Re: Approved, but not for Dr. R/Robynn

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Shari, I too looked into Fobi, and talked with some of his patients, and

whoa, the stories I heard. If you do well, he thinks you're great because

you make him look good. If you have problems I've heard that he doesn't

know what to do for you and leaves it to another doctor to fix. Another

woman that I know who is a pt of Dr Marema's had problems after her surgery,

her silastic ring eroded......something that is evidently rare, but she said

that Dr Marema was wonderful about it. She also herniated at the surgery

site, which Dr Marema was going to fix, but it wound up strangulating one

night and she had to have emergency surgery to have it repaired. She's

doing pretty good now, of course has lost ALOT of weight and still says

she'd do it again.

Dr Champion does laparascopic RNY (no silastic ring) in Atlanta, I've heard

good things about him also. But that would probably be out-of-network for

Robynn also.

Tough decision, either way.

fg

At 08:56 PM 05/03/2000 -0700, you wrote:

>Robynn,

>A couple of months ago, someone posted a web site for ABC - I think a 20/20

archive with a report with Sam son on the Fobi procedure.

>They interviewed bariatric surgeons from med ctr UCLA regarding the

complications they have had to try to repair problems with the silastic ring

creating scar tissue and totally closing off the opening to the intestines.

They had a patient they were following who was extremely ill and Dr Fobi

said something to the effect that she should be happy with the good weight

loss and she wasn't eating properly.

>The surgeons at UCLA said the procedure was not FDA approved and in their

opinion, with good reason. They weren't sure if they could repair this

young girl at all satisfactorily until they got inside. It was absolutely

scary and the nonchalance Fobi showed for a patient extremely ill with

complications certainly made me glad I wasn't going there.

>I had talked to them, but when they found out I was with an HMO, they

wouldn't even deal with me except on cash basis only - and quoted from

$40,000 - $60,000.

>Anyway, perhaps whoever posted that site is still on the list and could

repost it. I had saved it, but when I bought my new computer, they didn't

transfer any info and I lost everything. BACK UP - BACKUP BACKUP

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>TTYL

>Shari

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> Thanks Shari,

> He has a clinic on Monday, I plan to attend but also plan to be armed with

> lots of questions, I really wanted Dr. R. If I can find a way to do this I

> will. I will e-mail you when I think of some of the questions if you don't

> mind. It has been a long day so I am off to bed.

> Good night all, and thank you.

> Robynn

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