Special Kudos for my surgeon Dr. M. Krieger in VA re: bad mammo

 I wanted to put a note in for Dr. Krieger.
When I found out today about the suspicious deposits in my breast in the mammogram, Dr. Krieger was very, very kind.
He talked with me on the phone at the radiology office and suggested we postpone and not take foolish risks by going ahead with tt.  If the worst were to take place, he said, we would need the belly skin for reconstruction.  (scary)  
Amazingly, he also offered to clear a day of appointments in the office to fit me in for surgery in April if all turns out to be benign, so that I can do the surgery before an important travel date I have scheduled. That floored me -- never heard of that being done before.
And he expressed regret that I was going through this.
He is clearly a very, very good man and I am grateful to have him as my surgeon.
(when I told a friend of mine, her first question was to ask if he was single LOL)

Glad to hear your dr is really supportive. Sounds like you made a good choice!

I hope everything turns out okay for you.

 Thank you and everyone for your good wishes!!

He is my hero!! He did my LBL and will do my Upper I have referred him to several people he is amazing you are in good hands.  Best of luck!

Stephanie

Now that you mention it, he did something like that for me too. I'm trying to schedule my surgery around 2 of our kids graduating from college with enough time for recovery. I only had a few dates that would fit, or have to push my LBL surgery out to July which I really don't want to do.  Who would want to recover from LBL in the heat of the summer? Not to mention that it would screw up any boating and swimming in the lake.

Dr. K does surgeries on Mon and Wed, but I'm scheduled for a Thursday, so I guess he did the same for me. Or Lesie did. He's got a great staff too.

I agree that he is the best. Very patient and his work is skillfully done. He gets an exceptional rating from me. He did my extended tummy tuck. I will definitely use him again to remove the back fat.

You're right Dr. Krieger is an wonderful amazing person as well as an outstanding surgeon. He gets what WLS patients are all about. I have only the highest accolades for he and his entire staff.

Diana

I sure wish I knew of a surgeon in Portland OR with patients who say such things! I had my Lap Band done in DC and wish I were able to have my plastic surgery done there now too! 

Did you used to live here?

That is awesome. Praying all turns out for you.