"See above, in addition, my nurses were not afraid to call the PA if necessary. Your recovery procedures are explained to you but they do not hold your hand to make sure you do this. We are all adults and should be repsonsible for our own recovery."
"6-19-02 Whe I got my official surgury date I was told my surgeon would be Dr. Baker. Dr. Smith's schedual would not work with mine so I guess I get the best end of the deal. Dr. Baker is the founder of this practice and is considered the top gun.
5-2-02 Spoke with the surgeon toady. It is going to be Dr. Dean Smith. He is one of three lap guys at the MMPC in GR, MI. Seemed very congenial and took into consideration my current knowledge. Asked him a few questions and he asked me some also. In the end he said he found no reason why I could not hace the lap surgery.
4-15-02 I go to speak with my new surgeon on April 26,02.
12-6-01 My first impression of him was neat and clean. He asked what I did for a living and after finding out he used that info in talking to me and my husband. He used pictures to demonstrate the things he was talking about and that made things much clearer. He was glad that I had been looking at things over the internet and gave additional refrences to look at. The staff at the BTC in Ann Arbor, I have come to find out, is almost all people who have gone thru this surgury. They were all very friendly, but very focused on the job. I guess my questions were not out of the ordinary because Dr. Lane answered many before I had the chance to ask. He was knowledgable about other surgeons in the field and gave very good comparisons without opinions. Leaving the decisions up to me. It sounds to me like his surgical competence is very high. He does 30-35 surguries a month and knows laparoscopic surgury. Right now I don't know anything about his bed side, but I am thinking about asking for references to contact. I am reserving judgement at this time untill I find out more about him. "
