"I can start with WOW!!!! What a personable surgeon both him & his partner Dr. Seger who impressed my mother in law which lead me to his practice. "BMI of Texas" I had jumped through the hoops of 6 months of a monitored diet, stress test, ultrasound of heart, ultrasound of abdomen (liver, gallbaldder & everything else) sleep study, pap smear, mamogram, and had a date for surgery when my insurance requested I have surgery at a different hospital. I went to my pre-op appointment and was devistated as she voiced her opinion about me having surgery at this other hospital. It was not professional & she should've kept her comments to herself. I was lectured about turning in my cpap machine when I tried for 3 months & couldn't sleep with it at all. I have a 6 year old which requires sleep in order to get him off to school in the morning, then I also got a lecture about gaining 8 lbs when she asked me to lose 5 lbs. If she would've read my dieticians notes she would've seen that I lost 6 lbs through September and gained some back from quitting smoking. There is my nightmare story. I called & canceled my surgery with my first surgeon & called BMI of Texas, talked briefly with a patient care advocate to find out if I had insurance approval was is possible just to change surgeons? I was called back by the patient care advocate within an hour to say "YES" and schedule an appointment. Dr. Duperier was day and night of the previous surgeon I had picked and said he would be honored to do my surgery & had no problems with going to the hospital that my insurance company wanted me to go to. I was put on a protein diet for 10 days & my surgery was scheduled. He explained everything about the RNY gastric bypass in much detail and I actually watched a video of the surgery itself on their webpage. I can't say enough about all of the staff working there....you're a real live person and not just a number. Everyone is so friendly and several have had a type of surgery by either Dr. D or Dr. Seger that when they give you advice about protein, vitamins, and supplements, they have actually walked the walked. They have a dietician in the office that is very knowledgable and pleasant to work with. Then to top it off, they are affilated with a fitness center that charges a whole $15.99 per month to work out Monday-Friday. I can't tell you how happy I was to fall in the hands of BMI of Texas, they all are a truly bunch of wonderful caring people that want nothing more than to see you suceed. If I had to rate them, it would definately be a 15 on a scale of 1-10 :-) "
