I'm in SW Missouri, very near Kansas, and was hoping to find others who've had the DS and what surgeon they used. I have lap band and really need to convert to DS, it's just so hard to find the right surgeon

I'm from the Joplin area!! I went to Columbia, but they now have surgeons that work at Freeman. Dr. Coy is pretty awesome. I've known him for years Message me! And follow me, especially if you're so close!

Hey, we had the same surgeon! Did he ever talk to you much? What was your experience? He talked to our pre op class for 15 minutes because the hospital got complaints that he never spoke to patients. I am pleased with the operation because I had no major complications. However, he really never spoke to me in the hospital. He said something in a really hurried fashion right when I woke up after surgery. I couldn't understand one word of it. Did he do your DS? I know that he does bariatric surgery in St. Louis and Chicago, but didn't know he traveled around that much. No wonder he was in a hurry!

Samantha,

Sorry, I just got you and the original poster mixed up. I got it straightened out now. I moved from Springfield to a much smaller town up north. Hope you are doing well, sorry for the mix up!

Ha, its ok! I never saw him besides him talking in the class, but its normal. Who see's you in the office? I see Mr. McDreamy hahaha. I stayed in the hospital for two days because I felt more comfortable. The rooms were nice, the first night I had an allergic reaction to the morphine so that was horrible. Other than that everything has been perfect so far!

Mr. McDreamy? Are you talking about Dr. Suttmoeller? He is hot stuff and very funny. His wife is the head nurse at the clinic and never smiles. I only saw Dr. Suttmoeller pre op. I kind of miss him. Although Dr. Strain (post op. bariatric doctor) is quite dreamy too and very young.

Samantha,

What was the exact date of your surgery? Mine was October 7th at Univ. hospital. I'm assuming yours was there as well on a Tuesday since that is the only day of the week they do Bari surgeries. Did you have a male nurse that was bald? I am asking because he was terribly rude. He came in the middle of the night to teach me his "bariatric patient lesson". He said he was tired of patients coming back a week later because they didn't follow post op directions correctly. His demeaner was degrading like since I'm fat, I must also be stupid. He sat me at a table for an hour repeating the same kind of questions about fluid intake. Everyone else at the hospital was wonderful, but I couldn't wait until his shift was over.

No. I have Dr. Strait.

I had the most amazing nurses. I stayed an extra night because Im allergic to morphine and didnt realize it. My surgery date was Oct 27th

And my nurses never gave me a class lol. She was awesome. On breaks she would come to my room and we would cut up. She also would bring me stuff from home because I was sick of the hospital liquid lol.