I am in brooklyn.. -- new to site, not new to looking to into GBP

Getting my band out was the best thing I ever did.  I should have gotten the bypass from the beginning!  Good luck!  I hope you will be as happy as I am! 

 i'm not sure. i miss the support meetings now with no car its going to suck. i know dr cole and the indian dr are down in southport now. anita







270 before
140 now

I have the same insurance and going thru the process right now my primary doctor office is faxing over my referl to upstate hospital now how long after i get my paper work in does it take to get first appt.

I called today because I have been expecting a call any day from the surgeon's office. My insurance has been cleared and all of my paperwork has been done and approved since Feb 28th (I started the program in December). I was told on Feb 28th to expect to have surgery in 4-6 weeks. Now it is March 28th and I haven't heard anything. So I called today and let them know that if I cannot get it done by May my boss will not give me the time off. I was told they are booking surgery in JUNE! Why I keep getting lied to is beyond me. I have called every hospital in New York and Vermont and they all say I will either have to start the program over or they don't take my insurance. I've spent at least $1000 on gas alone to get to AMC and back. I just dropped $200 on my 9 day liquid diet and now I may not even need it. I am continuously being blown off and chucked to the bottom of their pile and I'm at my wits end. Don't give someone who is morbidly obese all this hope and tell them your program takes 4-6 months when it's going to take 10. It doesn't look like I'll be able to have my surgery anymore and I've spent countless hours, and paychecks on getting there in hopes of finding happiness and saving my own life. I am beside myself.