Anyone have the sleeve done by Dr. Gorecki in Brooklyn NY? How was your post-op experience? Weight loss?

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Yes he did my surgery. I was very happy with the experience - no complications and the hospital staff was excellent. The nurses all praised him and said he is very exacting about his patient care.

His office manager handled my insurance paperwork swiftly and carefully.

He is very straight to the point however and will not spend a ton of time going over questions with you. His PA Krystyna, who is wonderful, will do that.

Only downside is the office at the faculty practice is always overbooked and running behind.

Thanks for responding . I'm planning to have surgery with him in December. Is your weight loss steady? How much have you lost? How many days did u have to stay in the hospital? Sorry about all the questions...I'm just excited to hear from someone who also used Gorecki!

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No worries, I'm happy to respond. I was actually just there for my 3 month post-op checkup and chatted with some of his other patients who all seemed to really like him too.

My weight loss has been steady. I'm down almost 50 lbs since surgery which is way more and way faster than I anticipated. But I don't think that has much to do with which surgeon you choose- rate of weight loss is dependent on so many individual factors unique to each of us like our metabolisms, gender, how well we follow the program etc.

I was in the hospital for one night. I checked in for surgery about 9 am and was home by 3 pm the next day. I had a nice private room at Methodist and was really impressed with the nursing staff. I had zero complications and was back at work/normal life within days. I didn't have any pain and no trouble at all getting down liquids in the early post-op stages and totally fine once I started working food back into my diet.

I really do like him and Krystyna. A great team.

I'm glad too hear that you had a good experience & that you're doing well. This makes me feel like I really made a good choice with my doctor. Thanks again!

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Hey guys! I just submitted my paperwork. Is it a long wait time. So nervous

Cece

I'm submitting my paperwork next week. I hope it's quick!

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It took less than a week for my paperwork to be approved once his office manager submitted. I'm sure that depends more on your insurer than anything else.

Nice! I have Oxford and you?

Cece

UHC.

I have GHI

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I just did preoperative testing...how are u

Cece

I did my psych evaluation yesterday. All I have left is 1 more doc visit next month ( ghi requires 7 consecutive visits) then everything gets submitted. I will do my pre op testing the end of November . Doctor Gorecki asked which date in December I wanted to do the surgery, did he ask you? I think he asks so they can know for insurance purposes.

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Yea he asked me and I chose the beginning of Nov.

Cece

I'm excited for both of us!

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I'm excited for both of you!