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Hi there,

I'm thinking of booking my gastric bypass with Dr. Simon Chow, who is basically a protege of Dr. Nicholas Christou in Montreal, Quebec Canada. Their offices are at the Physimed centre, but they operate in a private hospital. So far they seem very transparent and helpful, I've already had a consultation with Dr. Chow and he seems encouraging and supportive. I guess I was just looking to see if anyone else had experience with Dr. Chow or even Dr. Christou in terms of how their surgery went, and what they experienced after in terms of support.

Thanks!

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Really? No one? Wow, that's somewhat disconcerting. Maybe I should have gone to Mexico ROFL! Thanks anyway!

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Hello I Did the bypass with Dr christou and he's amazing concerning Dr Chow I been told that he's the same but I really Louie dr chrostou because of all the background


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And the staff is amazing the private hospital were they do the operation is really good, the follow up I have is great so I prefer to do it here I trust my doctors Moore then moving outside the country I would really tell you go and do it with one of them !


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20 hours ago, sarah34 said:

Hello I Did the bypass with Dr christou and he's amazing concerning Dr Chow I been told that he's the same but I really Louie dr chrostou because of all the background

Thanks for your reply Sarah! Can you tell me, which hotel did you stay at after the surgery? We're trying to find one close to the hospital or the airport, with a reasonable rate and good comfortable beds. A bonus would be walk in shower instead of tub shower, but it's not as important as comfort. What did you do for your surgery?

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Thanks for your reply Sarah! Can you tell me, which hotel did you stay at after the surgery? We're trying to find one close to the hospital or the airport, with a reasonable rate and good comfortable beds. A bonus would be walk in shower instead of tub shower, but it's not as important as comfort. What did you do for your surgery?





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Hello I live in Montreal so i didn't have any problem for that but I will look for you what's your budget per day ? Close to the hospital I don't think there's an hotel but around the airport there's a lot how long do you wanna stay ?


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I'm so glad I found you guys! I've also picked Dr. Christou but haven't had a consultation yet because I'm still trying to bring my blood sugar levels down. Darmonyx did you have your surgery yet? Where are you from?


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Hi there, does anyone have any experience with Dr. Simon Chow in Montreal? I'd like to book a surgery in December and some background would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance

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