Hi all,

I am trying to decide on a surgeon and I found one that seems very competent, has good reviews, and is in my price range. The problem is he has a video up of him doing a surgery and his nose is not covered by his mask. No one in the operating room has their nose covered actually. Should this be a deal breaker? Or is it not that big of a deal? I checked several other videos and most surgeons have both mouth and nose covered even if wearing eye glasses. I did see one or two where someone other than the surgeon didn't have their nose covered.

In addition - I think I saw the first one (nose not covered) open a package of something - maybe a bandage - while wearing his gloves. Would that be an issue? I doubt the package would be sterilized on the outside like instruments are so....? What do you all think?

Travel I would love your doc check list! I'm trying to get my surgery discounted witha a usa surgeon but if I can't Mexico is my plan B

My surgery was recorded and I have it on a flash disk or whatever those little things are called.

You can ask your Dr if you can have a copy of your surgery.

@@Chubtastic Here is the document but it is still a very rough draft. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd4oi1BFANNxuZ28L5w-D79fg2Pm6WWeG7pfQVDfW3U/edit

@@Sassypants92201 Sassy - I am going to ask if we can but dang I don't know if I can watch myself getting surgery. Wow. Yeesh.

I don't plan on watching it but I have it if someone else does?!

Speaking of recording the surgery: I plan to have Dr. Q record mine for me on a jump drive, but I don't know how soon I'll be ready to look at it. On one hand it gives me the heebie jeebies, and on the other hand I want to see what it looks like!

Also, Sassy, I'd like to PM you if you don't mind.

Thank you!

@@MichiganChic You are right about not being properly equipped to evaluate. We are just trying to do the best we can and figure out what is what. I was mostly just curious about the procedure itself. Knowledge is power!

Sassy I will he he he I like knowing that Dr Q will record it .

@@Travelmego hi what doctor is it you saw that wasn't wearing a mask during surgery?

I know some people might freak out at the surgery video, but if you can handle it, watch it! I knew that Dr. Quinones was the surgeon for me, but after watching my video I had an even greater sense of knowing I had chosen the right surgeon. That man is a surgical savant! It is amazing watching his work in real time.

You look great girl!!!! I'm losing very, very slow.

I'm almost ready to watch the video of the surgery. Couple more months. Lol

@@Sassypants92201 Sorry, me email notifications are not coming in for some reason. Thank you, I was a slow loser as well, very frustrating, getting your mind to adjust to working with your sleeve is a serious learning curse...not to mention old habits die hard. How far out now are you Sassy, and how much are of you down if you don't mind me asking. Feel free to PM the info to me if you like, maybe can share tips on how I overcame certain things.

I am down 24 lbs and surgery was on June 9th. I started focusing on my food and Water and dropped 2 lbs yesterday. So I started at 208 and I'm at 184.