Consult Scheduled!

I have my surgeon consult scheduled for Monday!!  I'm so excited!  I still have some lingering doubts about this surgeon based on some reviews I have seen so am really interested to meet him in person one-on-one (I've been to his seminar) to see if he is going to be my surgeon of choice.  If not, there are 2 other surgeons in the same practice that I can choose from.

I plan to have surgery the week of October 5th (hopefully the 8th) which seems kind of far away but yet really close at the same time! 

This is more of a reply to your posting about questions to ask but are more appropriate for your surgeon interview.

- How many VSG's has he/she done.

- Complication/leak rate.

- Sleeve size and eventual capacity.

- Average percentage of EWL of their patients.

- Average regain rate at 2-3 and 5 years.

- What are their expectations from/for you.

This is a very critical stage in the process as it helps greatly if your goals are similar.

Hope this helps.

frisco

These are most excellent questions to ask your potential surgeon! This was the same list that went with me to my first consult.

Thank you so much!  I will definitely take these questions with me and get them answered!!  

Also if you don't mind, I will post his responses for your opinions since I don't really know what good or bad answers are to some of them!  

So glad to see you have things moving along I'm excited for October for you!

Thanks!   How are you doing?