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hi, I'm looking for doctor recommendation on Long Island if any? Thanks

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Are you looking to have surgery? I had my VSG at Mount Sinai Hospital

in Manhatten with Dr. Daniel Herron who is wonderful...

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New York bariatric group located in new hyde park!!! Dr. Angstadt. They are the number one leading group in the area!! Zero percent death rate!!! I had my surgery on dec 10 with them and everything went great!!!

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wow….really? i met with dr angstadt a while ago but i didn't think too much of him afterwards. so i was looking for other options. how do you know what a dr.s death rate is? how can i find out how many sleeves they have done, besides asking them. i mean, can't they tell you whatever they want to?

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There is a website called : Healthgrades and you could reveiw any physician in the USA......and look at their track record.....I checked out the surgeon that I used...he is at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhatten.....should you find a surgeon that you like....you could also ask him for former patients as a reference...... and depending where you choose your surgeon...you couls also follow up with the state dept of licensing.....for reviews..... all the best..

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Girliegirl you can go on the website and see and also the healthgrades like the other lady suggested!!! Idk he isn't really talkative but everything went great an it was a fairly easy process

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Have you gone to other surgeons who do the VSG ? Perhaps, go for a second opinion ? There are many fine Bariatric surgeons.... I did my research and interviewed three surgeons in Manhatten...who practice at three distinctly different teaching hospitals..... 1:) Columbia Presbytarian Hospital

2:)NYU -Longone Medical Center and 3:) Mount Sinai Hospital and MEdical Center . I chose Mount Sinai Hospital since the surgeon had a program-it took me approx. 9 months to see different physicians in different disciplines... and also meet with the primary care doctor once per month.....I hope that this helps in some small way.....wishing you every success in your journey.....and good health....

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Try Dr. McMullen, I have an appointment with her on the 22nd of this month I called many different offices and hers was the best and just with the one phone call to her office I learned so much info about gastric sleeve even things I didn't yet research and I got all my paperwork mailed to me in less then a week and all my insurance questions answered in less then 8 minutes. She is located in syosset and affiliated with north shore, lij, syosset hospital and a few others I did research on her and is one of the best. Good luck

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I have started the process with Dr. Buchrin in Huntington. He does his surgery out of Huntington hospital. I havent gotten very far in the process, but I did like.

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i met with dr buchin once too, i liked him a lot, one of my favorites!

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have you decided who you are going to be using?

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well s much as I liked dr buchin, Im going to use Dr Brathwaite because he seems to be more experienced and has been doing it longer.

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Where is Dr. Brathwaite? What hospital?

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hi, im so happy to hear of someone else using him too. I didn't spend that much time with him but I did hear great things. Like i said I really liked Dr Buchin too. what made you decide to use him if you dont mind me asking? have you seen any other doctors?

can you please tell us how your experience with Dr Brathwaite goes? id love to hear!! good luck.

Jennlee DrBrathwaite is in Winthrop Hosp. Im using his team and am scheduled for 4/23. The office staff is amazing in Patchogue .

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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