Lexington hospital

Thanks so much for your response.  Hope your sis is doing great!

Hi, I just wanted to say that I will be attending the seminar at Lexington Hospital as well. It is scheduled for the 15th and not the 16th. Maybe I need to verify that date but according to their web site seminars are offered on Wednesday's. Either way I hope to see you there. I am starting my journey as well and I am hoping to get approved for Lap Band. You are more than welcome to email me anytime. [email protected]

That is so great, You are correct it is on the 15th.  I have it right here in my notes.  I started this back last month by going to a seminar on myrtle beach, but they want 300 buck for the program, and I'm not sure what I will have to pay out of pocket, so i started looking for a program that did not have a program fee.  I've had the psych eval and nutritional counseling.  If necessary, I can have those reports sent to Lexington hopefully.  The drs that are in MB used to be in Florence, but moved to MB which makes it more inconvenient for us in this are.  But I think it is about the same distance from her to Columbia as it is from here to Conway.  Anyway to save the 300 is enough incentive to look somewhere else. I'm going to have to leave early, even though I've beent here before, I get lost in a box.   Hope to see you there.

I was glad to hear from you. I am sorry that the drive is so far out of the way for you but I pray it will be well worth the drive. I have to admit I have heard all GOOD talk about Lexington Hospital. My sister works at one of the sister offices and she said that the surgeons there are excellent!! I hope we get to meet each other there. Did you have to pay for your psych eval and nutritional couseling? I was just wondering I have not taken that step as of yet. I am very excited about this journey and I feel great on the inside about it. Well I hope to see you there and take care!!

I had to pay a $15 co pay for the psy eval, but did not pay anything at Carolina Hosp. for the nutritional counseling.  I imagine they will bill my insurance.   More and more I'm glad I waited and sought other places to explore the surgery.  I really can't afford the program fee at the other surgical group, plus I think they used to push their protein and supplements.  Even though the seminar was good, glad there is an alternative.  I explored this surgery about 3 years ago with the same group, the fee was $250 then,and as you can see, it is steadily going up.  I even had the initial consult with one of the drs there, but my insurance turned me down.  This time I have to do it.  My health problems are being getting worse.   I've already planned to take off work for the 15 and all. So I'll be there.  Please make an effort to find me, and I'll try to find you also. 

I will certaintly look for you on the 15th. You are right 300.00 is a lot to pay especially these days and times...gas is a killer expensive all by itself. I am just curious why did your insurance deny you the first time? I have United Health Care insurance and they are good. my boss husband had gastric bypass in March and we have the same insurance company and they were excellent with him. So, I just keep praying all will work out and I know it will. I haven't come this far to turn around now. The weight loss epidemic is becoming huge b/c  everyone is saying obesity will the next huge killer of society. That is why it is so expensive for every test and even charging for the seminars. I encourage everyone to please take advantage of every opportunity to lose weight that is possible. I want to live a long, healthy life. Take care!!! LOL!!

It was excluded on the policy, even after I appealed and gave them a running history of my co-morbidities they denied it.  I even wrote to the insurance administrator of the plan to no avail.  I told them that if anything happened to me because of my weight I was instructing my son to get to most high priced attorney and sue them for wrongful death, cause that was something that could have been prevented.  But I had companion insurance with the Honda plant, I am a federal employee now and I specifically chose a plan that would cover this.  The first year BCBS only covered the gastric and not the lap band, but now it covers them both.  My youngest daughter and her little 4 mo old will be with me so look for the baby and that will be me.  My kids are not too keen on the idea, but she is willing to come with me so she can see what will take place.  Do you have any family to support you on this?  This is gonna be great, a WLS buddy!  Do you have any thing up on your profile, I don't not sure how to go about doing it.  Good to hear from you.

That is just horrible with the insurance company and all. Thank God you have a better insurance company!! It is wonderful that your daughter will be coming along with you to see what the procedure is about. My husband can make the post-op with me and my boss's husband on tomorrow but he will not be able to attend on 08/15 b/c he will be on second shift. But I will be okay. When I arrive I will be looking for you!!! It is great to have a wls buddy b/c we can share the ups and downs of eveything and believe me I am praying there will not be any downs but all ups!! My family such as my mom and dad they do not fully understand about the surgery and as christians they asked me to pray about it and make sure this was the right thing for me. I appreciated that greatly b/c I didn't just want them to blurt out NO,and they didn't. Besides they know that all this weight is not healthy. Well if you want to email me feel free to do so at : [email protected]

Whenis your post op?  Do you do that before the seminar or or afterwards?  I only have my kids, both my parents are gone.  My kids are all grown and have kids, so I'm spoiling grand kids.  Which is so nice, I get to send them back to their parents LOL.  my email is [email protected]

No, you do not have your post-op first. My boss's husband had gastric bypass and he goes to the group post-op meetings each month. So he invited me to go along so I can here the ups and downs of the surgery and to actually meet some of the graduates of wls. I am very excited about that and I look forward to it. I will email on the following day to let you know how it was. Wish me luck!!!