"Once I got past the looks of the dissolved product and the fact that it looked like anything but the drink on the container, I held my nose, closed my eyes and took a drink. It tastes like milky tea with lemon. Not bad and with each recurring glass it goes down easier. As a matter of fact, I kinda look forward to it."
"True Lemon crystallized lemon substitute tastes just like the real thing. It is in individual packets that can be used to flavor a bottle of water or to sprinkle on seafood. Best thing of all is that it doesn't have any corn product in it and it is real lemon juice and lemon oil. My lemonade tastes just like lemonade. Even when I add Splenda there is no after taste like with crystal light or other sugar free beverages."
"My first impression of Dr. Lord was at one of the Support Group seminars. He came in while the seminar was in progress and before I knew it he was all involved in it. Answering questions, talking and all the while apologizing that he was hogging the floor when it was actually his staffs show.
I attended three of the monthly support group meetings before my surgery and he was always in the middle of them. I liked that. When I had my pre-op appointment, he was the same guy. Not in a hurry, constantly quizzing me on information that any patient should know. I had never had a medical history as detailed as the one he took on me
There wasn't anything I did not like about the man. Personality wise, he is unlike any doctor I have ever had.
Future patients should know that he is very serious about his work. Future patients should know that you must attend the support groups, you must follow the dietary requirements, you must keep your appointments and you must be serious about all of the risks and benefits of the surgery.
You must commit to a lifetime of aftercare and his entire staff is involved in your aftercare. I ate somethings that were not on my stage three diet plan and told Jan who inturn told Traci. When I went in to the office I had to have a nutrition session with Traci. You might call it a "Have you lost your mind?" lecture on what comprises a Stage Three diet and why it lasts for six weeks regardless of how I think I feel or what I think I can eat.
Dr. Lord was very blunt about the risks of the surgery. He doesn't mince words.
Overall, I am glad it was Dr. Lord who did my surgery.
Which is better, surgical competence, bedside manner, or are both great? Both are great, but I will forgo bedside manner any day in favor of surgical competence. However, I would rather not have to forgo either.
My brother was not happy about me having WLS. I have six brothers and no sisters. My Big Brother thinks I belong to him and he's more than a little protective. He hassled the Doctor the morning of my surgery. Dr. Lord handled him with style and grace. My brother grugingly decided that Dr. Lord was worthy and more than competent to do my surgery.
The only thing that I wasn't happy about was having my pre-surgical labs done in September when my surgery did not get scheduled until November. So at my pre-op registration the staff there did see fit to repeat the more critical labs.
These are just my personal impressions of my own personal experience and I am making no statements about what other perple may experience.
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