"I have not met my surgeon yet. When I attended my seminar, it was with a different doctor who had just started doing the surgery. I picked Dr. Gaskin purely by what I had heard from a friend who went to him for her surgery. I look forward to talking with him.
Dr. Gaskin is very knowledgeable and confident in what he is doing. He gives you straight answers, I like that in a doctor. He could spend a bit more time on his bedside manner, but he's not scary or anything, just a bit distant. Aftercare consisted of 1-2 visits in the hospital, a follow-up visit in his office after 1 month and another at 1 year, unless there are problems. Anytime I had a question, I would phone in to his office and speak with Mary, his nurse. I would rather to have spoken with the doctor. Since this surgery is such a big deal, I would have felt more comfortable if he had a little one on one contact and conversations with me, although Mary is very helpful. I had no complications after my surgery other than normal expected changes. I feel that surgical competence is of great importance and Dr. Gaskin has plenty from my experience. Beside manner is equally important and Dr. Gaskin could spend a bit more time with the patient."
