Re: Re: Dr. Ren patients..

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, she said that she went to a program in Crete where she had a " walk in

the woods " (my characterization) with Drs. Scopinaro and Baltasar. If he

didn't figure into her decision, why did she name him? This whole thing is

a big smokescreen for her unwillingness to admit that the DS can be

performed very successfully by other surgeons, most of whom use a different

technique.

That, , leaves her statements open to a bunch of questions, many of

which have not been answered to your liking by others on this board.

Ren was, and is, a small frog in the WLS pond and her opinions are not worth

the several days of attention that they have received. Unless someone comes

up with something else particularly off the wall relating to Ren's opinions,

I will not have anything further to say on the matter.

Nick

Re: Dr. Ren patients..

> " I also spent much time speaking with Dr. Scopinaro and Dr.

> Baltasar, a BPD and a BPD/DS surgeon, in addition to others. "

> " Nick " <sage@i...> wrote:

> She also talks about Baltasar as being part of her decision. Has he

> now changed his mind? Hmmmm.

>

> Where does it say in that statement that Dr Baltasar has changed his

> mind. She says she spoke with a BPD surgeon and a DS surgeon. In

> context with the rest of the letter, I assume they were comparing

> stories of complications as that is what the rest of her message was

> in regards to. And Dr Baltasar has had plenty of complications. Not

> that they are his fault. We all know what the complications to this

> surgery is and Dr Ren choses not to go that route. It has nothing to

> do with her skill as a surgeon. As Barbi can testify, Dr Ren spent

> 10 hours hand sewing her guts because her intestines were too small

> for the staple gun. And the 8 hours that she spent on me cutting

> through adhesions. And many more that I will not name. This is a

> tough/rough surgery, can go really wrong. It is our choice if we

> chose to have this surgery. We chose a surgeon that will perform it

> and take our chances. But if a surgeon decides to go another route

> and we don't want to go down that road, we simply find another

> surgeon. Dr Ren should be removed from the website as a surgeon that

> will do the DS and we should all go on with our lives and the pre-ops

> should go on with the search for a surgeon.

>

> As far as my oversimplifing the insurance part of it, I was probably

> wrong again. But with a BPD, the surgeon can use the RNY codes and

> get away with it. That is where I was basing my assumptions. And we

> all know what assume means, right?

>

>

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> PS For those who know and care:

> GLO is doing great. Her last tests showed no signs of tumor. So the

> radiation therapy has worked. Her surgeon also said that she would

> probably start to lose weight on her own once her medication gets

> regulated.

>

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