1 Month Post Op - Dr. Carlos Ferrari

[Skinnypie 66]

I have officialy been post op for 1 month today just wanted to post because, initially when I was looking for information about Dr. Ferrari, in Houston, TX, I didn't find a lot. So, here it is.... I am 1 month out, 27.5 lbs down (even though I'm on TOM) and feel AMAZING!

I was referred to Dr. Ferrari by my OBGYN... I was pretty nervous about the whole WLS thing, but like many others, decided to go ahead and do an initial consult to see what it was all about. Originally I thought I wanted the band (I had never heard of VSG) but Dr. Ferrari was very against the band, not sure if in general, or just in my case. He examined me and said I was a great candidate for VSG, all of that was back in late August 2012.

It took me a while to finally decide for sure that I wanted to go through with the surgery, so...at least 1 month after I started the actual process (getting blood work, echo, psych eval., NUT appt.) and took me about 1 month to be able to schedule everything and get it all done...

I contacted Dr. Ferrari's office throughout the process to make sure they were receiving all of my results, letters, etc. and to find out about things being submitted to my insurance. His staff is very friendly and helpful (I had LOTS of questions). It took just over 2 weeks to get approved by my insurance and as soon as I got approved they asked me when I wanted to have surgery the first available date was two weeks later, but that didn't work with my schedule... He operates on Mondays and Thursdays, so I found the next available Thursday that worked for me Dec. 20 and that was that. I had one pre-op consult the week before surgery, by that time I had a lot more questions for the Doctor. Dr. Ferrari is a very "matter of fact" kind of guy, which I really appreciate and also (in my opinion) I think he's a very focused surgeon because of it (he's not a hugE conversationalist, but that was definitely the least of my priorities in a surgeon).

Fast forward to my surgery date, I was scheduled at 7 am and had to be at the hospital at 5:30 am... I was a nervous wreck!! everything went great, the time is a blur after that, but here's what I remember : went into the operating room talked to a nurse (she was an angel) that comforted me and the anesthesiologist came in and told me she would give me something to "take the edge off," next thing I know I woke up in recovery and kept telling the nurse I had to pee and she kept assuring me that i had a catheter and they had drained my bladder so that was not possible. Next I remember being taken to my room where my Amazing Husband and Dad were waiting to see me, the nurses were all amazing and, while I originally thought I would love the pain med button... I didn't use it much, yes, I was in some pain but it was never unbearable, i stayed overnight and was able to go home around 2pm the next day. No liquids at all until I had my second leak test almost right before I was discharged, Dr. ferrari came in to check on me after the leak test and said I was ready to go home

After surgery I only took the pain medicine for about 4 days, and even that was mostly because I was scared... More than anything I felt soreness not so much pain... I had walked a lot in the hospital and gotten a lot of the gas out. I didn't have any trouble with fluids and had a lot of Powerade zero in the beginning...I was on full liquids as soon as I went home and after 2 weeks soft foods.

And that's my story A little long, but wanted to share in case anyone needed info on Dr. Ferrari, i am so happy with my choice in doctor... The staff, the nurses, and hospital far exceeded my expectations. I know everyone's body is different and recovery will also be different but, If I had to do it all over again i would choose Dr. Ferrari and would recommend him to anyone. I feel so blessed to be having an easy recovery and to be 27.5 lbs down in 1 month!!

[Ccr3 16]

Thank you for your post. I had my first visit with Dr. Ferrari and like you I have not found many references on him, but did very much like the staff and the Doc.