Dr Mark Pleatman Michigan

[BigT 0]

Just to clarify- Flouro refers to a machine that allows them to see your insides like an x-ray machine. It moves in real time an they can see what they are doing with the needle and with having you drink while on the machine. It is not something that gets injected into you. All bands,to my knowledge, just get injected with saline all the time.

Dr. P. uses a sonogram to locate the port and that aids in not getting stuck or missing the port when getting fills. I beleive Dr. P. only uses flouro if the port is difficult to access (flipped port) or if there are leakage concerns.

T

Hope this helps.

[wavetimer 0]

Hi!

My lap banding operation went well. I was operated on in the morning (5/17/05) and was released that same day around 4PM. I was a self pay and the price was exactly as stated. Dr. Pleatman was great to work with and provided great council. My incisions have all healed very nicely. They are very small. The only discomfort was the first week when I had some shoulder pain from the gas. Walking and heat helps and I walked a lot. We were concerned about the 5 hour drive back to Wisconsin but stopped each hour to walk to prevent blood clots. Incisions felt like bee stings for 4-5 days and you feel like you were hit in the chest for a couple days. You are tired the first week from the liquid diet. I was back fishing in a week and golfing in two weeks. I lost 20 lbs. due to the all liquid diet but after a couple weeks I was eating normal food. However I am not restricted much and can over eat at this point. I am looking forward to getting my first fill in a couple weeks (6/27/05) so that I can't cheat as much. Its going to be a long journey but I feel more in control than ever and I think it was the right choice.

If you have any further questions, Please ask.

Ron

[clg8579 0]

Dr. P. uses a sonogram to locate the port and that aids in not getting stuck or missing the port when getting fills.

Thank you T, even knowing this little bit helps. Since Dr. Pleatman didn't do my surgery I was wondering how he did this. Not a big needle fan and I guess I am getting a little nervous.

Chris

[DrPleatman 3]

I've started writing a LapBAND Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Page for my website. I would welcome any criticism or additional questions that I might be able to answer. Check it out at www.laparoscopy.com/pleatman and click on "LapBand FAQ."

Thanks

Mark Pleatman MD

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[alexis14217 1]

Dr. Mark Pleatman is a life saver!...Here's my story.

My name is Stephanie Rhoades I am 26 yrs old and was 226 lbs when I had my lap-band put in on March 25th 2009 in Mexico by Dr. Beauncourt.

I was 24 when I decided to have the band put in, I was a size 13 before I had my son and gain 55 lbs do to bedrest the last 3 months of pregnancy for high blood pressure. I was so down on myself for the weight I had gained. I was divorced last june and alot had happened. And like everyone else I tried EVERYthing BUT NEVER STUCK WITH IT. So I wentthrough ( who I thought was a great company) Worldmed.com and found the chop-shop that Dr. Beauncourt runs in TJ Mexico. At the time I saw nothing wrong and went and had it done since it was $5500.00 and I am self pay.

Okay so a week after I was told I could start eating applsauce and sf Jello. Yeah right I would have on bite and my throat was tight and and was ALWAY nauseated! Horrible I remember I was calling Dr. eauncourts staff 24/7 crying telling them that I cant eat and it was bad that somethings wrong, they would tell me that was normal and to calm down. I was a mess. I was 9 days out and crying all the time I KNEW something was not right. I was a huge mess I cant stress that enough. Finally 8 days post opt- I wanted it OUT. I know I know people must think I am nuts but I was not okay 1 baby spoonfull of apple sauce made me sick. I was calling around ( in Wa) to have it out, everyone just kept telling me to wait wait and at this point I was DONE) I looked up on here and found Dr. Pleatman on here and called his office. I spoke with Debbi is office staff and she was WONDErFUL. Here is a woman who calls the office crying and Debbi talked with me for about 20 mins about everything. She told me to call anytime even though I wasent a patient and she calmed me down. The next day I called saying the same thing i want it out! Next thing I knew I was taLking to Dr Pleatman himself, not staff, not anyone else him. I told him what was going on and he said that the band could have slipped and or it was to tight. This was a Friday . I was so releived to actually speak with a Dr who didnt think I was crazy and understood that I was serious. He set everything up for me. My mom and i flew into MI, on Monday and his staff andhimself were in contact with me 100% of the time! I went into surgery tuesday morning and I was so dehydrated that it took 8 stick to get an I.V into me and 4 tries on a Blooddrawl. I was so dehydrated I couldnt even get tears out even though I would drink bottles of Water and gatoraide all day. DR PLEATMAN, is a GOD-SENT! He was wonderful I had NO-GAS after waking up. I went for a follow up the next day and found out the band that was put in by Dr Beaucournt was held on by 1 stich ( not right) and it was tight and small. Dr.Pleatman is wonderful, he is very good at what he does and I will always recommend him for anyone who will consider him for surgery. If anyone has any questions or anything please feel free to write. I just cant stress enough how wonderful Dr. Pleatman is and his staff is wonderful also! I will always be grateful to them!

Stephanie from Seattle WA:thumbup: