Let's get this show on the road!!!

It's 2008 and I'm tired of my thighs touching each other, wearing a 5X, etc..  I want a DS this year without going through all the hoops the insurance companies insist on.  If you had the surgery out of pocket or found a loophole, please let me know.  I am willing to tap one of my 401k's as I don't want to be 60 and be obese.  I am open to any and all suggestions.   I brought all this up to my primary care doctor and he didn't even respond so I think I need someone else here in the Portland area also.

If you're willing to self-pay locally, then here is OHSU's policy about self-pays (taken from OHSU's website):

Self-Pay Options: If you do not have insurance, or your insurance will not cover bariatric surgery, you have the option to pay for the bariatric surgery services. Please call our Bariatric Scheduling Coordinator at (503) 494-1983 for price information. Our policy requires that all visits must be paid in full prior to the service, and that the surgery fee (including surgery, anesthesia and hospitalization) is required two weeks prior to the date of surgery.

Here is the link to the OHSU Weight Reduction Program website: http://www.ohsu.edu/health/page.cfm?id=10085 Dr. Deveney is the only surgeon at OHSU who performs the DS.  The 2 other surgeons there don't.

Actually Vicki - Dr. O'Rourke also does DS.  Check his webpage. Linda

Actually, he hasn't done that many DS surgeries.  He told us in the info seminar that he does not like doing them at all.  That was why he said almost nothing about the DS and was trying to encourage us to consider the RNY.