"I have NO complaint's at all of my treatment there after surgery. Every nurse that was on duty treated me with respect. They were friendly, outgoing, and never once did I feel they were just doing their job. They were all great people."
"My very good friend and I decided to have gastric bypass done as a team. She went before me by about a month. The day I met my surgeon I thought...oh my he's a little guy, lol. I can't say anything negative at all about him. I did all that I was told to do, went to the meetings, did the pre-op routine and just waited for that magical day. The ONLY thing that sort of bothered me was my last visit in his office. As I was getting up to leave, knowing that the next time I saw him it would be in the operating room, he said to me....*you'll be beautiful*. Now....I don't know about other's, and maybe it was just me....but as I said goodbye and walked down the hall I felt like a 100% hefer, this large, massive *unbeautiful* person and that I wouldn't BE beautiful until AFTER I had this. I know he meant well....men usually do...they just have a way of MESSING THINGS UP..lolrnrnBut all in all I can't complain. I drove myself to the hospital that day. I woke up that morning with the worlds WORST migraine. I guess it was from all that drinking fluids and taking that lovely drink to clean one's insides out the day before. I laid there in the little waiting room...my head pounding to the point that when the nurse came in to check me I told her I had to leave. I told her I was getting sick to my stomach from the pain in my head and I couldn't lie there anymore. She was quick to call the surgeon and ask if I could have a shot of ANYTHING for the pain awhile. Bless that man, he said yes, lol. So after she put whatever it was in my IV I was a happy camper and ready for whatever came my way. I spent the next 5 days in the hospital. Its still a blur to me. I can honestly say I really wasn't in pain...I was just in la la land and couldn't focus or really do ANYTHING . Getting up was a chore....gawwwd I never felt so out of it in my life. But I kept telling myself this was temporary.rnrnIf anyone reading this is interested in the surgery and having it done, all I can say is YES! Go for it.....it's not a miracle cure because its just one of many things you HAVE to do in order to succeed. I never went into this to be model thin and gorgeous. I needed to feel BETTER and live life for once instead of just sitting in the house and not wanting to go out in society because I was always feeling as if I was the *freak*. I've had enough sarcasm's and insults to last me several life times.....I was ready to try a different life now.rnrnDr. Monk is a wonderful man and a wonderful surgeon. He truly cares about his patients and I'd go back to him and do it all over again in a heart beat if I had to."
