Has anyone used this physician? I had my preop this past week and was not at all impressed with his bedside manner. He was majorly rushed (so it seemed) and never even discussed the procedure with me other than to tell me 1 in 3,000 have a leak and that the leaks are typically caused by eating solids too soon, so he made me aware that he is strict about that rule. Other than that, he rushed me out and told me people would call me to sched an upper GI and an endoscopy (I think thats what its called...where they put a scope down your throat)? I was just shocked that he didnt really review the procedure with me. Isn't that odd?

That's very odd. We consulted with two surgeons before deciding to go with the sleeve, and both of them were very thorough. If you're considering seeing someone else in the area, I highly recommend Dr. Jayaseelan at Dallas Bariatrics Center. He's awesome in basically all ways. At our initial consult, we spent close to an hour with him before sitting down with one of his staff to discuss insurance coverage. His staff was always there when we had questions and the nurse even called us a couple of times after surgery to check and see how we were doing.

Dr Nicholson was the same with me at my pre op, however, I went to his info session and was pretty much informed then. I knew at his seminar, I wanted him to do my surgery. I went through True Results and choose him for my surgery. I have done all my post op with nurse practioners, but I have been satisfied. I will tell u this...I went home same day, my pain was pretty much non-existent after day 2. My incision sites healed fine. I have read so many stories on how much pain they were in, and some of that is surgery technique. I had 2 coworkers sleeved, 1 by Nicholson and the other by Dr Carlton in his practice too...the one who had surgery with Carlton had a worse recovery than what I had and my other coworker. Although, Dr. Carlton did my EGD and I was fine. Just some info...hope it helps.

Edited December 1, 201411 yr by Birdie77

Thanks so much for the responses and information!