Reviews for Dr. Christopher Edwards in Asheville?

I am getting VERY close to having the RNY.  Horray!  Unfortunately I have had very little luck finding any reviews for my surgeon, Christopher Edwards in Asheville, NC.  Has anyone had him or heard anything about him?

You might want to go the 'Find A Surgeon' link above and search for him. You are likely to find a number of reviews. With those reviews, you should find links to the people the posted them and be able to contact them if you have some specific questions.

Wishing you all the best,

Thanks Barbara!  i have checked on this site, but have not been able to find the surgeon I'm looking for.  There was a Christopher Edwards in Missouri, but no reviews for the one in NC.  I keep looking though.  Thank you for your comment!

He started doing surgeries in Asheville about 2-3 years ago.  I have had good reports about Dr. Bradshaw.  Dr Edwards is newer. You should call the Mission surgery program and ask them about statistics as far as complications with Dr. Edwards.  I chose to go to Hickory because the Mission program could never get their Center of Surgery of Excellence and that bothered me.  I think its better now.  I work in Asheville


Tamara

Thanks, Tamara.  I've been through the Mission program for the last 6 months.  The surgeons require you to be down to a BMI of 55 before they will do the surgery on you.  For me, that meant losing 85 pounds.  Unfortunately, I have medicaid and they decided recently not to cover bariatric surgery anymore after this year.  Medicaid has approved my surgery as of last week, but Dr. Edwards was the only surgeon willing to accept me with a weight loss of only 64 pounds so far.

I know that none of the surgeons have ever had a patient die, but that's the only statistic I'm aware of.  It bothers me some that I can't find any info about Dr. edwards.   And i have spent hours looking.

 Hey Jennifer!
I was looking for info on Dr. Edwards too.
But now you're DONE and so sucessful!  

I have a "friend" who had Dr. Bradshaw and she's getting another friend upset because she says I should have chosen Bradshaw.  I don't know exactly what she thinks she knows...like maybe Dr. Edwards has devil horns hidden in his head.  IDK.

How was your experience?  I met him yesterday and he was SO NICE!   I feel confident in my decision, but wish this "Team Bradshaw" person would lay off.

Thanks for anything positive you can say about Edwards!
Carrie (from the Y)

Hey Carrie!  I got your friend request..didn't think you were creepy at all. {{smiles}}  But I'm glad I saw on this message that you were from the Y.  Now I know who you are!  I read your blog posts all the way back to October.  You are hilarious.  More so probably because I know the people you're talking about.

I don't have anything negative to say about Dr. Edwards other than you don't really see much of him.  After your surgery, you just see his PA unless there is a problem, I assume.  He did a good job and kept my family updated which was important to me.  I also found that he was more lax about the requirements that I expected.  I guess you found that out too!  I didn't even have to do the tube down your throat test.

I'm sure you're going to do just fine.  Dr. Edwards is the head of the program now so he must be doing something right!  Good luck with your liquid diet.  That was the hardest part for me.  At least until I found out that I could eat pureed soups that met certain nutritional requirements.  I have a few cans left if you're interested.  Of course, there is a new nutritionist now so she might veto the soups.

 OMGosh!! 
I didn't think about people reading my blog that knew the people I was writing about!!!  

Hope I didn't offend anyone!

Thanks for being my "friend."   

It's good to know Dr. Edwards is head of the program.  I honestly haven't heard anything negative about him...just that he's not Dr. Bradshaw.  

Liquids suck.  The longest I've done it is 4 days.   It was so weird...and empty feeling.  I might take you up on the soups!!  

I'll keep you posted and I HOPE to hear from my insurance tomorrow or Friday.  
Thanks so much for your response.   I really do appreciate it.

Jennifer, I have also had my work up at Mission and have attended the support group a few times.  I asked he group who had done their surgeries and the majority had Dr Edwards.  They were all satisfied with him.  I chose Dr Bradshaw based on the recommendation from my primary care physician.  I wish you the best of luck and encourage you to attend the suport group if you are able to.  My work up is completed and I am anxiously awaiting a surgery date.  I PRAY I hear from the office next week.  I am ready.  Good luck to you.