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Dr. Spiegel has become a RUDE POMPOUS BUTTHOLE! Before all the fame and hype of his surgeries he wasnt like he is now, but my last visit to him may be just that, my last. I brought my skinny friend with me and he basically compared her to me and drilled me about losing more weight and that I was doing something wrong and basically, not in so many words told me that I was ugly fat. his exact words being "you would be a beautiful girl if you lost 50-60 more pounds". I was SOOOOo upset when I left his office that I went on a shopping binge lol! However Im not impressed with his current attitude. If I give you 15,000 dollars, plus 100 dollars per fill, you better treat me with respect and dignity. not like an incompetant piece of crap.

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I am considering going to Houston to have the surgery with Dr. Spiegel. I like the fact that he just performs the lap band surgery. I have also read several complaints about him being rude and having no bed side manner. Can you give me more information on how your surgery went and would you recommend him to anyone else?

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Both of my daughters went to Spiegel, they have lost their weight, but one of them had some problems with a nerve that had been nicked in surgery and when she had to go back to him he was a jerk. You are right he is just what you said he was. I went to him first for my banding, buy my insurance would not pay for my surgery. When they got the noticed that I was denied they never called me or anything. I went to Tijuana since I was self pay and I am glad I did. The care has been awesome.

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Greetings,

I was also banded by Dr. Spiegel, and while I don't necessarily think he's the most personable guy in the world he's never been anything but polite to me. He's always answered my questions and listened to what I've told him. But at the end of the day - he's a SURGEON! They're not really known for being very nice people folks.

Plus - I don't mind a doctor taking a hard line with me. The shock of my doctor telling me that I was going to die young if I didn't do something about my weight is what led me to getting banded and I would hug my old doctor if she were here now (she's kinda hot anyways). :-)

I guess my view is that he's trying to help motivate you by taking that attitude. Maybe fire you up enough to try harder to lose weight?

Anyway - my $.02.

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Dr. Spiegel should be more personable. Im sorry but someone getting in my face about my weight and not even praising me for the weight I had lost over the time span I hadnt seen him, basically telling me not good enough, is not going to motivate me to lose weight. In fact if ANYONE gets in my face and tells me to do something, I do the direct opposite just to piss them off. Its the immature kid in me, but I dont appreciate someone ordering me to do something. I like options. HE DOESNT LISTEN EITHER! He asked me a million times how much fish I could eat, and I told him I dont know I havent eaten fish and this goes on and on and on.....I dont eat chicken either, it doesnt go down well, and he just cant understand that! I need another fill, but I frankly dont want to see him again. I do not like him, I dont really have too many issues with the staff, but he as a person has a horrible attitude towards his patients. Its like we are cattle and he is the farmer. He found FAT and found a way to make money with it. Thats all he cares about, once he has the cash (oh and CASH ONLY), everything goes out the window. Ive known Surgeons with EXCELLENT People Skills, thats no excuse. As far as Im concerned he needs a little plastic surgery himself, he's looking old, and I hope his surgeon treats him the same way he treated me!

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