Opinions pls!!!

[seanmama 0]

Hello Leatha,

Thanks for your note- how nice to find a neighbour. Yes, I know Hamn and Cribbins won't take pts from other surgeons- and I believe they might sign off on you if you go elsewhere for a fill.

I will stick it out and work with them- after all I have come this far.

(One suggestion I made was that they get a Nurse Practitioner to help- something I would love to do, but I am about 3 years away from getting my MSN.)

Now all I need to do is be a good bandster....

[seanmama 0]

Oh, and, where did you get your band?

[leatha_g 4]

I had my band placed by Dr Albert Wetter, in San Francisco. I moved out there for about 15 months and came running home to Texas. I left, thinking he would be able to refer me directly to someone he knew would see me. That didn't work out exactly how he lead me to believe or how I envisioned. Now, I'm having issues and I seriously need a doctor. Looks like I'll have to see Veninga since he's on my insurance and the others aren't interested.

I've only heard good things about him, though, so that's good.

Leatha

[seanmama 0]

Does Veninga still do bariatrics? There is one more here locally-(Plano Presby) Dr Horrileno- does mainly Roux-en-y here , but has done a few bands too.

There are actually tons of surgeons who do em here in DFW, but the issue is getting one to take you on as a pt?

[leatha_g 4]

Exactly.

Dr Benavides saw me and was quite happy to take me as a patient, however, SCOR was not contracted with my insurance. So that fixed that.

Veninga has started doing bands and I've ready many testimonials by patients that seem to love him. I'm a bit leary of anyone who hasn't done lots and lots of bands but what choice do I have? I could fly back to San Francisco, but I really need to establish a doc here and he sounds like he's the guy.

Wish me luck!

Leatha

[donali 57]

Good luck, Leatha!! So sorry about your slippage, but glad you're going to be able to have it fixed!