If your surgeon is Kevin Wasco of Midwest Bariatric Solutions of Neenah, Wis you probably won't be wearing it very long.  It will not be long and you will experience problems and I am sure that if you should  decide to return to him , he will tell you "my partner and I stand behind our work".  (Like you're a used car).  He will then deflect all questions from you, poison the minds of other health care professionals, make promise after promise of how he is going to help you, and in all reality, he will do NOTHING.  Unfortunately, my family and I took this "trip from hell" with Kevin Wasco for 4-5 years and watched it all unfold like a nightmare!  The band should be on as long as you want it on - provided it was placed without complication in the first place.  Research your surgeon - never, ever settle for anything less than the best.  I did, and my nightmare will continue for the rest of my life!!  I realize there are risks with EVERY surgery.  I realize people can make errors - even surgeons.  But it takes a "real doctor" to sit down with a patient, explain what has gone wrong, acknowledge the mistake, explain how you are going to fix it and then follow thru!!!  Especially when someone paid out of pocket for such a procedure to begun with.  Kevin Wasco failed to do any of those things.  Go to a link at University of Michigan Hospital website and read how they handled disgruntled patients.  Wasco could take a lesson from that.  Look at the percentage of patients that wanted nothing more than the physician to acknowledge there was a problem.  Look at how many $$ were saved each year in lawsuits and settlements.  The world is not full of patients that wish to engage in lawsuits to score a "jackpot".  The biggest "jackpot" in the world wouldn't change my life in any way AND I never filed a lawsuit (in spite of what Wasco told other patients about me).   You better check your surgeon and the hospital he/she is affiliated with.  This one detail may be the detail that you live or die by!!.. I know - as I stated previously, I was on that "trip from hell" with Wasco for 4-5 years!!! 

Hello, I was just wondering how long it took to hear back from the ins. company once the paper work was summited? My paper work has been sumitted yesterday and I was wanting to call them on Monday if I hadn't heard anything on them to see if I have been approved, I am interested in knowing how long it took any of you on your response from the ins. company.. I am so excited but yet soooo scared.. I want to be approved so badly,and want this done, I am soo scared of the response I will get from the ins. company..



Tammy

I WENT THROUGH BARIATRIC INSTITUTE OF WI AND MY SURGEON WAS BOBBY WU ISTARTED THE PROCESS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER WAS APPROVED VALENTINES WEEKEND AFTER 6 MO DIET AND HAD SURGERY DURING MY SPRING BREAK ON APRIL 7 THEY ARE ALL GREAT AND VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND EXPERIENCED NO DEATHS AT ALL!

I was going to go with Chua, my surgery was supposed to be this Wednesday, but I changed my mind. I'm getting the duodenal switch now. Chua has only done 7 duodenal switches so I have decided to get a surgeon who is more experienced.
I'm not sure how Chua is on the vsg, but as far as RNY, he is one of the best! He has done over 3,000 RNY's and is a very skilled surgeon.
If I were to get the RNY, he would without a doubt be the man for me.
I have a high BMI, and studies show that the DS is far superior for WLS than the RNY. And the fact that I NEED to take the occasion NSAID for my SEVERE cramping... I was hooked on DS

www.dsfacts.com

Good Luck!!

whey do some hospital not offer gastric bypass or the band, but the doctors work there?