"At the age of 38, I tipped the scales at 300 pounds. I tried so many programs, and while I had some success, I always found myself gaining the weight back, and simultaneously losing a little more of my own self esteem each time. I made the decision to have gastric bypass surgery, and heard about the Bariatric Sugery folks at Monmouth Medical in a newspaper article...
Two years after surgery, there is not a day that goes by that I am not grateful to Dr. Steven Binenbaum for saving my life. While his bedside manner may not be the best, he is absolutely a brilliant and gifted surgeon. This is not to suggest that he is rude in any way, he is just not terribly warm and fuzzy. He performed two complicated surgeries on me in the course of 6 months - ventral hernia repair, and then gastric bypass - both done laproscopically. Having had several surgeries in the past related to cancer, the surgeries Dr. Binenbaum performed on me were complicated by all of the scar tissue. He worked hard, and masterfully. He was very informative to my family, letting them know what was happening during the surgical process. I remembering my mother commenting to me that it was clear Dr. Binenbaum knew what he was doing, and really cared about me as a patient.
In the course of 18 months, I lost 130 pounds, and went from a size 24 to a 4. I finally feel like the woman I was meant to be in this world - the woman who was hidden beneath all of that extra weight. As a successful professional in my field, I have always had confidence in my work...now coupled with confidence in my appearance, the sky is the limit for me.
I am so fortunate to have found Dr. Binenbaum - he truly is a gifted surgeon and I would recommend him to anyone considering bariatric surgery. As I previously stated, in my book, he saved my life."
