"Everyone was very attentive and I actually felt over informed if that is possible! My nurses in aftercare were wonderful! They tried to make me as comfortable as possible and they also took time out to keep me company in the wee hours of the morning when I couldn't sleep. I would go back in a heartbeat!"
"My first impression of Dr. Monk was \"he doesn't look like I expected him to look.\" Which is totally silly, how did I think a surgeon was supposed to look? But he was very organized, he knew what had to be done and told me that I would have time for my questions now and at a later appointment. I was still not sold on the Roux En Y surgery at that point. Truthfully, I hesitated to tell him that I was also considering BPD/DS also, since he only does RNY. But his staff was so nice, I decided to shock him. I asked him to tell me why he feels RNY is better for me than the BPD/DS. He took it in stride and was not snotty in the least bit! He said that there definitely more malabsorption with the DS and that it did have an even higher success rate with people keeping the weight off. However, in my case, as in most females case, there is the calcium issue, so the RNY would benefit me there. Also, according to my labs, and previous labs that I submitted, I am already not absorbing protein as well as I should be and he felt that post-op protein absorption would be more difficult for me in particular. I went in to his office on a see-saw between the two surgeries and came out on the RNY side, with a small sigh of relief, the battle has been taken out of my hands for now...."
