Hi

I'd like to know if anyone knows why Dr. Kuri is not affiliated with BeLiteWeight.com anymore? I was considering having surgery with him but now I'm not so sure.

Thanks!

I'm new to this forum, whos kuri? who is joanne. I think this a little more complicated than I thought. I just want some help!!

I'm new to this forum, whos kuri? who is joanne. I think this a little more complicated than I thought. I just want some help!!

This is what I wrote.

"Let me get this straight. Are you picking a sales representative or a surgeon to do your surgery? I'm not sure this post isn't a plant or done in gest because I find it incredulous that one would pick a surgeon this way."

This was in a reply to a post that because Joanne from Belight who used to be Dr. Kuris coor. is now representing Dr. Lopez. The poster wrote that she was now having second thoughts about booking with Dr. Kuri because of this change. I thought it was well peculiar that one would pick a surgeon based on this criteria. Since your new let me give you a heads up. Like most places there is some very good surgeons, some so so and some places with gosh awful reputations. So you might ask how do I go about making a decision. One is distance. If your on the West Coast Tijuana is much cheaper and easier to get to. There 3 excellent surgeons there with good reputations. By reputations I mean you do not hear of frequent infections, surgeon non response after surgery, frequent slips or erosions. They have reputations because over the years, and thousands of posts on different sites you get a snapshot of their care. If your from other areas of the US I would certainly think of Monterey. Dr. Rumbaut, a professor of surgery and probably one on the top five lap band surgeons in the world. He trained most of the Mexican Surgeons and most of the older US lap band surgeons. Besides being my surgeon, he has been doing these surgeries for almost a decade. I have heard some excellent reviews also of Dr. Zapata in Monterey. Its important not to get caught up in web advertising, because thats all it is. Look to see where they were trained,do they teach, do a search on this site as well as others and put in their name. How long have they been doing lap bands. Do they mostly do bands or bypasses. Whatever you do ,don't pick a doc for price. Feel free to email me if you wish. Not the same Joanne. I'm joanne in seattle

Thank you so much. I'm very proud and happy with quitting. It has been very difficult for me to find new ways of coping. It's been 6 months? (since Thanksgiving 2006) and I'm still finding my way. It isn't hard to stay quit, it's just hard not to eat, or want to eat, as a way of coping in the absence of the cigs. That's another thread I suppose, but thank you all the same!

That's what I was afraid of. It seems odd she would do that, but it appears to be the case. That is unfortunate. I'm going hunting for Dr Kuri's website, if he has one up and running again. I suppose if someone wanted Kuri to perform their band surgery, they'd call the hospital?

Thanks for clearing that up, flower. Your pics look Fab!

Hi

I'm new to this forum and I saw you asking about Dr Kuri, I'm having the band done by him this laybor day weekend, he was very recomended by a friend of mine so I just googled his mane and found him with no problem.

good luck big chris