"I'm back to square one. I'm being laid off, which changes everything. Instead of waiting twelve months for insurance approval under COBRA (due to insurance-required diet monitoring), risk battling a NEW insurance company over coverage, or wait a year for FMLA to kick in again, I've decided to go ahead and self-pay while I'm unemployed.
I've decided to go with Dr Marchesini in Brazil. I like him for several reasons - he's very polite in his emails, he answered my questions, and addressed problems he foresaw from my emails, wanting to confirm whether or not I was ready for surgery. He didn't just rush into it, but took the time to make sure I was prepared.
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"I love her. She's been great for me. Very personable. Been open to info/ideas that I have brought to her - from medications that worked for other people, to Weight Loss Surgery. When I asked about a mew use I'd heard about for an old drug, she took the time to look it up (on her Palm Pilot) before deciding whether it was right for me. And while we have talked about my weight, and controlling it with diet & exercise, she has never been pushy or condescending about it. (And she's familiar with ObesityHelp.com - I already had found it, but when I brought up WLS, she immediately suggested I come here to read up about it)."
