Austinmom

I've been lurking for a while and thought it was time to introduce myself. I'm Donna and I'm going to Dr. Spivak in Houston for my sleeve surgery which will hopefully be in May. I've read a lot of your posts regarding vitamins, hair loss, healing and not getting enough protein. I called my Dr's office because I was admittedly a bit freaked out. My Dr. told me to go to Bariatricadvantage.com for vitamin supplements, that they were the best for bariatric patients...my Dr. has had no issues with his patients losing their hair and he has been performing surgeries for a long time. Hadar Spivak is his name, feel free to do a google search on him and see his credentials. I just wanted to help some of you that may not know what vitamin to take or are having problems with hair loss, etc. They also have protein, books, etc. on the site. They have kits put together for the various procedures....really sort of cool. I know I will be ordering before my surgery and I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for sharing your stories. Donna aka Austinmom

I met with Dr. Spivak on Saturday March 20th and I adore him already. My parents were both banded by him 4 years ago but I am considering a different option--the gastric sleeve. Are there any of Dr. Spivak's patients here that have had the sleeve that I can talk to? I'm 99.9% sure this is the procedure I want and Dr. Spivak is the only Dr. I would trust to do it.

I'm new as well and in Austin. I went for my consultation with Dr. Hadar Spivak in Houston this past Saturday (March 20th). I went in with the idea in my head that I was getting the lapband. I had done research but only on the lapband, not on the gastric sleeve. Once I found out about it my thought was "I am so THERE!".