"What was my 1st impression of Dr. Blaney?rnWell, he reminds me of my brother, no seriously! He is very warm, caring, and sincere. I was sure I wanted the LAP BAND when I went in to see him. He was very informative and did a great job navigating me, through educating, to consider all options before I made a decision. I realized by the end of our second meeting that I was making the decision for the LAP BAND based on what effect it would have on every aspect of my life except me personally. I was thinking about the trouble it would be for my family, work, friends, etc... everyone but me. Dr. Blaney simply gave me the information I needed and along with that and the fact that I have a tremendous amount of faith in his opinion and ability I have decided to have the Gastric Bypass surgery.rnrnNow, lets talk about my experience with the office staff! The person responsible for scheduling is extremely scary. I believe patients and Dr. should work together to schedule procedures that will satisfy both parties. It was not discussed with me prior to scheduling what might work for me. Instead I was given a date for my surgery, of course, it was totally impossible for me. When I called to inform the scheduler I got attitude. That was the scary part. I recieved a second surgery date, which of course is less than ideal, but I'm going to suck it up. Anyways I figure that if thats the worse of my experience than I'm in good shape. LJrnrnAugust 3, 2007rnrnUpdate, surgery went well even though last week I would not have been so eager to admit that it went well. Actually I thought I would die. Dr Blaney was very attentive and very caring. I am sure I was no different than any other of his patients, but I was not made to feel that way. rnrnI also wanted to give a \"shout out\" to Millie. rnShe is exceptionally happy and fun. She made a couple of difficult situations better by just being her.rnrnEven though I have doubted my decision for the surgery, I have never doubted electing to use Dr. Blaney and his staff ."
