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Surgeon TestimonialThirumalairaj Jayakumar M.D.I picked Dr. Turnquest to perform my surgery He has a great personality, very soft spoken, nice guy. The first time I met him was at the seminar, he was very informative. The seccond time was at his office for my first visit. His staff is great! Ericka is working very hard to get everything I need to submit to my insurance co. She is very helpful, nice, and knows her stuff, that alone is very helpful. This is what I thought in the beginning. WRONG!!! Hope if you use them you have a cut and dry case. If there is any work to be involved, forget it. They seem to only want to work on case's that don't require any effort. I have now switched surgeons, and have gone to NuWeigh. They know what they're doing. Member Interests
- Hobbies - Love fishing, country music, movies, bowling
- Parenting - I have 3 wonderful children: Rex 18, Morgan 10, BreAnna 6
- Romance - I have a loving, devoted, supoortive husband
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* on November 2, 2006 9:37 pm
Went to see Dr. J, he is so nice. I had lots of paperwork to fill out. I went into an exam room, Dr Jay came in, we discussed the surgery and stuff. They told me to take off everything from the waste up. I said ok, what for? Nurse said he needs to see my abdomen. I said ok, well then to my suprise, he did a breast exam. I wasn't prepared for that. Wonder why he did that. I asked the nurse and she said it was standard procedure. I did tell him before my G-ma passed away from breast cancer, maybe that was why, who knows. I just thought it was weird. Anyway now I have to go get an EGD done, ultrasound of my gall bladder, and labs. Hope all goes well. After I left there I went to look at our new house to see if they did anything new. Low and behold, we have carpet! Wrong damn color, but we have carpet. Needless to say, I had to go to the construction manager a complain. They said they'd change it. We are suppose to close on Nov 17. I'm so excited!
* on October 30, 2006 9:42 pm
This morninig I called my surgeons office, talked to Ericka. She said Dr T didn't want to persue my case, it would be a waste of time. I was speechless! I said well I'd like to get my file so I can appeal. She said ok come get it. So I had my appt with Nuweigh today, I loved it! The people there are awesome, and so nice. They are going to appeal my case. I have another appt to see Dr J on Thurs. I think I'm getting excited again, that or I'm overwhelmed. We are about to sign all the papers for our new house, packing, having to move, possible upcoming surgery, Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner. I hope some of this stuff or I should say all of it works out for us! I'm praying that it does. Oh and by the way, I will be changing my comments about Dr Dexter Turnquest and his staff!
* on October 29, 2006 7:52 pm
I am so ashamed of my self. Today was going great, got up this morning, drinking coffee with my husband, talking to my kids, etc. Hubby decided we needed to go look for furn for our new house. I was like great, I'll go take a shower and get ready. I was standing in the bathroom getting ready to hop in the shower, stark ass naked, when he comes barging in. I SCREAMED AT HIM AS LOUD AND AS MEAN AS I COULD TO GET OUT, GET OUT!!!!. I was so embarrased that he saw me. I don't like him to look at me. I guess I feel as if he can't see my fat ass under all my clothes, it's not that bad. I think I deal with my weight better that way to. Stupid, I know. I feel like the uggliest ,fattest, undesirable, person on this earth. I felt, like I just wanted to die, rather than to face him. I started crying so hard, I couldn't stiffle myself. After a few minutes, he knocked on the door, I didn't answer him. He finally came in and said honey? Are you ok? I still didn't answer him. I have to say, I have the sweetest, most loving, compasionate husband on earth. He said are you ok? I said NO, leave me alone, go away. He said I can't do that. I didn't say anything (still crying). He said, you know, I didn't fall in love with you because of what you looked like.I love you for who you are and I love everything about you. Well needless to say, the tears fell even harder. I finally finshed my very long shower. I got out, got dressed, and he came up to me hugged and kissed me, and said I love you. I appologized profusely to him, and told him how sorry I was. I hate that I feel this way, but I can't help it. I hate this body, and it makes me sick, so therefore how can anyone else see it differently. I am so thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful man. This is kinda off topic here but, this makes me wonder what will happen to my attitude if I do have surgery. Will I ever see my self as anything other than a huge, fat, ugly, undesirable person?
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* on October 26, 2006 7:36 pm
Had appt with pcp today. I told her what happened with my surgeon. She couldn't believe it. I told her I was so upset, she said don't be. Bring me your denial letter and I'll do a peer to peer for you! Oh I was so excited! We discussed all the reasons I was denied. She looked over my criteria for my insurance. She said there is no reason why I shouldn't have gotten approved. First she asked me, in all the medical files I have what was my height measurement? I told her I didn't know, I usually say about 5'7". She said are you that tall? I said I didn't really know. She meausred me and I'm 5'6 1/4". She said that makes a lot of difference when your calculating bmi. So that took care of my bmi falling below 40.Seccond, she asked me if there was any way I could get a weigh in at any time during the yr 2004. Well low and behold after alot of research, I have one. It's from my OBGYN, but it's a weigh in. So that takes care of my 5 yr history. Third, they said my sleep apnea test was not severe enough to be considered a comorb. She said under some guideline, I did qualify. So needless to say, I'm taking her my letter on Monday, and see what happens from there.
* on October 23, 2006 7:24 pm
.Just thought I'd update. Well, I fianlly got my denial. They denied me on 3 different things. 1) said my bmi fell below 40 twice, 2) said my sleep apnea wasn't sever enough, & 3) said didn't have a complete 5 yr history. I was so bummed! I called my insurance co and talked to the nurse that viewed my case, he was so nice very helpful. He told me what I needed to do. He said he left a msg for Ericka that Dr. T would need to do a peer to peer. She said no, he didn't do those. I said well what now? I said ok, I guess we appeal right? She said she didn't think we should appeal because it would be to much work! I'm getting a little upset at this point! I hung up with her started writing my appeal letter.
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My Story Hi, I am 36 years old, very happily married, and mother of 3. I have been overweight for most of my life, especially after childbirth! Tried everything there is on this earth to lose weight, obviously not succesful. I don't really have any life threatening health concerns at this time, that I know of, but have family history of obesity, CHF, stroke, and cancer. I don't have HBP, Colesteol, diabetes. But I do have reflux really bad and my joints and back hurt so bad at times I can't hardly move. I have chosen the RNY. I've never had surgery before or been put to sleep, rather nervous about the procedure. I have chosen my surgeon, Dr. Dexter Turnquest in Houston. He is such a nice person, very soft spoken, informative, his staff is great too! I am in the process of getting approval from my insurance co. We have Aetna. Have heard they are hard to crack, so trying not to get my hopes up to soon. I have already done my psych eval and nutrition appt.. I have researched this procedure in depth and am very excited about getting healthy and losing the extra person I've been carrying around, lol as my Doc described. I know once I lose this weight, I'll be able to do the things I so long for, like being able to walk without getting so winded, or tying my shoes without tuning beat red and sweating to death before I can get back up! Energy, I can't wait, concidering that I have none, lol wonder what it's like to have some. I'll be able to keep up with my kids. Please pray for me, and my family as we journey through this life changing experience! I'll update as soon as I have more info.
My top 10 list of things I want to do AFTER surgery: 1. Shop at a regular store and buy regular clothes! 2. Cross my legs 3. Breath without such effort 4. Ride amusment rides with my kids 5. Weight less than my husband 6. Take a nice vaction and enjoy it 7. Renew my wedding vows 8. Start dancing again ( l love line dancing CW dancing) 9. Walk tall, get some self respect and self esteem 10. Not be so hot all the time.
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