Anyone from the Middle of the beltbuckle? I am in Olathe KS now but have lived in Springfield Mo, Hannibal Mo, Dearborn MO, and would love to meet some people locally to chat with.:001_wub:

Hi, I am getting ready to have my surgery with Dr. Malley- Has anyone heard of anyone having him do the surgery? I live near Lees Summit, mo.

Hi, I am getting ready to have my surgery with Dr. Malley- Has anyone heard of anyone having him do the surgery? I live near Lees Summit, mo.

That's the one that does TONS of t.v. advertisements isn't he? And, I think almost every night at like 2AM he has the same 30 minutes with the same people who are singing the glory of the lapband perhaps?

When is your surgery? Are you having the Sleeve or the lapband?

Yes- I guess- I don't watch TV much- but he does a lot of lap-band- I am wanting the sleeve- I turn in all my paperwork to insurance tomorrow- so we will see- He says he waited to do the sleeve because he wanted to make sure it was a good surgery for people and had good results over time- but I am not finding anyone that has had this surgery with him- so maybe that will be a good question that I should see how many he has actually done-

Yes- I guess- I don't watch TV much- but he does a lot of lap-band- I am wanting the sleeve- I turn in all my paperwork to insurance tomorrow- so we will see- He says he waited to do the sleeve because he wanted to make sure it was a good surgery for people and had good results over time- but I am not finding anyone that has had this surgery with him- so maybe that will be a good question that I should see how many he has actually done-

You might ask him about how many Sleeves he has done, where he got his training. Then, personally I would want to know what size bougie he uses. Size 32 to 36 seems to be the standard from everything I have researched. I'm going through the insurance hurdles now and the surgeon I am using uses 32.

I'm in Raymore MO. South side of KC. Dr. Kowalski was my surgeon (same office as Dr. Hoehn). And I love that place. Dr. Kowalski is great and their staff is great. The psych dr is Dr. Sabapathy and he's amazing. Becky - the receptionist / office clerk is so sweet and caring. And their follow-up support group is a great group of people. I had absolutely no problems with the surgery or the staff at Shawnee Mission.

Another happy Dr. Kowalski patient here! Their office is amazing! They really do care about you and do not get upset if you ask questions. Dr. K is very knowledgeable and respectful of his patients. I would highly recommend anyone to this office.

Anyone from the Middle of the beltbuckle? I am in Olathe KS now but have lived in Springfield Mo, Hannibal Mo, Dearborn MO, and would love to meet some people locally to chat with.:001_wub:

Wichita KS here! I don't have any info to add.. sounds like you are all way ahead of me in this game!! Im still pre op. Just completed my 6 month diet and waiting on doing my psych eval. I'll be going through Topeka with Dr. Hamilton hopefully. Nice to meet you all!

Hi everyone. Glad I found you. I am still pre-op at this point. Surgery is set for April 16 at this time. SharonL, I am not far from you at all. I am in Belton. Ever go to the rec center to work out? I go and walk the river at the pool 3 to 4 times a week for my exercise. Can't wait for my surgery. My pre-op appointment is this Thursday. Counting down the days!!

I live in Branson, but had my procedure in Las Vegas on July 22nd. I have been trying to find a group or something that I can go to in person, online is great, don't get me wrong, but I'm just having a bit of a frustrating time. Happy to see there are people not too far from me!