Question:
Which is the cheapest bariatric procedure?
I have to pay out of pocket. — ipray (posted on April 7, 2010)
April 7, 2010
Lap band for sure
— beanieweenie
April 7, 2010
cheapest isnt always the best.. i was self pay and paid 9,995.00 for my
gastric sleeve and have lost 136 lbs since june 17th!
— callen3640
April 7, 2010
lap band appears to be the cheapest but when you have issues and have to
revise a couple of years down the road..not!
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April 7, 2010
Lap band. But it is only Temporary and the weight loss will be
Temporary!!!!!!!!!I had Gastric Sleeve. I've lost 57 lbs. so far since
Sept. 2009.
Joanie Reid
— shotseyrudi
April 7, 2010
My lap band was $16,000 in 2007. Shop around, but I would avoid going out
of the country. I have heard it is hard to get a US Dr to follow up with
afterwards. They didn't offer the gastric sleeve back then, but I wish that
I would have had that. There is some maintenance with the band that I did
not expect (I have the 'original' Lap Band-not the Realize band which I
hear is better). Good Luck!
— pattyann
April 8, 2010
— nicolam666
April 8, 2010
Sorry, I missed out a few words in the post above. Should have said that I
couldn't be considered on the NHS as my BMI not high enough.
— nicolam666
April 9, 2010
Don't forget to figure in after care with your surgeon. With lap-band, it
just doesn't work without regular visits to the surgeon to get
"fills" of saline solution to tighten the band. Sometimes you
have to go back several times to get it just right... and I don't think you
can "economize" by asking them to do the whole fill all at
once... apparently doesn't work that way. Of course, with any surgery there
is the possibility of complications that require surgical intervention, so
you should project what that might cost so you're not caught unable to
afford necessary emergency care (hopefully you won't need that, but if you
did, you'd really want to be able to pay for it). With any surgery there's
regular follow-up of some sort with the surgeon. I know RNY best because
it's what I had... my surgeon wants to see me every three months for the
first year, then we see how I'm doing as to how often after that. This is
very important, because with the malabsorptive procedures (RNY, DS for
example) you HAVE to have some kinda expensive lab work done to make sure
your vitamins are in line, or you can end up with some preventable but
serious nutritional deficiencies (beri beri, rickets, scurvey, that sort of
thing). So... make sure to think through the expense involved down the
road. You don't want to be stuck in an unhealthy place because you can't
afford required care. My insurance plan isn't great, and I've spent several
thousand dollars I didn't expect paying copays and such for all the
pre-tests my surgeon required. Fortunately my wife and I were able to
re-prioritize our budget and we're ok, but there can be a lot to spend just
to qualify for surgery, depending upon your surgeon.
— Greg K.
April 11, 2010
Cost is not the issue and you will not be happy! Are you aware that you can
get a loan for wls procedures.That was the main thing my surgeon discussed
with me.
— davonjack
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