RE: New to group with question

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Tigger:

My surgeon was very clear that if I lost 50% of my excess weight, that I

would be considered a success. As a matter of fact, I felt during my

consultation that he was trying to talk me out of the surgery by telling

me everything that it entailed before,during and afterwards. I've lost

about 85% of my excess weight, so I guess I am one of his " successes " .

I once mentioned to him how when I first met him that though I liked

him, felt comfortable with him and knew he was the one I was going to

let do the surgery, I couldn't believe how low keyed he was. He told me

that he doesn't want to talk anyone into the surgery and wants to make

sure that each and every one of his patient's has a clear understanding

of what is about to happen to them. I'll be 4 years post-op in October

and feel that those of us who are that far out may have benefitted a bit

more in regards to the doctors care and attitude, because bariatric

surgery was basically in the infancy stages and once it gained

popularity, there are a lot of doctors out there who are doing it

because its a money maker. I have been hearing such horror stories

lately, not just from this list, but people that know someone, who knows

someone, etc. about botched jobs, etc. When I had it done, there were

only three doctors on Long Island that did it and one only did and still

only does the VBG. Now there are so many I've lost count. JMHO

Regina