Hi Melissa I may need a revision also , I'm trying to get in to Dr. Weiner also, welcome to Germany. I've been here a year still learning the country, here is my email maybe we can chat sometimes [email protected] Take care Joi

Hi. I'm a military wife living in Naples, Italy and am going in to get a referral this week. I would like to know if there are any "secret" words I need to say to my doc to get the referral. I am 6'2 and 305lbs. I have problems with my knees and suffer from syncope which may be related to my obesity. I also suffer from fatigue and headaches, and recently acid reflux and heartburn. Should I mention all of these things? I know Tricare will pay for the surgery. I checked and there is only 1 Tricare approved bar. surgeon in Italy and he is in Pisa. I think they would medevac me to the Landstuhl/Frankfurt area where there are two. Any information that you have that would help me out would be great! Thanks, Cynda

I live in the US but I heard it would be cheaper to travel to a foreign country, pay cash for a lower body lift, recover and come home as opposed to cash price in the US. Safety is my primary concern and then price.

I also live in Germany and had a lap band put in in 1997 (Prof. Dr. Weiner) I couldnt eat anything but soups so I lost 70 pounds in about a year.In 1998 I had to have surgery again because my stomach slipped out of the pouch and then I slowly started to gain everything back.....YO YO effect WITH band! I kept getting sicker...sleep apnea, Diabetes, just had a heart attack 4 months sgao and since 3 weeks I am also on an oxygen machine. I went to see the Prof. again (he is one of the best doctors in the world) and he said that I should get the RNY or else I wont live my longer. I am only 44 years old and the single Mom of an 11 year old boy. He was sitting next to me when the Prof. told me this. I am soooo very scraed but I have no choice! Where do you live? I live near Darmstadt....

NO, it is not true. Get an appointment for yourself with your doc. tell him the prob you are having. If he feels it is somthing you need he will refer you to a doc. It may be a german doc or American, then after you see that doc you will turn your paperwork into tri-care and they will either approve you or not. This is what a friend of mine just did. She has surg the 16th of Sept. Good Luck and God Bless, Danielle We are trying to get together a cookout for all of us in Hanau on the 16th of Sept. Please let me know if you are interested....and if you know other poeple who would want to come.