Re: I need advise

[Guest guest]

This doctor sounds scary. I'm guessing you don't feel comfortable

placing your life in his hands and I don't blame you.

Advice? Definitely....RUN to another doctor.

11/18/03

284/249 preop/159

[Guest guest]

I definately have some advice! Ask your Surgeon straight out how

many of these surgeries he has performed and how many deaths have

occurred and how many complications. He has to answer that. My

Surgeon volunteered that info. to me on my initial consultation.

I would definately NOT let a Surgeon touch me who has not performed

many many of these types of surgeries. It is not worth the risk.

Your Insurance Co. will probably not refuse you for choosing a

different surgeon. Call them and talk to them perhaps and tell them

what you have learned about this particular surgeon?

Please do not have the surgery done by someone who is not qualified

or someone you do not feel quite comfortable with. The risks

involved with this surgery are already too great to have it

performed on you by someone with not enough experience.

Colleen

Lap-Rny 11/03/03

315/195/???

> Hello everyone. I have heard some " stories " about my surgeon that

> have me worried. He has just begun to do the procedure and I have

> heard that he has had a couple of patients die. I was also told

that

> he is not allowed to do the surgery in the hospital that I am

> planning on using. I have not heard anything from him or his

office

> about that, though. I was told at my consultation that he had not

> done many of the surgeries and that they were currently revising

the

> procedure (required testing and such). I have already gone to the

> first of my psych. eval. and have an EDG scheduled for Tuesday. I

am

> worried that if I decided not to use this doctor that it will

screw

> up my chances of being approved for surgery by my insurance. I

had

> contacted a surgeon about 200 mile away from home before going to

see

> my family doctor and being referred to this surgeon and am

planning

> on calling his office tomorrow to get their advice. Does anyone

have

> any advice about this?

[Guest guest]

You say he's just started doing this type of surgery and he's already ad a

couple of

patients Die? I could understand if hes been qualified in the gastric bypass for

years

and years but if recent then thats not exceptable, plus the other info you were

saying

about him. My advise is that the surgery is already very risky, dont put

yourself at

more risk by going to this man, I know you may want to have this surgery but

there

are other ways of receiving it if you really are ment for it. Most likely you

are getting

this surgery to live a long and healthy life am I wrong? why do somthing that

can take

that all away from you just to be thin. Please Please find another doctor.

> Hello everyone. I have heard some " stories " about my surgeon that

> have me worried. He has just begun to do the procedure and I have

> heard that he has had a couple of patients die. I was also told that

> he is not allowed to do the surgery in the hospital that I am

> planning on using. I have not heard anything from him or his office

> about that, though. I was told at my consultation that he had not

> done many of the surgeries and that they were currently revising the

> procedure (required testing and such). I have already gone to the

> first of my psych. eval. and have an EDG scheduled for Tuesday. I am

> worried that if I decided not to use this doctor that it will screw

> up my chances of being approved for surgery by my insurance. I had

> contacted a surgeon about 200 mile away from home before going to see

> my family doctor and being referred to this surgeon and am planning

> on calling his office tomorrow to get their advice. Does anyone have

> any advice about this?