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Michel Murr
"having rny was the biggest mistake of my life. i am 8 yrs out and am in horrible shape. before surgery nothing was said about some of the post op problems that i have encountered. i have a permenant neurological disease, constantly have to have iron infusions, need to take 50,000IU of Vitamin D every week. his program had no form of postop support except for seeing him and then seeing him was only on rare occassions. when i would call with problems related to the surgery i would be referred back to my primary care dr. when i started to regain weight he sent me to a dr he works with where i was put on diet pills and a pwder supplement. this whole program was a joke-it was $75 a visit and your appointments lasted only 20 min and you started with weekly appointments and then went to every other week. of course the only place you could get the pills or the powder drink mix was at the office. it was a real scam going on. i quit going to that program when the gain cont. to happen. i wrote a letter to the dr in charge of the program and no one ever called or responded to it. I now weigh more then i weighed as a preop. I WOULD NEVER REFER ANYONE TO DR MURR OR TO THE SPECTRA PROGRAM. UPDATE 2/13/2003 I am now 10 months post-op with Dr Murr and loving every minute of it. I feel like I've been given a whole new life. I have lost almost 140 pounds, wearing clothes I never thought I could wear and finding out what fun means in life. I cant belive that someone called Martha, his coordinator, a B---- and had the nerve to post it here. Things like that need to be said in private. Yes I have called her wacky but that doesnt make her any less of a professional. She always takes time before Support Group Meetings to chat with the post op patients who show up to help her with the group. I cant wait for my one year appointment at the end of March to get an offical weight loss for a year. I'm excited. A big THANK YOU to Dr Murr and his staff for giving me a new lease on life. I liked his directness. I have only seen him once. His coordinator is a bit wacky, but very helpful.(6-25-02 Martha, his Coordinator. is a very professional person. My first impression was one of being wacky, but having worked with her now as both a pre-op and a post-op, I have come to realize thats just her personality. She is very quick to answer emails and always has something nice to say. Dr. Murr could not function without her.) 3-18-2002 Office staff doesnt always level with you where things are concerned. I have been actively seeking approval for 10 weeks now, or so I thought, only to find out my paperwork was not submitted until 2/18/02 unlike 1/9/02 as I had been told. His coordinator has been telling me all along that sometimes things take longer, but she knew the real truth. When I asked about it at a Support Group Meeting on Feb 26th, she did not mention anything even though she knew the papers had just been resubmitted. I am sure there will be more to come. 3-22-02 Approval received today. I had called CIGNA on 3-21-02 and was told that they had NO INFORMATION on me. No file, no nothing. well apparently they were wrong since Dr Murrs coordinator called me today with my approval. we set my date for 4/9/02. OMG thats barely 2 weeks away. 4-4-02 Pre-op testing done today along with registration. Where do I start???? I arrived at Tampa General and went to get registered and the lady told me that I did not exist in the computer--sound familiar-talk about a nightmare. We found out that they had misspelled my last name in the computer-phewwww talk about a relief. the Pre-op Ctr at the hospital is nice--everything is in one place. It did not help that they had a huge plate of muffins and doughnuts in the waiting room. My only complaint was that I had to wait 1 1/2 hours to be seen by Dr Murrs resident. They had done all of my pre-op tests and evaluations, but the wait was horrible. I know I had to be seen by a member of his team, but to have to wait 1 1/2 hours in a freezing cold room was horrible. Now the real countdown starts. I have such a list of things I have to do by Monday, but I will get them done. 4-23-02 2 WEEKS POST OP They discovered I had a UTI during my pre-op testing the week before and I would have expected them to call me and start me on some anti-biotics instead of waiting until I am in the OR to tell me. What a way to start my surgery day. Where do I start? I only saw Dr Murr once the whole 4 days I was in the hospital. I did not see him the day of surgery, I only saw him the next evening when I spiked a fever after the Leak Test and I guess he decided he needed to check up on me. He let all his residetns and med students do the rounds. I didnt even see him on discharge day. I'm sorry that I dont have anything really positive to say atthis time, but maybe later. Feel free to email me if you desire more detailed information. 6-25-02 11 weeks Post Today Wow, what a difference a few weeks can make in ones perspective. I'm down 62 pounds since discharge, back to work fulltime and my energy increases each and every day. My Diabetes Type 2 have disappeared, my GERD is a thing of the past and I feel like I have a whole new lease on life thanks to this surgery. I'm continuing to work on my eating and getting my protein in first and joining the gym at work next week. Now that I have the energy back, its time to put it to use on EXERCISE. We had support group tonight and before it started Martha and I had a chance to talk and she was able to better explain the "problems" I had experienced with my insurance. It ended up not really being a problem, it was more of my not being able to have surgery until after Easter that caused all of the delays. My only wish is that Dr Murr had a Support Group for Post Op patients. "

Jennifer Broder
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T.Gail Norman
"Dr Norman is wonderful. I think the world of her and her staff. She is the best Internist I have ever had. She listens and gets back with you about test results no matter how late at night it is. She is #1 in my book. "

Tampa General Hospital (COE)
"I had no nursing call bell that worked rght for the first 36 to 48 hours. I was supposed to be up and waking, no one on staff pushed the issue. Staff took forever to answer call bell. Everything I had been told to expect-well none happened-the exact opposite took place. Very discouraged with stay. My mother had to callfrom her house to get my call bell issue resolved. Staff said they weren't aware of situation-hummmm-roommate told me they knew."
About Me
Tampa, FL
Location
23.4
BMI
RNY
Surgery
04/09/2002
Surgery Date
Jul 31, 2001
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