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Mommy327 I am in the suburbs of Philly. I will be having my surgery at Einstein as well! Who was your DR? I am at the beginning. I have started a 6 month pre approval diet' date=' and my first consultation is this Friday in Elkins Park. Any advice? :-)[/quote']

I had my surgery there too.... My dr is dr Trang , I just had my surgery November 2 nd , I just saw him yesterday for my 1st post opt visit... I love it there .... Everyone is super friendly and always are willing to answer questions anytime.... Which dr are you going to pick? I love dr trang, he is so easy to talk to and made me feel at ease. I would highly recommend him.... I'm sure they Are all great drs there.... I saw dr Dallal in the hospital as well and he is great as well. I never saw soriano yet... The staff is great, the PA 's are great too.... As you can see I love it there,.... My advice , just relax and ask questions,....

I never met the new nutritionist yet, I heard Jen is nice....

This is a great group of drs and staff here,,,, I called after hours and dr Dallal called me right back and was so nice to me, they never make you feel like your concern is not important! Who is your dr.

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I have an appointment on Friday with Dr. Dallal, but I havnt exactly picked a Dr for surgery. He was the first available, so I went with him. I met him recently at an orientation and I thought he was really nice. I'm so excited and nervous all at the same time! I just hope everything works out ok with my insurance. I have Horizon BC/BS of NJ.

How are u doing with the big change? I'm nervous that I will miss eating food! Lol!! I wish u the best of luck, and hopefully ill be in your shoes sooner then later!

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Yes I'm not going to lie I miss eatting food.... How did your appt go

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Mommy327 I am in the suburbs of Philly. I will be having my surgery at Einstein as well! Who was your DR? I am at the beginning. I have started a 6 month pre approval diet, and my first consultation is this Friday in Elkins Park. Any advice? :-)

I am also at Elkins Park. Just finished the 12 weeks nutrition and all appointments, My Pre op is the 6th and Surgery is December 17th. Like Mommy 327 I also have Dr Trang. Everyone is really great there.

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I'm in York. I know there are a few more PA folks out there on the boards!

I haven't been on in awhile! Girl, you're looking amazing!!

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Who did your surgery? I went to Dr. Davidson!

Dr DiMarco:)

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I'm from Hershey' date='having surgery at Hershey med

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From Annville.

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Lock Haven. Near penn State.

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Hi dmkar !!! I am from Jersey Shore pa!!! I had rny on nov13

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Hey all, Williamsport here! Surgery 12/13/13!! Getting soo excited and nervous! :)

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Hey I'm In emmaus and having surgery in Allentown at st. Luke's. My doctor is el chaar

Hey I'm in Macungie, super close! Had sx at LVHOSPITAL . Good luck with sx ;)

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Greetings PA peoples. I saw a few of you going to Magee too. Just had my surgery last Thursday with Dr Eid. Everything went fine so I recommend him for anyone looking.

This is the surgeon I will have! I met him in October for the initial visit... My 6 months will end February 4th. Hoping to have a date in March!

Everything went fine? He seemed very nice when I saw him.

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I'm in Hanover. I had my surgery with Dr. Monk at York Hospital on Jan 3rd.

How is everything going so far?

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