Anyone know Dr Urbach at TWH

oneatatime
on 7/21/17 7:42 pm
RNY on 09/01/17

Hi all,

Im meeting Dr. Urbach for my meet the surgeon at TWH. I don't know if he will do my surgery...

Does anyone have any experience with him?

Also, do you know if who you meet at meet the surgeon is who performs your surgery?

Thanks!!

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

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gbears
on 7/21/17 8:37 pm

Not sure if it is the same at TWH but at St Joe's in Hamilton you do not necessarily have the same surgeon that you meet with during the consult/signing consent. All of the surgeons in the Ontario Bariatric Network are amazing so you will be in good hands regardless of the location or specific surgeon.

Lap Band - 07/08 (not filled long) Referral OBN 04/16, Orientation 09/16, Nutrition Workshop 4/7/17, Nurse 4/24/17, Psych 5/15/17, Dietician 5/24/17, Internist 6/13/17 Consent 7/10/17 Surgery 9/29/2017

HW 4/17: 267 Opti Start 9/16/17: 254 Surgery 9/29: 240.8 M1:-18 M2:-14 M3:-9 M4:-5 M5:-6

(deactivated member)
on 7/22/17 12:20 am - Brampton , Canada
RNY on 09/12/17

I met Dr. Urbach at my meet the surgeon. He was very awesome. Knowledgeable, caring and compassionate. Fun sense of humour too.

And who you meet at meet the surgeon may or may not be the surgeon who performs your surgery.

michelle W.
on 7/22/17 3:36 am
RNY on 06/12/17

I met a Dr Kelly at my meet the surgeon appt... but he told me Dr Urbach would be my surgeon...and he was.... He's a great surgeon... very nice and knowledgable....

I would have met Dr Urbach at my meet the surgeon..but he went home sick that day...lol

You are almost there oneatatime..... Congrats.. :)

Referral - March 23rd 2016 TWH Orientation - June 15 2016 Social - Sept 6 2016 Nurse - Oct 3 2016 Nut Class - Nov 14 2016 Psych - Dec 14 2016 Nut Jan 4 2017 Surgeon - Feb 24 2017 Pre-op May 23 2017 Opti start date May 29 2017 Surgery Date - June 12 2017 HW-285 CW - 154.2 Opti start weight - 261.5 SW - 256

Preop-23.5 Opti-5.5 M1-13.8 M2-14.2 M3-11 M4-9.5 M5-9.9 M6-6.8 M7-9.4 M8-5.9 M9-4.2 M10-4.6 M11-2.4

oneatatime
on 7/22/17 5:14 am
RNY on 09/01/17

Thanks! It started to feel real yesterday. I guess we all have that "moment"!

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!

TheRealMeWithin
on 7/22/17 7:41 am - Canada
RNY on 06/02/17

YAY! I'm so happy to hear that you have a meet the surgeon booked!!!

At TWH it isn't always the surgeon you meet that does your surgery. They work as a team so it can be any of them. I had different ones, but I also got a cancellation so that may have added to that.

I can tell you that I've heard great things about all of the surgeons at TWH :)

Surgery Jun.2/17 at TWH ----- HW 215 - SW 197.2 - GW 125 CW 124.6

Pre-Op=8.8lbs --- Optifast= 8.4 (was on it for 9 days due to cancellation)

M1 - 20.6... M2 -10.2... M3 -8.0... M4 -5.8... M5 -9.0... M6 -5.2... M7 -7.0... M8 -2.2... M9 -0.9... M10 -2.6... M11-0.6... M12-2.0

https://trendweight.com/u/6ffd55753da24d/

oneatatime
on 7/22/17 9:52 am
RNY on 09/01/17

Thanks so much! I'm thrilled. 3 weeks away. I'm going to ask to be put on a cancellation list... I remember you got in on pretty short notice that way!

Thats good to know about all the docs being good. I've heard concerns about docs at other centres. Glad to know that's not the case at TWH. It's been such a great experience so far!!

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!

Kerbear74
on 7/22/17 2:04 pm

Wow that's great!!! Did you end up getting bumped up?

oneatatime
on 7/22/17 2:57 pm
RNY on 09/01/17

Yes, I got bumped up from October 27 to my Aug 11 appointment.

I called every week, 2-3 times a week since June. This one has been the hardest to move up for sure... but I finally got the good news yesterday!!

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!

(deactivated member)
on 7/22/17 2:41 pm

Congrats-I heard he is great .... and what do you mean by cancellation for surgery... don't you need 2-3 weeks to be on pre op diet ?

I am not going to ask to move it up... LOL... you are a go getter D!!!

Happy for you!

J

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