I only talked with Dr Diaz at initial consult and before surgery. However, by then I felt I was very informed at the all day surgery/nutritional class and didn't have any other questions. The surgeons office is always available by email/phone for any questions you may have. They called me at home after receiving insurance approval in Jan to schedule the surgery date which is generally a month in advance. In the interim is when I had preop tests and the surgery/ nutritional class scheduled. If you already have the preop tests date scheduled then there should already be an actual surgery date scheduled?

Thanks for the info.  If I had it my way I would have my surgery on my birthday with is Oct 14th.  Sounds kinda symbolic to me.  My pre-op tests are on the 22nd so I think that is doable depending on their general schedule.  

I had a great experience with Dr. Gomez on my WLM.  However, a couple of the staff seem a bit put off at times.  My meeting with Dr. Caccuci was nice.

Did you get any face-to-face time during your pre-op exam with Dr. Diaz?  I have a list of questions I want to cover with my Dr. and don't want that to be the day of the surgery.  

It took me two months to get everything done and I got my date for surgery.

Thanks for your reply.  Do you remember how long after you finished your pre-op exam it took to get your surgery?


Don

St. Vincent is a great hospital to have surgery at. I had my surgery on
May 12, 2010, I had the roux-en-y done Dr. David Daiz did my surgery. It was the best thing I could do for myself and my start weight was 410 pounds and now I weigh 235 pounds and I have 65 pounds to lose and be at goal weight 170 pounds. I thank Dr. Diaz for giving me my life back and I can do alot of things now that i could not do at 410 pounds.