I really can't believe that you would offer to come and visit me after my surgery.  We don't even know each other.  You are a God sent Angel.  It is totally up to you, but I think it would be really nice to have someone there that has gone through this before.  I think my husband is just as nervous as I am, if not more.  My surgery is on Oct 7th at 10am.  My husband will be there with me as well and will be staying somewhere in Omaha if he can't just stay right in the room with me overnight, since we live 2 hours away.

Like I said it is totally up to you, but would be nice to meet you in person.  According to Ronda, I will only have to stay overnight and be dismissed sometime later on Wednesday.  Maybe my husband could use some support as well. 

Liz said she will come with me !!

I didn't mean to ignore you. My E-mail is [email protected].  Looks like both my daughter and I are coming. I am leaving on a weeks vacation to Ohio right afterwards and looking for the best airline rates. So there is a small possibility I will be leaving early and unable to attend if I find a $$ I can't beat, we shall see.

Hi, I am so glad your physician is on your side. Both surgeries are good weight loss tools. Gastric banding doesn't mess with your intestine. You do have more followup but research shows that the weight loss is identical 2 years out with banding and bypass. The band is adjustable to your needs for optimal restriction. Gastric bypass patients lose weight faster. There is not as much followup but you have to deal with vitamin malabsorption. You have to take vitamins lifelong and get yearly blood work. There is the 12-18 month window where you will lose most of your excess weight. There are more complications with gastric bypass such as leakage, hernias, obstructions. Banding complications include slips, erosions, microperforations. Hopefully this helps. Feel free to call me if you need more information. My number is 308-630-2249. Mona RN, CBN Bariatric coor.

I, too, am having a huge problem at Creighton, especially since Dr. Sudan left.  He was to be doing my surgery.  I had all of my pre-op tests done by April and didn't hear anything from Creighton, so I called towards the end of July.  After leaving about 3 messages, I was finally able to get a hold of the nurse coordinator, Ronda, who was very rude to me and basically scolded me because I waited so long to call them.  I guess I thought they would be calling me.  I know that all of my tests were faxed/sent to them as I checked on that myself prior to calling Ronda.  I was told that she was missing 2 tests and that as soon as she received them she would call and set a date.  Well, nothing was heard from her so two weeks later, I called again.  She told me that she needed 2 tests and acted like she never talked to me before.  This is how it goes when I call them.  Deon, the receptionist, is also very rude on the phone when I confront her about my phone messages getting to Ronda and why I have not been given the courtesy of a return call.  When speaking to Ronda, she tells me that she tried calling me, but I have no note of it on my cell phone.  I even have them programmed into my phone and she never leaves a message, if she does actually call me. 

That office is in a real mess.  I was having trouble with Deon again last week, she became very rude, I asked for her supervisor, and she hung up on me.

The only person that I seem to get any answers out of is the new billing clerk, Rose.  She is great to talk to and if she can't answer a question, she finds the answer, and calls me back.

Right now, I am waiting for my packet of pre-op info and RealizaBand info that Ronda said she was going to mail out last Tuesday.  It is now a week later and I still haven't received anything in the mail from Creighton.  I will be calling them tomorrow to see when she sent the info out, which I really don't think she has done yet.  My surgery is in about 3 weeks (Oct 7th)

The only reason I am staying at Creighton is because I have already done all of the pre-op tests and paperwork and don't want to start all over.  I have waited way to long to have this done.