Have you had Dr. Allen (Louisville,KY) or one of his colleagues?
A friend of mine had Dr Allen, but I had an associate of his, Dr Cacchione. She lost a lot of weight. She went from a size 28 to a size 4/6 in less than a year. She didnt have any problems at all with her surgery. She really liked him. He is the one that I tried to get my surgery with, but I ended up with Dr. Cacchione. I had a hard time with my surgery. I will tell you one thing, I didnt really like the care I recieved at Norton Hospital. That is where Dr. Cacchione does his surgeries so I assume that is where Dr. Allen will be doing his. The day shift nurses were ok, but the evening shift nurses took forever to respond when I needed anything. They may have different people now because it was over 3 years ago when I had my surgery. I hope you the best of luck...and TAKE CHAP STICK!!! I can still remember how sore my lips were while I was in the hospital.