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I did an online seminar for the Cleveland Clinic on 10/2/13, which you can find on their website. It was about 10 days before I heard from someone. An appt was made quickly after that for a consultation regarding the different kinds of WLS an such. I went through my 3 months of classess and appts and had my RNY on 4/17/14. You should not still be waiting to hear from someone about your questionaire. You should probably call again.
My doctor put a ring on my stomach when he did my gastric bypass. It is not a lap band, not adjustable. It's just a ring. He said that it will help keep me from stretching my stomach back out after recovery. I've not heard of anyone else ever having a ring put on their stomach durng RNY surgery. Hoping to find someone with experience with this. I'm trying to decide whether or not to have him take the ring off. He never discussed the possibility of this during our consult or any time thereafter. He just took it upon himself to put it on during my RNY surgery.
Good luck to you!
The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.- Benjamin Mays
HW:450, Consult W:371, SW:353
Thanks for the response. I am going to a seminar June 11th, and I will know which doctor I plan to go with at that time. Next month will make my 6 month on the supervised diet. The doctor I see is a very special doctor in the bariatric field, there is only 3 others like him with the credentials that he carries. He told me when I go to the seminar that's when everything will get rolling. I meet with his dietician June 5th. I haven't heard of anything about a cardio clearance, Ill have to add that to my list of questions I have for him. lol
Thanks for all your input. 
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Do you have a surgeon yet? I don't have Caresource I have Paramount but the medically supervised diet when you get about 4-5 months you should be able to set up an appointment with your surgeon to get started on your other things. My surgeon requires sleep study, psych evaluation, cardio clearance (which I just got done with), diet history and some other things. I live near Cleveland and having my surgery at University Hospital. I did get the cardio clearance done early in case there was problems with my heart that will hold me up for surgery. Since I have heart problems but I passed with flying colors.
I am on my 3rd month of medically supervised and can make my appointment with surgeon now. I already have psych appointment made but usually they want you to see surgeon first. Different surgeons have different ways they do things call their office to find out what you can start now besides the supervised diets. I hope this helps a little but like I said you can only find out more by calling surgeon. Good luck to you!
The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.- Benjamin Mays
HW:450, Consult W:371, SW:353
If so could you please tell me everything that they require to approve surgery? I Called care source and spoke with two different people who couldn't even pronounce words correctly and gave very vague details, basically told me just a 9 month supervised diet and medically necessary. I know there is a lot more to it than that, such as blood work, mental exam, sleep study. But how many dietician/NUTs visits? So please ANY help would be great. Im in my 5 months of my 9 month diet, and I dont want to miss a beat getting stuff done efficiently. Feel free to private message me to share your story. Thanks P.S if you have gone through this in the Columbus are I would REALLY like to hear where you went/ what dr/ hospital.
~Take a second chance, give a second chance~
how do you go about doing that I'm getting a brew for care source for bariatric surgery do you have to call them and where can I find a bariatric surgeon at because I live in Springfield Ohio and I don't think we have one here but what are the steps that you had to take to get to the point of your surgery because I'm trying to figure it out so I can get it done I just got my care source card so I'm very anxious to do this I just need to know where to begin
Thank you for replying. I clicked on your name and it tells me the profile was either deleted or made private? If you would send me a message if that's the case i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again
Hi DelilahJO -
I did not have my surgery at St. Vincent but wanted to respond. I did have mine within the Cleveland area in July, 2013. If you have any questions I can answer feel free to send me a private message. I know a few people on OH have had their surgeries in the Cleveland area. Good luck on your search.
Take Care
Debb
" Never let your dreams rust "
