My Physch Evaluation is scheduled for May 9th. Can anyone shed some light on what to expect?

Dr.Teng did surgery on my father in 2002, not WLS but a simple gal bladder surgery that was supposed to be done laproscopically and ended up being open with an incesion from his breast bone to his pelvic bone. This was on an 82 year old man and it was the beginning of the end. Based on his age, any surgery would have been risky. I do not want to scare you, however, being a skilled surgen or even a skilled laproscopic surgen, does not make you skilled at WLS. I don't know if you had your surgery and if you did and went with Dr.Teng, then you have to trust your decision. I would want to know how many Lap-Rny's or Lap-bands he's done, cause I've heard he's fairly new at WLS and have also been advised that you should find a surgen thats done the procedure atleast 100 times. The more experience at the procedure the less likely you are to end up with complications. Again, this is the only experience I've had with Dr.Teng and I'm sure you'll do fine, just ask A LOT of questions!

Has anyone in the Reno area had WLS recently as a self pay? If so please share experience and costs including followup

Tammy, It is not on the way, but it is a few miles to the west of the strip, just past the Summerlin community. Check out this site for more info and directions. It also list a couple of other places that might be of interest to you. americansouthwest.net/nevada/red_rock_canyon/nca.html Billie*

Evette, I am going to Vegas in May for 10 days (this is my first time also) and I found a ton of info at vegas.com. There is definately alot to do in Vegas besides gambling. We are also going to the Grand Canyon for 2 nights and staying at the Bright Angel Lodge. While we are in Vegas we are staying at the Stratosphere, Tropicana and Caesar's where my husband has a 5 day convention. Best of Luck to you, Tammy