dr inman

does anyone know why dr inman is taking time off in march? rumor at my support group meeting last night was that she will be using the time to get certified to do the ds laproscopically. just wondered if anyone knew.

i dunno. but that certainly explains why its a longer wait for surgery with her. im schedule for intake with her on Feb. 4th!!!

No clue Heidi?? Hmm sounds interesting though.

That sounds reasonable.  She is one of the few in the state that does DS and she said something about wanting to get to the point of being able to do it laproscopically.  She felt that with it being an open procedure it scared some folks away from it.

She is the ONLY DS doctor in the state of Indiana.

Lyndia,   Long time, no see.  How are you, girl?

Hi Annette, I'm alive.  I'm still battling the abcess and leak, but have progressed from TPN to gtube feedings now.  Unfortunately the liquid nutrition I'm on makes me nauseous and gives me diarreah, and I still don't have a lot of energy, but at least I'm not in the hospital. I go back for a CT scan on Feb. 18th, and if there is no improvement in the abcess, then another surgery may be in store for me. Yuck.  I'm just really over all the complications and ready to be "normal" again, ya know?  It really sucks.  I knew about the 3% complication rate before I had surgery, but you never think it'll happen to you, right? Take care!

Colleen told me she is heading for peru! I guess she goes each year to a clinic to help out or what not. She will be gone for three weeks.  Its a bummer.

Ooooooh.  I was approved for my surgery in December but was informed that my surgery date would be April 30th. I was pretty frustrated, to say the least. That being said, I do know that Dr. Inman is worth waiting for. I was unaware of her plans to be on hiatus for most of March. That certainly explains why I have to wait so long.

I don't know if this has anything to do with her "hiatus," but Colleen from Dr. Inman's office confirmed for me today that the first laparascopic DS has been scheduled.