Dr. Nowzardan Houston, TX---BAIT AND SWITCH (Or not switch as the case may be)
You wrote:
"that there is a risk of protein deficiency, and risk of liver failure at around 5 years out. OK if there is really that big a risk of liver failure that close in to surgery, then why do insurance companies cover it? Why is it so successful in all the long term trials? Why does medicare/caid cover it? and most of all WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD OF THIS?"
I was just saying you had not heard of that because it was not true. We supplment and get labs to prevent the vitamin defi****ncy but the liver failure is is not true.
Red
"that there is a risk of protein deficiency, and risk of liver failure at around 5 years out. OK if there is really that big a risk of liver failure that close in to surgery, then why do insurance companies cover it? Why is it so successful in all the long term trials? Why does medicare/caid cover it? and most of all WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD OF THIS?"
I was just saying you had not heard of that because it was not true. We supplment and get labs to prevent the vitamin defi****ncy but the liver failure is is not true.
Red
Contact Dr. S. Ganta in Austin, Texas with Austin Bariatric and Laproscopy. If the other doctors clear you, he should too. He also takes Medicare. Austin is much closer to Houston, than Denton.
You can't beat the DS. Good luck with whatever you decide. Put check out all the possibilities first and have no regrets when you decide.
If you don't have bipolar disorder, Dr. Stewart in Denton, TX might take you.
Dr. Anthone in Omaha, Nebraska has been known to take Medicaid.
Dr. Inman in Carmel, Indiana has been known to take Medicaid, although I have read on this board that she (Dr. Inman) is picky/selective about which patients with Medicaid to accept.
All of the ones above do the DS.
If you start a new thread posing this question here on the DS board you may get a few more answers.
Do you know that your insurance does cover/will pay for weight loss surgery, even if at a low rate? I ask because I know the practice I will probably go with in Topeka, KS does not take Medicaid because KS Medicaid does not cover weight loss surgery at all. So, to "take" KS Medicaid, would equal the doctors and hospital totally eating the loss and getting nothing. However, if the Medicaid is from a state that does pay, maybe they would take it, I'm not sure. You can click on their ad (Tallgrass) in the KS forum here on Obesityhelp to get their phone number, and call to see if they would take yours. The Tallgrass surgeons who do the DS are Berntsen and Dunshee.
If your health is bad enough that you can't work (or can't work to make more than a set amount a month that the Social Security Administration sets), you should apply for social security, and, if you get it, after a waiting period of a few years, it will provide you with Medicare, and Medicare covers weight loss surgeries. Some doctors will take Medicare who do not take Medicaid, so there is some hope yet if you can't find a doctor who does the DS or RNY to accept your current insurance. If you can work, try to persevere in finding a job with insurance that does cover it. (Sorry to make it sound so easy; I know it's not.) (Or, hahahaha find a job that pays so much you could afford to self-pay. That is so unattainable for me right now I could be slapping my knee in gales of laughter at that thought.)
Dr. Anthone in Omaha, Nebraska has been known to take Medicaid.
Dr. Inman in Carmel, Indiana has been known to take Medicaid, although I have read on this board that she (Dr. Inman) is picky/selective about which patients with Medicaid to accept.
All of the ones above do the DS.
If you start a new thread posing this question here on the DS board you may get a few more answers.
Do you know that your insurance does cover/will pay for weight loss surgery, even if at a low rate? I ask because I know the practice I will probably go with in Topeka, KS does not take Medicaid because KS Medicaid does not cover weight loss surgery at all. So, to "take" KS Medicaid, would equal the doctors and hospital totally eating the loss and getting nothing. However, if the Medicaid is from a state that does pay, maybe they would take it, I'm not sure. You can click on their ad (Tallgrass) in the KS forum here on Obesityhelp to get their phone number, and call to see if they would take yours. The Tallgrass surgeons who do the DS are Berntsen and Dunshee.
If your health is bad enough that you can't work (or can't work to make more than a set amount a month that the Social Security Administration sets), you should apply for social security, and, if you get it, after a waiting period of a few years, it will provide you with Medicare, and Medicare covers weight loss surgeries. Some doctors will take Medicare who do not take Medicaid, so there is some hope yet if you can't find a doctor who does the DS or RNY to accept your current insurance. If you can work, try to persevere in finding a job with insurance that does cover it. (Sorry to make it sound so easy; I know it's not.) (Or, hahahaha find a job that pays so much you could afford to self-pay. That is so unattainable for me right now I could be slapping my knee in gales of laughter at that thought.)
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