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now!!! Yipee!!!

Spunky

Re: MGB Surgery

First, call Dr. Bartles in Cary, he is great

and will be more than happy to do your physical, write

your letter to Dr. R and follow you after surgery. He

is a really nice guy. Look in the phone book under

Bariatric physicians, or email me back privately and I

can give you his number. He is a family physician and

can do all of the stuff you need done beforehand, he

just decided to concentrate in this field a while ago

back.

Second, I don't know where you work or what ins.

options you have but my husband works for the state

and we changed to the NC State Teachers and Employees

Plan administered by NCBCBS during the open enrollment

period. They cover the surgery as long as you meet

their criteria which isn't hard to do if you truely

are obese (Other than obesity I too have no other

health problems). I had my answer back from them in

about 4 days. They say 3-5 days so I was happy with

that. The best advice I could give is to check and see

which plans you have to choose from cover this kind of

surgery. I know that some folks who have BCBS have

had a hard time but it just depends on your individual

policy that your employer offers and whether or not it

is covered. If you work for the state though the State

Plan is the way to go. It is an 80/20 plan though so

there will be some out of pocket expense but I have

heard that when it comes down to it that the expense

is not as much as you would expect.

If I can be of further assistance let me know. I live

in Raleigh and will be having surgery 12-6-00!!!!! I

would be glad to speak to you over the phone or

otherwise, just let me know and I will email you my

number privately.

Price

pre-op 12-6-00

still looks good to put that at the end of my name

--- Liverman wrote:

> Hello everyone...

>

> I live in the Raleigh-Durham area and consider

> myself

> very lucky to be so close to Dr. Rutledge. However,

> my primary care physician isn't too keen on the idea

> of the surgery. Can anyone recommend a physician

> that

> might be receptive to the procedure. I'm 42 years

> old

> with a BMI of 42 and luckily don't have any serious

> co-morbitiies as yet - only back pain from carrying

> all this weight around and being tired all the time!

>

> Also, what insurance companies have you had luck

> with.

> We're in the middle of our benefits enrollment and

> I

> need to make a decision pretty fast.

>

>

> Thanks so much!

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