HI THERE HOW ARE YOU? DO THIS DR DO THE BYPASS SURGERY, I'M ALSO LOOKING TO HAVE A REVISION DONE, MY PRIMARY DR'S ARE RECOMMENDING IT TO ME BECAUSE OF MY PRESENT  WEIGHT GAIN THAKS FOR YOU INPUT.

Yeah I had that doctor also. As you can see, I am going to another doctor for a revision. Sorry that you had to have that experience. My experience wasnt that great either. When I would complain about vomiting, I was told it was in my head. So trust me I understand.

  What the hell. What's he gonna do - contact you ASAP to discuss it? 

Good luck with Dr. Valin's practice.  I had surgery and followed up almost 2 years with his "office" (wife).  Never saw him again.  Even when I called to request and appt with him...his wife refused to schedule one and gave me a list of "to do things" for 6 months before he would even see me.
This will be their pattern...either you get what you  need when you are in the office..or forget about it.

I've heard a lot of people who have changed doctors. I think he is a great surgeon and does a wonderful job with the actual procedure. I am just not too keen on the follow up stuff. Like I said, I am not a squeeky wheel, so they won't hear from me unless there is a complication, and even then I try and work things out before I call, but there are some things I can't do on my own... for those things, I will turn to them. It would just be nice to have them be there when I do!
What shocked me is that it wasn't only my surgeon! My PCPs staff was giving me trouble too. I called a 4th time and they paged the head nurse... she told me she had gotten my message on Tuesday and I was in "que" and she would get to me later because she was busy with a patient. Normally, my response would be"Oh, ok. No problem" because I can understand. This time I said "Fine. Bye" and hung up. That is not normal for me! I don't get attitudes with people when it comes to a professional situation. I was just fed up with 4 days of waiting! But I guess the attitude worked. She called me back a few hours later to tell me that she didn't have the results, to call my surgeon and even if she DID have them, she couldn't send them to me because they weren't ordered by my PCP. Sigh. That just set me off more. If she had told me that 4 days ago, it would have saved me a lot of time and aggrivation. Hence my frustration! I will be persistant tho. I want a copy for my records and if I have to drive to New Haven to get them, I will.