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Originally Posted by princessmommy
Thank you for taking the time to look all the info up. That is a bundle. I also noticed you had surgery --gall bladder, etc. My friend has no insurance. This would be insurmountable for her. I have insurance...it just will pay for nothing dealing with WLS or plastics. Get those arms done!!! i bet you will love the results.
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Yes, I did have to have my gallbladder removed a little more than 2 years after my RNY. Insurance covered all but $450 of that surgery. The bile duct stricture was a complication from the gallbladder problems. Neither was a direct complication from the RNY but indirectly from the rapid weight loss. Thankfully the insurance covered all of the treatment from the stricture. That would have been pricey since I was in and out of the hospital every 2 weeks for 7 weeks as an outpatient. Only other complication I have had post RNY was a very small ulcer found when they scoped me. They were looking for the reason for my abdominal pain. Turned out to be my gallbladder.
The plastic surgery is pricey, plus I needed to be off from work for 6 weeks. I didn't have short term disability, so needed to have enough vacation time to cover it. I'm an RN so my PS wasn't too excited to have me go back before then due to the lifting restrictions. I also work in a pretty high infection unit so he also wanted my incisions pretty healed up before working. It was well worth the $3000 that I needed to come up with out-of-pocket but if insurance hadn't covered a lot of it, it would have been out of reach for me.
The arms? Well they are still up for debate. I'm not ready to take out a loan to cover the cost so right now I'm seeing if I can save up the money. Cost for me would be about $5200. My plastic surgeon is a physician at the hospital that I work. He takes care of a lot of the patients on the Burn Center, where I work and was generous enough to give me a 25% discount off from his charge.
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~Beth~
Little Victories; Grand Rapids, MI
Bariatric Support Group
Diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol,
peripheral vein disease, joint pain and 210 lbs GONE!! 
Century Club: July 3, 2006
ONE-derland: Dec. 22, 2006
Double Century: May 29, 2007
Goal: June 15, 2008
Lap RNY: 1/30/06-Dr Randal Baker
TT/BL: 09/21/07-Dr Ronald Ford
PS Revisions: 04/29/08-Dr Ronald Ford
Gallbladder: 05/14/08-Dr Randal Baker
Emergency surgery (Intussusception): 02/29/09-Dr James Foote
"...if we pay attention to the fact that we can move,
breathe, feel, laugh, cry and notice sunsets,
there IS cause for joy." 
- Geneen Roth
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