Walter Lindstrom

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Hi, I just got back from vacation and saw the notes regarding Walter.

He is currently representing me in my appeal to have the surgery with

Dr. R. Needless to say your posts concerned me, so I called him

directly.

Let me say that I have as much faith in Walter as an attorney who

cares about his obese clients as I do in Dr. Rutledge who cares about

his obese patients. Walter has made the decision not to take on any

more of Dr. R's patients. He was at the ASBS conference and saw Dr.

R's presentation. The decision he made was not based on hearsay. He

is very informed about the various surgeries out there and has grave

concerns about the long-term results of Dr. R.s surgery. After

seeing Dr. R's presentation and having the opportunity to ask

questions, he still feels this procedure is much like the one that

used to be done 20 years ago, and in good conscience no longer feels

comfortable representing/promoting Dr. R's clients.

For the last six months I have been living and breathing MGB. All I

needed was the approval the rest of my packet is completed. I have

already fought and lost battles with my insurance company and now I

am ready to appeal to NC insurance commission to go to bat for me. I

have to be honest though, this has given me a time to pause and I

will probably research other types of surgeries as in depth as I have

researched the MGB. I don't know that I will find anyone who can

give me as much info as Dr. R personally has and that his website

does. My common sense tells me that all the other Dr.s at the ASBS

conference couldn't all be jealous of Dr. R's success. Walter

Lindstrom has no financial stake threatend by Dr. R's success. So

what don't they like that I am not seeing through my rose colored

glasses. I don't know anything about the surgery from 20 years ago

so I don't know what their concerns are. Can anyone explain to me

what the difference is between Dr. R MGB and the " old " one? I am

still not ready to give up.

Thanks, Rozycki, MGB hopeful, since clinic on 2/19, Denver, NC.