My First Step

One of the first things I had to do was choose a doctor to do my surgery. I had met one doctor last year and my husband and I met another one a couple weeks ago at the free seminars held at Evergreen Hospital.

• The first doctor does nothing but bariatric surgeries and has done over 700 lapband procedures. He is very high energy and must preform 10-15 procedures every week. He has an excellent record of little to no complications. One financial concern was although his fees were less, all follow-up visits for the lapband adjustments were on top of his operation fee.


• The second doctor does both bariatric surgeries plus other adnominal surgeries. He was very laid-back and soft spoken. He has preformed about 400 lapband procedures with also little to no complications and he includes all follow-up lapband adjustments with his surgical fee.

I decided on the second surgeon and made an appointment. I have to say that I made this decision for two reasons. One, I liked the laid-back personality of the second doctor, plus I was worried that if I had to pay extra for follow-up appointments, that I would hesitate to go in and get maintenance fills as needed. I go in for my first appointment on March 6 and meet with him. This is right on target for my schedule of having the operation done in April.

I am excited to start this journey and to finally take off this extra weight once and for all. I am tired of loosing the same 15 pounds over and over again.