I got a date!

K@t · 03-30-2006, 04:57 PM

Hey everyone.

I saw the surgeon on Wednesday and we had a long talk. He told me that the state waiting list is about 2 years instead of 1 like I originally thought, and he said the equipment and facilities at the private hospital are newer and nicer. He basically said he prefers to work at the private hospital. (he gets paid either way if I go private or public so I don't think he was trying to be a salesman or any thing.)

He has me doing a battery of different test, blood, liver, etc. and then I have an apt. with him on the 12th of April to go over all the test results, and then he said we can do the surgery any date after that. We are shooting for April 26th. He said he thinks I'm a good candidate and the first thing he asked me was if I knew this wasn't easy and if I knew I would still have to change my eating habits ect. I told him yes, thanks to all my buddies here at LBT I do.

I also asked him about the bands and he said he likes the VG band the best but that he can put any band I want. He seemed impressed that I knew about the different bands (thanks to whoever posted that thread) and that he does stitch the band in place.

Money wise, he said its going to be between 7,500€ and 10,000€ he said I won't know the total cost until the end because the longer I stay in the hospital the more expensive it is etc. I have to pay the hospital part up front on the day I leave and he said that should run about 6,000€ and then he said the rest was his part and I could pay that in payments or whoever I had the money to pay. So that was nice to know.

Any way apart from the crappy day I had today with my director, everything seems to be going well and I'm excited to start my new journey.:clap2:

gentlespirit · 03-30-2006, 06:03 PM

Congratulations!! It's exciting and a little scary all at the same time, isn't it? Hope everything goes well for you and that your recovery is smooth and gas free!!

Emily