angel1

just one other thing i forgot to mention dr. gabriel did not adequately prepare me for surgery. You are not suppossed to drink 6 weeks prior to. I saw this on the pre-op paperwork 11/2 weeks before my surgery during an office visit. I told him i had alot of parties that weekend and would be drinking alcohol, He did not tell me not to . He said start pre-op diet 1 week prior to surgery which was the following Mon.

I called admitting to find out the time of my surgery which was scheduled for feb.1. they told me i was not on the schedule and to call harriet the office manager. i called her , she called back and told me dr. would not be doing the surgery and she is not at liberty to tell me why. I get a letter stating dr. patient relationship is broken. I do not understand what he is refering to so i call harriet she tells me she can't tell me and to go to dr. braithwaite. i tell her i can't do this because of insurance. believe me he was my first choice because he has a phenomenal reputation and that is the kind of dr. i want but i had to settle for this self promoting quack. So anyway I'm getting bored of my own story just trying to help others so they don't make the same mistakes.

no, I did not cheat on my pre op diet. When I called admitting for a time they told me i was not on the schedule and to call harriet. she told me dr. was not doing the surgery and he sent me a letter. the letter said a violation in the dr. patient relationship had occurred. i assure you not on my part. although he did violate my confidentiality by speaking with my husband without my permission. I think my husband scared him with all his questions . he was afraid he would be held accountable for any problems. believe me he is a cold hearted, heatless individual. My husband had him pegged from the beginning as a "scumbag". He thought he was a bad dr. because of his heavy marketing. he's a "marketer". I hate to admit he was right. My husband basically was questioning the ethicacy of doing this surgery on me because he thinks I don't really need it. Everyone I told pretty much said the same thing and were relieved i didn't have the surgery. My husband also questioned their billing practices and they did not like that. Also, now they refuse to give me my medical records. I just need copies of the office notes which I am entitled to by law. This makes me really suspicious. What are they hiding? I believe they changed stuff to make me qualify for surgery put higher wieghts etc. Anyway, I just wouldn't want anyone else to go through this. Go to someone else. Everyo other office i have dealt with is way more professional. Unfortunatly because of insurance i got stuck with this so called dr.

Do not go to this doctor he will waste all your time and change his mind 2 days before surgery. Now Ihave to find another doctor and redo all my tests. The only up side is I went to Bobby Vans and dined on filet migon , wine and champagne for v-day. I'm still mad but my husband is buying me stuff to make up for ruining my surgery. I think this dr. has a napoleon complex. I know what goes around comes around. Karma is a bitch. Gottta go people coming for dinner.

do yourself a huge favor and find another dr. A second opinion cannot hurt.

I have had problems with this doctor he is not as wonderful as you think. You should look into other doctors you are going to end up really sick. There are much better doctors then him on Long Island. Honestly, with all your problems it might be better to find one near you. But, if you go to LI Dr. Braithwaite is the one to go to. He can fix damage done by other doctors. You should check ratmd.