Re: Re: an appeal to all of Dr. Hess Patients

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Hello All..If you have been following my recent posts, you know that I have

had a HUGE disappointment in having my surgery scheduled for Mondy 9/24

" indefinitely cancelled " at the last minute by Dr. Gagner. In preparation

for a possible need to seek another surgeon, I would like to hear directly

from those of you who have had Dr. Hess in Bowling Green, Ohio. I live in

upstate New York. I will not give up on having DS surgery until my questions

are answered. Please Help!

Alice in Upstate New York

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In a message dated 09/22/2001 3:16:52 PM Central Daylight Time,

esmonda1@... writes:

> Hello All..If you have been following my recent posts, you know that I have

> had a HUGE disappointment in having my surgery scheduled for Mondy 9/24

> " indefinitely cancelled " at the last minute by Dr. Gagner. In preparation

> for a possible need to seek another surgeon, I would like to hear directly

> from those of you who have had Dr. Hess in Bowling Green, Ohio. I live in

> upstate New York. I will not give up on having DS surgery until my

> questions

> are answered. Please Help!

> Alice in Upstate New York

>

Alice,

I had Dr. Hess. I would call his office or e-mail Dr. Oakley. His office

may give you Dr. Hess's home phone number to talk to him directly. I would

consult with him about your difficulties because he is very dedicated to this

procedure. Also, as you can see by the patient he operated on earlier this

week, he is also dedicated to helping the morbidly obese. Despite the fact

that was a tremendous risk (he said she had a 50% chance of dying

during surgery) to his " stats " he was willing to do her surgery because she

wanted it AND her prognosis was grave without it. He made the case with the

anethesioligist to get him to agree to the procedure. So if there is anyway

that surgery is better for your health in the long run, he will help you.

Dawn--South Suburban Chicago area

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

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