Veteran having Gastric sleeve at VA hospital

[Torintrina 4]

Hello,

Has anyone had the gastric sleeve performed by Dr. Maher in Richmond, VA? I meet him in a couple of weeks, and I can't find much about him on the internet. He will be performing my surgery at the Veterans Hospital. Can you share your experience please?

Thank you so much!

Edited May 8, 2017 by Torintrina

[vamping 183]

You may want to change your title to Virginia instead of the state abbreviation so that people understand it's not a VA (Veterans Affairs) hospital.

[Torintrina 4]

But it is the Veterans Hospital. Just happens to be in Virginia

[Redmaxx 740]

I only know of one person who has been sleeved at the VA hospital (but it has been here in Michigan). I decided to have my RNY done in a private hospital (not the VA) just because I know how long it takes to get anything done at the VA. Good luck to you and thank you for your service.

[Torintrina 4]

On ‎5‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 8:42 AM, Redmaxx said:

I only know of one person who has been sleeved at the VA hospital (but it has been here in Michigan). I decided to have my RNY done in a private hospital (not the VA) just because I know how long it takes to get anything done at the VA. Good luck to you and thank you for your service.

Awesome, thank you for responding and thank you for your service as well. So far, things have been going along pretty smoothly and it's taking about the same (or faster) time as what I'm reading here. Maybe I will be the exception! I am really nervous, but I meet with the surgeon on 5/25 to schedule a date. I started the process in Jan. and hope to have surgery in July. The nurse practitioner was aiming for June, but my birthday and anniversary are in June and I want to eat some sushi!