Re: Clinic Today!!!

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marie, thanks for sharing your clinic experience. i am looking forward to

being there on tuesday. surgery is wednesday! i can not believe it is time!

have been so busy taking care of everything getting ready to go. once the

ball gets to rolling it rolls!!

Bergin-next posterchild for the robert rutledge

mgb (5/3/00)!!!

Clinic Today!!!

> Hi Ya'll

> I went to clinic today and I absolutely fell in " love " with Dr. R.

> He is so nice, friendly, and so great!! I feel very confident in

> having him do my surgery actually I would not let another Dr. do my

> surgery even if one was available. He is truly an amazing Dr. I

> also found Debbie to be " SUPER " nice (Not at all the " Witch " I

> expected to see). If we had to walk in her shoes a day we might go

> off at times. I don't envy her job at all. She said today she gets

> over 200 phone calls a day. She didn't even mention all the other

> things I am sure she is responsible for. It was said today there are

> over 900 people trying to get insurance approval now. So I guess all

> of us will have to pray for patience. I really enjoyed meeting new

> friends today and talking to some post-op. A GREAT DAY!!! Good Luck

> to all having surgery next week.

> Marie in Va.

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Hi, Gang!!!

I, too was at clinic today (1pm) and got to meet Dr. R. He is

everything and more. It was like having a chat with an old friend.

The only bad part for me is there may be a problem with my (not

everyone else's) past hernia repair. I have a patch and an old

surgey report shows that the small bowel has adheared to the patch.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk. It will only be a problem if the part that is

stuck to the patch is the part that he need to use for the

resection. Lucky me I have a video of my last lap surgery

(appendectomy) for him to look at for landmarks.Talk about your

horror films (LOL) I need this surgery, so I would appreciate any

and all prayers while I await the word from Dr. R. Worst case

scenerio, I'll have the " stomach only mini " surgery.

Sorry I haven't replied to many posts but I had 11 digests to look

through when I got home. PAT, I have you and your family in prayers.

God BLess You all,

Yours in Christ's Love,

Donna B. Statesville, NC

MGB Dr. Rutledge at www.clos.net

> marie, thanks for sharing your clinic experience. i am looking

forward to

> being there on tuesday. surgery is wednesday! i can not believe it

is time!

> have been so busy taking care of everything getting ready to go.

once the

> ball gets to rolling it rolls!!

> Bergin-next posterchild for the robert rutledge

> mgb (5/3/00)!!!

>

>

> Clinic Today!!!

>

>

> > Hi Ya'll

> > I went to clinic today and I absolutely fell in " love " with Dr. R.

> > He is so nice, friendly, and so great!! I feel very confident in

> > having him do my surgery actually I would not let another Dr. do

my

> > surgery even if one was available. He is truly an amazing Dr. I

> > also found Debbie to be " SUPER " nice (Not at all the " Witch " I

> > expected to see). If we had to walk in her shoes a day we might

go

> > off at times. I don't envy her job at all. She said today she

gets

> > over 200 phone calls a day. She didn't even mention all the other

> > things I am sure she is responsible for. It was said today there

are

> > over 900 people trying to get insurance approval now. So I guess

all

> > of us will have to pray for patience. I really enjoyed meeting

new

> > friends today and talking to some post-op. A GREAT DAY!!! Good

Luck

> > to all having surgery next week.

> > Marie in Va.

> >

> >

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In a message dated 4/29/2000 10:58:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

donna17mike@... writes:

<< I'll have the " stomach only mini " surgery. >>

Donna,

I keep hearing about this stomach only mini surgery, but don't know

any of the details. Did Dr. R explain it to you such as:

1. How is this procedure different from the MGB?

2.What can one expect as far as weight loss?

If you could give me some info on this I would really appreciate it!!!

A Little Scared, but wanting

to be on the other side,

Cathy in Lenoir, NC

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Cathy,

As I understand it the mini gastroplasty makes your stomach

smaller (the " gastric tube " just like in the MGB), but he does not do

anything else. No bypass. What this means (as I understand it) is

that you will still have the same absorption capacity as before the

surgery. He told me that the weight loss would be closer to 50lbs

than to 100lbs. Hope this helps.

Yours in Christ Love,

Donna B.

> In a message dated 4/29/2000 10:58:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> donna17mike@m... writes:

>

> << I'll have the " stomach only mini " surgery. >>

> Donna,

> I keep hearing about this stomach only mini surgery, but

don't know

> any of the details. Did Dr. R explain it to you such as:

> 1. How is this procedure different from the MGB?

> 2.What can one expect as far as weight loss?

> If you could give me some info on this I would really appreciate

it!!!

>

> A Little Scared, but wanting

> to be on the other side,

> Cathy in Lenoir, NC

[Guest guest]

Marie & Everyone Else,

I also went to the 4/29 clinic and was extremely impressed with Dr. R. Or as

Marie put it " love " Dr. R. I can see why. He is soooooooo charming. He

makes you feel special. Not like other doctors who come into a room, don't

remember your name (he new all his post-op names) and are in and out in a

flash. Saturday, all my questions were answered. He takes his time and

answers everyone's question. I feel more confident than ever that I will

only let Dr. R. do this surgery on me. Mind you, I have looked into this

since 1996 and have " interviewed 3 doctors. " Even came within 5 minutes of

having the open RYN being done. I am glad I waited and was guided to Dr. R.

I have had previous gallbladder surgery so I know I will be a bit more of a

challenge for Dr. R., but he has assured me it will be OK and even though I

am a BIG baby when it comes to surgery, I know I am getting the best, so that

is helping with my anxiety.

Anyone else out there considering May 15th?

Plus, anyone reading this that lives in NC, if I feel up to it, on Thursday

after surgery my husband and I are considering driving over to the ocean and

staying a couple of days. We have never been in NC (except me when I flew n

this weekend for the clinic) so I have no idea where we should go. I feel

while that since we are driving this far we might as well enjoy it since I

don't know when or if I'll get out of Ohio again. I would appreciate any

help one could give me. I personally love to " country shop " but he thinks we

should just lay around.

Marie- it was great meeting you. I am praying that your insurance approves

you.

Debbie H. in Cleveland, OH

Frohnie63078@...

MGB 5-15-2000

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Hi Debbie,just read your post and my daughter said to go to

sville Beach, or Wilmington,their both very nice and

relaxing.I'm having my surgery on friday May 5th,sorry I missed

clinic on saturday but I plan to attend this tuesday.Good luck and

look forward to seeing you on the other side.

[Guest guest]

hi adrian, i will be in clinic on tuesday at 9am , kimberly bergin

Re: Clinic Today!!!

> Hi Debbie,just read your post and my daughter said to go to

> sville Beach, or Wilmington,their both very nice and

> relaxing.I'm having my surgery on friday May 5th,sorry I missed

> clinic on saturday but I plan to attend this tuesday.Good luck and

> look forward to seeing you on the other side.

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Hi, Is there a clinic this Tuesday?

Lynda Earp

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> Hi Debbie,just read your post and my daughter said to go to

> sville Beach, or Wilmington,their both very nice and

> relaxing.I'm having my surgery on friday May 5th,sorry I missed

> clinic on saturday but I plan to attend this tuesday.Good luck and

> look forward to seeing you on the other side.