"When I first met Dr S, I was totally nervous, but he has a way of calming you down. In most medical cases that I have experienced, the Doctors tell you what they want to do and then you decide to do it or not. Dr Snyder tells you what he reccomends and tells you why he reccommends it. In fact, he won't do it unless you have certain pre-operational requirements met, including educational courses, extensive testing and personal consultations with Dr S himself. Going into this, I was extremely skeptical. I went to the seminar and learned a lot more, but I still had questions. I began asking people all sorts of questions. I am lucky enough to work with three of Dr. S's patients so I had my own group for questioning I also used the internet to meet people and get their opinions. When I met with Dr S, he answered all of my rediculous questions and was glad to do it. He gave me a lot of confidence that I can use to make this decision. I also bought "WLS for dummies" and found that it too was very helpful. I reccommend it. It has a plethora of information in it about pre and post op. I liked how open he was about the risks. He told me everything that could go wrong and gave me his complication rate. It was comforting to find out that his numbers are above the national average making it easy to believe that he is one of the best in the country.
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