Total Disappointment

Your right I have decided and now I am officially in search of.......a great surgeon. Thank you, Dawn

Hi Dawn, sorry you're having trouble locating a doc.  I know some people don't mind travelling but it wasnt an option for me.  Have you looked at Louisiana?  There is a surgeon, Dr Clarke Warden is listed on Duodenalswitch.com, he's in New Orleans which would be about a 6 hour drive for you. I went to Dr Hargroder in Baton Rouge which would be even closer but from what you've said he wouldn't meet your criteria as he hasn't performed 100 surgeries. I was lucky, I live near them so I met both Dr Warden and Dr Hargroder pre surgery.  I chose the one further away and with less experience (Hargroder) as once I'd met them it was just a "feeling" I had.  Weird eh?  If you're looking at just numbers you can find the info on the internet, if you're talking other factors into account that makes it more difficult.  I need to feel comfortable with a doctor and look at the whole vibe I get from them.  If I'm not liking their attitude, facilities, staff, prices ect ect then it won't work for me and that's a very personal criteria.  Imagine travelling overseas then hating your surgeon when you meet them!   It's very difficult to chose a surgeon from the internet and maybe you have insurance restrictions too?  Good luck, research all your options.

5'7"   SW 268lbs BMI 42/ CW 132lbs BMI 20.7 / GW 140lbs
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Your completely right about the overall feel you get from people and it will be that way for me also. It will have to be everything the doctor the facility the staff and of course INSURANCE!!!! Thats gonna be fun. Thank you, Dawn

Pffft I paid 800 bucks to  fly 600 miles to a city that speaks a different language JUST to get my ever so poplular RNY ;) IF I had wanted the DS you can gaurantee I would have gone to the moon to get it LOL Good luck sweety :) HUGS PK

I will be searching thats forsure, I have a feeling this isnt gonna happen as quickly as i thought. Thanks, Dawn

I'm a Dr. Crum supporter. He did a revision on me. And repaired a massive hernia to boot. He is good. In fact, even though we have several good PS's here, I'm going to have him to my TT. And you can get a direct flight into and out of Amarillo. Good luck on your search.

I will definitely look him up also. Heck I can fly to Dallas, Amarillo anywhere really. My sister in law works for Continental. SO I dont really have any restrictions. But I would like to stay in Texas if possible. Thank you, Dawn

I went to a seminar in Denton today with Dr. Stewart.  I really liked him alot.  Even after ALLL of the research I have done here, I still learned things.  He didn't say anything different to what I had learned either, which I felt was good too.  He wasnt "pro" any surgery, just gave the facts and explained all of the risks, complications ect. 

I recently had a huge run-around with another doctor who had done around 4, so I am glad I moved on and am looking into Dr. Stewart.  From what I understand he has done over 25 of them and has been doing WLS for over 10 years.  I did contact Dr. Crum also, he is 7 hours away verses 3 with Dr. Stewart and they stated that he had done around 60 revisions to DS, but not many stand alone DS's, which I am not sure if that matters being that it would seem a revision would be much harder.

All in all I was very impressed by him, his staff and all of his knowledge and willingness to be honest with everyone and answer all of the questions.

Hope this helps!

Yes anything helps when your in search of a surgeon thats forsure. I appreciate all that you wrote. And yeah I would agree I think a revision would be much harder. I hope I find a really good one. Thanks, Dawn