sheaross99

I was banded last Thursday by his partner, Dr. Benavides. I was originally going to Felts, but I switched to Dr B because I needed a certain date and Felts was booked. Regina "GG" in his office is awesome and Stephanie, his patient educator is the best. When you go to your pre-op you'll feel 100% at ease, and the day of surgery is a breeze. (right afterwards not so much, but that's surgery for ya) Everyone at Surgery Center of Richardson is the BEST. You will no doublt meet Mercy, a nurse SCR, she is so precious, and will make you feel at ease before you go back for surgery. I had an awesome experience with this practice, with AIGB (True Results now) and so far after surgery everything has gone exactly as I expected. You will find LOTS of aftercare with this practice, and they are VERY VERY experienced and this is all they do. I got the AP band, (which you will too) and from my understanding it's the newest and most advanced band available, not all surgeons are even placing it yet. Dr. Felts and Benavides are! Good luck, and please stay in touch! I would love to keep up and have a cohort in this! Stephanie R. Plano TX

I haven't heard of him, but I was just banded 7 days ago by Dr. Richard Benavides at Surgery Center of Richardson. I have had a great experience so far and his office staff and nurses have been great! They work in conjunction with Lap Band Solutions and AIGB Diagnostic. All have been awesome. I wish you lots of luck and would like to hear from you post-op since we are starting out about the same time and both in Dallas. Good Luck to you!!!

I was weighed pre-op and BMI was calculated again. I think the concern was more on being w/in the BMI limits (not too low). Let us know how it goes. SR Banded 8/30/07 Dallas TX