This may just be a bias, but the surgeon I consulted with in Great Falls does lap RNY (has done ~225 of them) and he says he can make the pouch smaller than if it were done by the open procedure because of the magnification. Because the pouch starts smaller, it ends up smaller as well, so keeping the weight off long term is easier. That was important for me. As long as you're in Miles City and would have to drive anyway, you might look into the surgeons in Great Falls. I saw both Dr. Rohrer and Dr. Allen, and liked Dr. Allen and is staff better. To each his own, but I would put more trust in a surgeon who has performed more of these - especially if I had the choice. Good Luck!!

Make ins. co. pay for WLS a law!!! Stop the Discrimination of the Obese !!! Sign this online petition to create a law to make insurance companies pay for the treatment of obesity. Also write to your congressmen, I know it sounds corny but it works! Obesity Online Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/07221976/ Find your congress members. http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Hi everyone, I am posting this for Sherri, ObesityHelp Web Services Manager: Greetings everyone! We wanted to get your feedback. Here at ObesityHelp.com we are always trying to help our members in anyway we can. We have found a special finance company that deals with financing surgical procedures such as plastic surgery and bariatric surgery and would like to hear your experiences and feedback with dealing with this company. Several people, as a back up plan, have applied and gotten preapproved for a loan, just in case their insurance company denied them at the last minute, so they wouldn't have to postpone their surgery. So, check it out, it's free to apply. :cool: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/finance_services.phtml And make sure to let us know how things went and help us to determine if this service is a benefit to our members.:deal: You can send your feedback to [email protected] For your privacy, please do not post personal information in your replies on the message board!! Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!! --Sherri Carver, ObesityHelp.com staffmember

Hi! Just wanted to let everyone know about a new Yahoo group for people seeking to self-pay for our WLS, and end up going out of country. The link to the group is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-OutofCountryWLS Feel free to join and check us out. Blessings, dina

I say all us Pro-Ops track down the media culprits...and SIT on them for a while!!! LOL!!! They would then know what it is like to carry all that extra weight on their frames! Mike