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Old 04-30-2009, 09:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Some insurance will indeed pay for the sleeve, sadly most will not. Mine was paid for by the Veterans Administration, who contracted the surgery out to Vanderbilt University's Center for Surgical Weight Loss.

I LOVE my sleeve. I am 65 years old, and am down 117.5 pounds in 7.5 months with it.

Im a bit more than half way there with 4 months behind me.
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