Hello,

Is there anyone from the columbus ohio area that has had surgery down in cincinnati with Dr. Curry? anything you would like to share about your experience?

brokenangel~ I had my lapband placed by Dr. Curry in Cincy on 6/8/09. My best friend had her band placed on 6/29/09 by Dr. Curry as well. We picked Dr. Curry b/c we were both self-pay and he offered the best care at the best price. Even if insurance had paid for the procedure, I still would have made the trip to Cincy. Dr. Curry and his staff are wonderful! I found it very reassuring that Dr. Curry and most of his staff have been banded.

Good luck w/ your journey!

Do you go to appointments and fills in columbus? did you have to drive to cincinnati alot of different times before the surgery? The drive isnt a problem for me and my husband is wonderful about all of this. We are going down next saturday for a seminar. My one concern is having to take alot of days off work BEFORE the actual surgery. If I decide on a doctor in columbus i can easily flex my schedule at work over a few hours.

thank you for your reply and good luck.

I might not be much help because I've chosen Dr. Curry and his office is like 7 minutes from my house, but when I spoke to my PCP who was against any type of gastric surgery, she told me that he was the ONLY doctor in the area (tri-state) that she would even recommend. She said that his staff, his policies and his record are better than anyone else. She is also pro-lap band over any other type of surgery.

I go for my consult on January 20th and I cannot wait. I've heard nothing but great things about him and I went to his seminar and felt like he related to his patients.

Regarding the trips, I might be wrong but I thought he had a satellite office in Columbus? You might want to check.

Good luck and hopefully we'll be 2010 bandsters together. :blushing:

I went to first appointment on 12/9 in Cincinnati. It was the seminar,consult, and psych. My next appointment was on 12/17 and it was the nutrition class, pre-op testing and I had to pay for the surgery at this appointment because I am self pay. I had to pay 100 for the psych consult and another 94 for my 1 week pre-op diet. I have my surgery on 1/11. I will have my first fill on 2/11 in cincinnati and then the rest of my appointments will be in columbus. They are very organized and easy to work with.