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Hi Im a patient of Dr Powers in the same office as Dr Geiss. They use the same office/support staff. I really liked Dr Powers and he is not as busy as Dr G so you can get in to see him sooner/quicker. I like that I only talked to him. I was not passed off to anyone. He gave me all the information. A little bit more personal.

msjessy do write down your questions and concerns to take with you.

Thanks Ajoneen. I was actually thinking of calling back and making my appt with Dr. Powers. The reason I chose to go with Dr. Geiss was bc of what I saw during the seminar. Dr. Geiss was warm and personable, while Dr. Powers just seemed a little dry. I"m the kind of person that would probably need a lot of hand-holding during this procedure, so that's why I decided to stick it out and wait for Dr. Geiss to become available.

While I hear that the support staff is great, ultimately its the DR who's doing the surgery, and I have to be 100% comfortable in him.

I guess as the days go by, and if I become too impatient I'll call and schedule with Dr. Powers.

Thanks everyone!

Good luck to Ellen and bigdawg on your upcoming surgery.

msjessy - I don't know much about Dr Powers but I've met him a few times when in the office. If you do require a lot of hand holding, you may want to think about switching. The one thing that I wish I knew before (although I probably still would have gone with him) is that the last time you'll see Dr Geiss is surgery. I guess the PA's do ALL his follow up?

Edited April 15, 200818 yr by Candle

You'll only see an MD twice after surgery. The first time is 7-10 days post-op when they check to make sure you're healing OK. The next time is for the first fill. After that, you'll ONLY see a PA.

I had my pre op seminar for lap band at LIJ today with Dr Geiss' nurse. Almost there, Monday is the big day. Seminar is mostly just a rehash of everything. Liquid diet stinks, but hey I got myself here and being fat stinks worse.

actually...I saw the PA for my post-op visit, but I was lucky enough to have Dr. Geiss do one of my every 6 week visits, usually I see a PA for that too. I have no idea who I'll see for a fill, I'm almost 6 months post-op and haven't had a fill yet.

How are you doing not having a fill in 6 mos. :biggrin:

I haven't seen Dr Geiss since my surgery - 8 months ago.

You have not been to the office or you have been seeing a pa?

Have you had a fill?:confused:

I'm down 44 pounds in 6 months....and thankfully I found it easy to lose.

Yeah, I always see one of the PA's. I've been going in once every 8 weeks. Only 1 fill.

Anyone banded by Dr. Powers yet?

Anyone banded by Dr. Powers yet?

Yep ME. :tongue_smilie:

I did it had my band done on 4/21. Lost 11 pds on liquid the week before i started. Hope it goes that good from here on.:rolleyes2:

BigDawg- welcome to Bandlandia!!