Dr. Lauter is my surgeon, and I love love love him! He is the best! And, he has a great bedside manner (unlike some certain doctors I've read about in Federal Way) Just sayin'. He also does not put people on crazy pre-op diets. Seriously, I ate a bacon cheeseburger, large onion rings, and Sprite 2 days before my surgery. I told him this when I was in recovery and he laughed and said, "That is why you need to refer people to me! I don't put them on crazy diets!" He is a highly skilled and reputable laparoscopic surgeon and I had complete faith in his abilities.

ETA: Dr. Lauter's link:

http://www.laparoscopynw.com/default.html

Dr. Lauter will see patients who had surgery from another doctor, or a doctor in Mexico. Some doctors won't touch you (for liability reasons) if they did not do your surgery. My lap-band was done by a different surgeon, and when I was shopping for a new surgeon, Dr. Lauter is the only one who would see me.

Mary, Check out Thien Nguyen, MD the head of bariatric surgery for Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. He's a genius, nice guy, Harvard educated and I adore him. His website is http://www.overlakehospital.org/programs.aspx?id=1498 Good luck Kathy

I dont have the info for you but I just wanted to let you know..........congrats!!!!!!!!!!
That happened FAST, seems like you just had surgery!  lol

Sure...people trickle in!
 
It usually continues on till 7 or 8...perhaps even later.

It is very casual and a great place to chat with alot of dsers.

I beileve Dr Rabkin may be doing a presentation on the ds and its always interesting to listen to him.

Please feel free to arrive whenever you can get there.

Denise