"My experiance with Dr. Aldridge, Dr. Berger and thier staff was nothing less that amazing. The first time I spoke with them on the phone to begin the process I spoke with Betsy who was informative, friendly, and very encouraging. She told me to join them at a informational seminar that they do every 2nd Tuesday of each month. Then told me what kind of information I would need to gather for my Insurance and where to download the paperwork for thier office. I went to the session with everything in hand and ready to be turned in. The session was quite informative and even had a few of their patients that had gone through the proceedure share thier experiances. After that they had a q&a with the Doctor's and staff for more personally specific questions.
A day or two after the session I recieved a call from Betsy to schedule my meetings with the Nutritionist & Bariatrician. I had those meetings then I was scheduled for a Psych eval, second meeting with the Nutritionist & Bariatrician. Once that was complete I then had a informational class and was scheduled for surgery. During this time I met with the surgeon to discuss my surgery, health conditions and Gall Bladder problems. He and his staff kept me informed, comfortable, and were ready, willing and able to answer any questions I had. They were always cheerful, courteous, and efficient. This in itself set me quite at ease. I would reccomend Flagstaff Surgical Associates Dr. Aldridge and Flagstaff Medical Centers Bariatric Program to anyone that is considering Weight Loss Surgery.
Thank you to all of them for helping me in my journey to save, improve and enjoy my life.
At the end of this update page it suggests that negative experiances are somehow necessary to validate my experiance...I disagree, and in my case there was no negative experiance involved unless you want to include the delay of my surgery of two weeks to re-address some health concerns the doctor had not yet cleared up...but I see that as a positive not a negative.
Update: I had my surgery on 2/22/2010 I have lost 132 lbs and frankly would not change a thing. I still have not seen, or felt any negatives with my experiance. I would not change a thing. The support and encouragement from the staff at FMC, FMC Bariatrics and Flagstaff Surgical Associates is nothing less than amazing and very genuine. They are available to you as often as you need, for as long as you need. The support groups are informative and a great go to resource for your ever changing body and needs.
Thank you for providing me the tools, support, and knowhow to succeed in this journey, and Thank you for helping save my life."
