Re: *Dee*Dr. Gaddy Lassiter (AKA Lunatic MD) goes to prison *cross post*

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Please see post 114929.

Kathy

In duodenalswitch@y..., Dee <donna_lee777@y...> wrote:

> Kathy, wow, I remember you writing about him! I'm

> glad he got caught!

>

> Did he go to prison because of what he did to you?

> What was he convicted for? And how long will he be

> there?

>

> What a nightmare you went through but congrats for

> getting through it, having the surgery and beginning

> the weight loss!

>

> Hugs,

> dee

>

> --- Kathy <elliottg9@h...> wrote:

> >

> > Dr. Lassiter falsely posed as my MD and called my

> > surgeon twice; the

> > first time he told him I was not MO (my BMI was 44

> > at the time) and

> > the second time he faxed a message stating my weight

> > gain was soley

> > related to hypothyroidism implying that if Dr. E.

> > did surgery it

> > would be a crime. Needless to say, I spent a small

> > fortune going to

> > endocrinologists, etc. for clearance for surgery. I

> > had all of the

> > co-morbids and was getting worse, I had gone into

> > hypertensive crisis

> > twice, etc. and this man was so ignorant and so

> > adamantly against WLS

> > that he made it his mission to prevent me from

> > having it. He was the

> > plant MD for Nucor Steel, my husband's employer, and

> > he even called my

> > husband and told him that those guys with funny

> > names (referring to

> > Dr. Hazem Elariny) will do anything for a buck. I

> > guess he thought I

> > would back down. Instead I filed complaints with

> > the NC Medical Board

> > and the hospital where he practiced. I had surgery

> > in October, am no

> > longer diabetic or hypertensive, have lost 33lbs and

> > currently have a

> > BMI of 39, so I am no longer MO, just obese. Five

> > years ago I had a

> > brain tumor resected and the mechanisms in my brain

> > which send the

> > message out that I am full were destroyed, so I

> > gained 100lbs. in 5

> > years and my body was not able to compensate. A sad

> > story with a good

> > ending as Gaddy (talk about weird names) has gone to

> > prison. God has

> > his own time frame.

> > Kathy

> >

> >

> > In duodenalswitch@y..., evershade1@a... wrote:

> > > There must be an amazing story here. I'd love to

> > hear it! Chris

> >

> >

> >

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