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    michelle
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Wed 22 Dec 2010 13:42
    Hi my name is Michelle, and I am on the government funded wait list in Tasmania.I hope to have my band done in Jan 2011. has anyone had any trouble with this avenue??
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    Lilly
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Wed 22 Dec 2010 22:03

    No problem whatsoever. What type of trouble were you thinking...?

    I was banded 2 years ago on the public list. It took 11 months from my first consultation with my surgeon. Then I had it done. all good.

    Thousands of people have it done on the public list every year.

    Theres nothing you have to fill out or do, and nothing you need to pay for, except maybe the gap with fills after surgery. But that depends on how much your surgeon charges for them.

    ~ Lilly
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    Pyretta Blayze
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Thu 23 Dec 2010 09:47
    Michelle,

    What problems do you foresee being banded on the public list. I was banded publicly in Melbourne back in 2007 but most of my aftercare has been through a private clinic.

    If I can help with anything just ask.

    Pyretta
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    Kristi
    09 Feb 2010
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    Posted Fri 24 Dec 2010 04:20
    I live in Rural WA about 2 hours south of Perth. I am wondering what, if any, public hospitals and or doctors do lap banding and what the wait time is to get it done. How much do you have to pay out of pocket as well.
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    Crafty Cow
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    Posted Fri 24 Dec 2010 11:05

    Hi Kristi, I am also in rural WA, east of Perth.  I was banded early in December at Joondalup by Dr Dolan.  The wait was only a few months and I was a public patient and only paid $1000.
    Good luck.
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    michelle
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Mon 27 Dec 2010 15:26
    I wondered if anyone from Tasmania has been done in launceston. I also wondered if they had to pay for anything or if they had any complications with thier surgery?
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    Pyretta Blayze
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Tue 28 Dec 2010 10:45
    Michelle,

    Unfortunately I don't know if there is anyone from tassie currently on the list. I do remember there were a couple of people that were banded in Launceston and they were quite successful.

    I'm pretty sure the public list in Tassie is completely free though I don't know if the follow-up is.

    Pyretta
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    David Barker
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 01:31
    I am in western sydney and I need a government funded lap band surgery i am 200 kilos and if i dont get this i will probably die young, i have diabetes 2 and other related problems please help me someone must know what i can do.
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    Pyretta Blayze
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 10:16
    David,

    To the best of my knowledge there is no government funded banding being done in Sydney, or anywhere in NSW.

    I really don't know what your options are, other than taking out health insurance or aproaching a public hosptial to see what they can offer in the way of assistance. Most hopsitals have obesity clinics.

    I know what it's like to be that size and desperate for help. Please try and seek assistance where you can.

    Pyretta

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    Lilly
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 20:20

    DAVID,

    Im from NSW, there is no government funding for lapbands in NSW. So fly to another state and have it done like I did. I got it done free in Melbourne.

    ~ Lilly
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    Lilly
    09 Oct 2008
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    Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 20:26

    Michelle,

    Free public list, means FREE public list ;) you dont have to pay for anything when you have the surgery done, except for any medication scripts you take home with you, so get supplies while in hospital.

    Some surgeons will make you pay for fills (you get some back from medicare) and some will bulk bill. Ask your surgeon if he charges for fills, because you will need these, many at first, then one every few months for the rest of your life. If your surgeon does charge, you can get another surgeon who bulk bills to do them.

    Complications - lap banding has the highest rate of complications, it makes absolutely no difference if you go public or private (for ANY operation).
    The difference with lap band complications is they USUALLY arent life threatening. with the other surgeries, while complications are less, they are usually a little more serious.

    I had my port flip and needed it fixed in surgery, and now i think i have a pouch or a band slip, which ill deal with. A lot of people have a complication at some point in their banded life.

    ~ Lilly
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    kal...

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    Posted Fri 14 Jan 2011 19:23

    I was banded last year at the RHH I have never heard of any bands done at LGH I had no infections the cost was nil I do pay $10 a fill through Dr wilkinson. I waited 4 years or more to get my band on the free list  but they did tell me when mine was done I was the first to be done with their new team. This was later told to me again by the anethatist as he ran tape measures over me to get better equipment for larger frames like mine. My name came up 1 month befor my private health kicked in as I had given up on getting one done at the royal at the time they were doing less than 15 a year. I got kind of mad with them as every time I rang they told me it would be done in less than 3 months so beware it may take some time.
    Luckily I did get in for free as I had a mild angina attack so ended up staying in hospital for 5 days which my private health would not of covered.
    goodluck
    kalinda

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    kal...

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    Posted Fri 14 Jan 2011 19:29

    btw there is a tassie lapband group on facebook the page is run by some realy nice people who have way more experience with it all than I
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    Melanie Dawney
    24 Jan 2011
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    Posted Thu 15 Sep 2011 10:58

    hello my name is melanie i tried recently to get a lapband surgeryon the public list and they said there is no funding any more is that in every state  or does anyone know where i can get it done
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    julie
    18 Dec 2008
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    Posted Mon 24 Oct 2011 14:28
    hi my partner is looking at geting a gastric lap ban,hes got diabetes and hypertension.and now heart problems,he weght is 180.00kg he 5ft9.they say there no free lap ban in qld were can he get one please he has 3 children to see to when he gets old if he can,
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    Sharon
    08 Jan 2009
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    Posted Sat 17 Dec 2011 12:31
    Hi How do we find out if there is a public list , funny how i've spent years going to doctors here in qld with weight issues( my bmi is 44)  and never once has anyone mentioned a public list so maybe qld has never had one :(
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    Sharon
    08 Jan 2009
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    Posted Sat 17 Dec 2011 12:33
    Does anyone know of a health fund in qld where the waiting for lapband is 12 months only all i've looked at is 2 years you have to be in to be covered .
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    Sarah
    29 Jan 2012
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    Posted Sun 29 Jan 2012 13:56

    To David
    I have just moved out of NSW but was put on the public waiting list for gastric banding. They only do 20 operations a year and i had to attend a clinic at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Metabolic Clinic. As i have moved out of state i could not continue the clinic but was told in anycase the wait for surgery is years. I was advised that my best and quickest option was to go privately
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    Sarah
    29 Jan 2012
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    Posted Sun 29 Jan 2012 14:03

    Crafty Cow

    Ive recently moved to Karratha and wondered if you could tell me wher to start the procedure for government funding for gastric banding. I was on the waiting list in NSW but cannot continue there for obvious reasons..
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    Lolly
    29 Jul 2010
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    Posted Tue 07 Feb 2012 22:28
    Does anyone know how to get onto the public lap banding list? Also does anyone know if there is a public list in queensland? Please help, my friend and i are desperate. 
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    Shauna
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    Posted Mon 13 Feb 2012 14:38
    Hi I was on a waiting list in Brisbane and for a bit they couldn't find me then I called like 6 months later and they said sorry u have been removed cause I never sent back the letter what letter I never got one and now they are not taking any more please help someone I'm so un healthy I don't have 6000 I will go anywhere in Australia
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    chicken
    17 Feb 2010
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    Posted Wed 28 Mar 2012 11:27

    Hi, I was privately lap banded 4 years ago with no private health insurance, so it was quite expensive. Now I have a slippage of the band that makes me vomit every second day, has been going on for 8 months. They have decided i need surgery to fix the problem, but its going to cost $11 000. Does anyone know if public hospitals fix bands that have been done privately? We don't have that sort of money and I'm sick of being sick!
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