Hell No!

 So I called the office of Virginia Weaver today to get a quote on the VSG just to see if it was pretty much the same as my weight loss surgeon Dr. Woodman, both of whom are here in Memphis, TN. Well I was going to pay the hospital and Dr. Woodman $18000 (check out my blog for the breakdown) and I got a quote from Dr. Weaver for $13500!!!!.  That is a $4500 difference!! It doesn't matter if your insurance is paying for it but I am a self pay.  The biggest difference in the price was that Woodman charges $6250 for his surgeon fee and Weaver charges $3250 for her surgeon fee.  I hear Woodman is a good surgeon but damn is he $4500 better than Weaver. lol

Welcome to the Weaver team.   How far off will that put your surgery?  Are you coming to the support group Thursday?

 What time is the support group meeting??  I'm not dumping Woodman YET I'm just looking at other options.  I have to turn my application in tomorrow.  They told me they may be able to squeeze me in sometime in November if i decide to switch.

hi there .i just wanted to say good luck. i moved here from cal in 2009 and i had roux n y in california in 2006 i lost almost 275lbs but since then i put on some weight back , not happy about it but ,being bipolar and manic depression illness doesnt help either. but im still glad i had it. my surgeon before i moved here i had my 3 yr follow up and thats when i came clean with him that i am dealing with a massive case of bipolar illness and manic depression he goes if i knew you had this before the surgery you wouldve never had it, i go i know thats why i didnt say anything, i wanted this surgery and because i had to have a knee replacement or i would be in a wheel chair today. but i took my fear of gaining weight back after the surgery to a not good place .so now im trying to lose . but i wanted to say good luck and i hope one day i can meet in person some people who have had surgery or going to have surgery ,like support groups i dont see any here to much where i live. i found one thats in chattanooga tn, but im hoping to meet people and get some support. i need it badly .
nice to meet you via intenet .

rebecca basra

 I was getting everything going to go to weaver and wegner and i was told that because I have HumanaChoice PPO they would touch me. EVEN THOUGH they are providers AND i talked to their financial services advisor and SHE told me they accepted my insurance. so guess what.....gotta find someone else!!! back to square one.