"Dr. Higa was professional, focused and all about business. I found him to be knowledgable and very thorough. I presented with abdominal pain and asked him could my RNY be converted to a DS. I was fearful about having more surgery considering my history of small bowel obstruction and abdominal hernias. I quickly assured me that he could perform the surgery and I immediately trusted him. He's so calm and sure of himself. He ordered an upper endoscopy to rule out that an ileus was causing my abdominal pain. Turns out I didn't have an ileus but instead likely have a gastric fistula. I hope to get an exact diagnosis quickly so that the revision can be scheduled by December 30, 2010.
Dr. Higa's office staff are mostly quiet and don't much engage in small talk. Jennifer, Dr. Higa's nurse, is very nice. She spent about 15 minutes with me answering my questions about possible causes for my abdominal pain.
I wish Dr. Higa and staff would explain the next steps more. They tend to leave you hanging as a patient when you are checking out. A written plan with next steps, pending tests, actions for the patient, etc., would be very helpful.
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