Past and present patients of Dr. Simchuk

chicogirl3 · October 21, 2014

Looking for anyone with experience with Dr. Simchuk. What do you think of him? For past patients, how was your procedure, snd what was you hospital stay like. Any into would be helpful.

Me.Lisa · October 27, 2014

I am a patient of Dr. Ludwig. I had a better than awesome experience this past Tuesday getting my vsg. The hospital staff was phenominal. Of course both Dr Simchuk and Dr Ludwig go into every surgery together to assist each other. If you did not have a good experience I'm sorry for that.

chicogirl3 · October 27, 2014

I am a patient of Dr. Ludwig. I had a better than awesome experience this past Tuesday getting my vsg. The hospital staff was phenominal. Of course both Dr Simchuk and Dr Ludwig go into every surgery together to assist each other. If you did not have a good experience I'm sorry for that.

So far I have had a great experience. My surgery is on Nov. 25, so I'm just trying to see what the surgery and hospital stay are like. How long was your hospital stay, and surgery?

Me.Lisa · October 27, 2014

I could not have had a better experience for this procedure. There are a few nurses the who have have the surgery with the surgeons so they completely understand your issues before and after. My surgery was at 9:30 and I was in my room before noon. Got up and walked within 2 hours, the nurse encouraged me, but I had these painful gas pains in my lower right side. Walking must have helped because the gas soon passed.I got released at noon the next day. Now that I'm home and I have dropped 10 lbs in 5-6 days the only problem I am having is lower back pain that wakes me up. I suspect that it's the binder because I wear it 24/7 even to sleep in. And I am not meeting my fluid/protein requirements but that was to be expected. I'm sure your experience will be as good as mine. Maybe we will meet up in future at a support meeting. I'm not local, I'm from Yuba City area. Good luck to you