Help !!! I see my PCP for the first time next week!!! I am terriffied!!!!

HEY THERE JAYE JAYE ... THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN HOSPITALS THAT HAVE A BARIATRIC UNIT WHERE YOU CAN GET WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY OF ANY TYPE - MILITARY BASES DON'T DO GASTRIC BYPASSES THAT I KNOW OF. IF THERE IS A BARIATRIC UNIT IN YOUR AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A "CENTER OF EXCELLENCE" (MUSC IN CHARLESTON IS), THAT IS WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO GO AS THEY HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. TRI CARE PRIME WILL AUTHORIZE A LAP GASTRIC BYPASS AS IT IS EASIER ON THE PATIENT WITH FEWER RELATED PROBLEMS, & MOST SURGEONS LIKE IT BETTER THAN AN OPEN. BUT, IF THERE IS A MEDICAL REASON, THEN YOUR SURGEON WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO DO OPEN. FOR INSTANCE, I HAD AN EXTREMELY LONG SCAR FROM HAVING MY GALL BLADDER TAKEN OUT. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CUT OUT THE ADHESIONS INSIDE ME BEFORE MY GASTRIC BYPASS WAS EVEN STARTED. HAD THEY NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO CHANGE FROM A LAP TO AN OPEN & THAT DECISION WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AT THAT TIME BY THE SURGEON. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

I had my surgery at MUSC and my surgeon was Dr Morgan. She's wonderful love her to pieces. Everyone at the hospital was wonderful and very helpful with everything. I had Laproscopic Gastric bypass.

Welcome to the board Jaye Take a list of questions to your PCP. What he/she does not answer take to the surgeon when they do your first visit. Good luck and do not forget, ask all the question you want no matter how stupid you think it is. Julie