"I have not met my surgon, but have had meetings with his staff. They are great. Very helpful. I have my first meeting with his assisment group 11/17/03. I have heard wonderful things as to his program. He requires assiment by a group, medical, psy and diet. From there, if a person needs additional psy help, they are referred to psys that work with our special needs. I am currently working with my PCP completing the 26 week supervised diet.
Dr Murr has a support group meeting monthly. I have attended my first meeting. Found them to be most helpful. Freely sharing their before and after. The good, bad and ugly, so to speak.Every one is supportive, I have been advised of the risks and feel his knowledge in the field is excellent. He has been doing bypass surgery for over 10 years. His aftercare/support group is required. This I feel will be very helpful to me. Some doctors I interview did not require or have an aftercare program.
As for negative points, as I have not met the doctor, I do not feel I can address this issue at the present time. I will update at a later date. One thing, the evalution group charges $700. Only $300. is covered by my insurance. This is because only one of the doctors takes BC/BS. I will have to file for and hopefully receive 70% of the balance."
