How long does it take?
The waiting has begun. I am waiting to hear back from Dr. Hess's office with the list of my testing appointments. I am wondering how long it will take until I recieve these dates. See I have an idea. I am wondering if I call each appointment daily to see if there are any openings than maybe I will be able to save some time. I have finally decided 100% that I am doing the rite thing and I am very anxious to get things going.
Kelly
Congratulations on your decision to have the surgery. My Dr's wait was one year. I know that it seems like a long time, but it shows commitment to the program and that this is a life long change of lifestyle. Every doctor is different and has different expectations. Some require compulsive eating classes, a loss of %5 or %10, and/or other hoops to jump through. Some require nothing I hear.
My best freind who works as a Dr.'s receptionist says that this would only irritate her no end if someone made a call every day. The last thing you want to do is irritate the person who makes the appts. Good luck at whatever you do decide to do though. Lisa
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on 12/27/03 8:35 am
on 12/27/03 8:35 am
Hi Kelly! I am also a patient of Dr. Hess and I live in Quincy as well. I think it took about 2 months before I got the initial listing of the first round of appointments, but once you get that they are all scheduled pretty close together. DO NOT get discouraged - it will happen. And everyone at all of the testing places is awesome - especially Frank at the respiratory/breathing test at Quincy Medical - he is a riot!
My boss is also having the surgery and she has her surgery date already for Feb 6th. We go to the support group meetings every two weeks in Boston as well. Make sure you holler with any questions you may have!


