy).  I had the DS this past Friday and it was covered (at least the pre-approval said it was).  The usual caveats applies (weight and co-morbidities) + a "demonstrated weight loss attempt of at least 6 months".  I went to the doctor for 4 and then had the surgeon submit those records along with 6 months of weigh****chers and they approved on the first pass.  Not sure about you but I was at 44.8 BMI with all of the fat diseases  - high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, borderline diabetic.

Good luck.

I had the RNY July 24 with DR sudan.

I had my surgery at UNC and I loved them!  They walked me through every step and were nicer than any I have ever worked with.  I started talking to the people at Duke first as I live in Durham but I felt like I was just a number in their system.