Doctor Speigel in Houston

les1964 · July 27, 2006

I just had my surgery by Dr. Speigel on July 19th. I have had no problems, little or no pain and his staff was very helpful. During surgery Betrice will be there to help answer all of your questions. I had no belly pain just sorness that lasted a couple of days. Good luck

KariK · July 27, 2006

Thanks les1964, its nice to hear that. I hope it goes the same for me!!

judyr2005 · July 31, 2006

I had Dr.Speigel do my surgery and felt his experience was the most important thing to me. As far as my band it is fine and my surgery was 4/25/05 . I agree that his office staff and his bed side manner are lacking a bit but I decided his experience was the most important thing. Now that I am without insurance I might change doctors. I have not decided.

It's slow going for me but one day at a time will do just fine.

KariK · July 31, 2006

So far so good. The banding surgery went fine. I saw Dr. Speigel for about 10 seconds before the surgery and haven't seen him since. But my incisions are small and healing well. I didn't have any gas discomfort. Today is the third day since my surgery and im feeling really close to normal. I can drink Protein Shakes with no problems whatsoever. I can chew and swollow viactiv Multivitamins with no problems.

So far so good. At this point I have nothing bad to say about Dr. Speigel. Everyone at the Surgi Center was very nice. They all seem to know what they are doing and care about the patients. I will post again after some time has past just to let anyone who is comtemplating having Dr. Speigel do their lap band know my experience with him.

barbara465 · July 31, 2006

Glad everything went well for you. I am 6 weeks out and doing great. I really didn't have any post op problems and was surprised and how fast I bounced back. I'm going for my 3rd fill/unfill today. I had a fill, then a PB, and a little unfill. TOday going back for a fill. Now that they are at the surgicenter I doubt if I will ever see Spiegel.