Hello Members,

On a daily basis we get calls from members in desperate need of surgeons that will accept Medicaid and or Medicare for Bariatric surgery.  It breaks our hearts when we have to say "we don't know of any surgeons in your state we can refer you to". 

Can you please help us? If you know of any surgeons in your state that accepts Medicaid and or Medicare, will you list their:

Name

If they accept Medicare and or Medicaid

Phone number

Facility

Address

This list will remain here for our members to access and use.

Thank you so much!!!

ObesityHelp,

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Hi folks!  I'm Linda, had RNY in July 2007.  I never did lose all the weight I wanted to lose, but I'm a lot lighter than I started out and happy I had the surgery.  I now suffer from severe hypoglycemia, so I'm a protein, fruit and veggie girl.  I am a professional longarm quilter -- I quilt on a 14' long quilting machine.  Glad to see some of you are into the fiber arts.  Nice to see people chatting here again.  It was very lively back in 2007, but a lot of folks just don't come here anymore.

Other than not liking your liquids. How are you? Sleeping OK? Pain OK? You are on a new journey now and that is exciting. I will keep in touch and watch your progress with great interest.

Thank you so much for your response. I am in for the long haul. I have waited for 20 years to do this but did'nt have insurance who would even consider it.

I have all the flavors unjury has but the unflavored may be the most versitle. I have tried the chocolate and chicken soup. I just bought some sf pudding and jello. I read you can put the protein powder in that too. I am drinking a protein drink a day so I will be use to it sometimes twice.

I don't exercise yet but I did order a treadmill yesterday. I am excited about it too. I don't want to go into a fitness center just yet.

I won't be able to join the support group I live to far away. I will miss it.

I will look up some of your suggestions thanks again.

Lindah55

Hi

OK, once I was approved, I got my date immediately, for five weeks out.  I thought it would take forever, but it really didn't.  Approval, however, took 7 months.  I was denied twice during the process, so it's really hard to tell what will happen.  My best advice is not to give up. I look at it now as, well 7 months would have passed regardless, so at least I was doing the best I could during that time.

Dr. Tersigni's pre-op plan is different for everyone.  There are too many factors.  Since I had to lose 12 lbs prior to even being approved (insurance requirement), I didn't have to do the two week liquid. 

I really like Unjury protein best.  I've tried a lot and that is really what I would suggest...but right now everything tastsees terrible to me. :-(  Premiere Protein RTD have 30g of protein, and they are pretty good.  NashuaNutrition.com is a good site.  Look specifically for protein samples and you can get some from a variety of companies.

Honestly, at this point...I shouldn't have done anything to prepare, kitchen-wise.  I did, I bought a variety to try, stocked up on water and flavorings... hate it all.  The one thing I can stand is SF pudding.  Am going to try a popsicle this evening.

Oh, I know!  Do you exercise?  I didn't...everthing hurt too much, but while I was waiting those five weeks I found some videos, one basic and one medium...that should be fun.  One is a hip-hop style and one is zumba... Zumba has exploded all over the place but I am nowhere near ready to do that in public!  I bought this piece of excercise equipment called the Wave that looks kind of fun. 

Then I made a list of movies I could watch on Netflix while I have some time off. :-)

Hope this helps some!  TTYL
Terri