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I had my appointment with Dr. Guske on February 5th. I thought he was wonderful - very personable and caring. He explained the surgery and any complications. He was very reasuring about any fears I had. I have complete confidence in him. I wish I could have him for a PCP. They sent my letter in to United Healthcare on January 22nd and now we're waiting for an answer. My husband and I were very impressed with Dr. Guske.
I met with Dr. Guske on Feb. 5th. He is so very compasionate about what he does. He put me at ease about all of the risks associated with the surgery.
I will be forever grateful to Dr. Guske (and all the doctors I have seen in the practice) for giving me my life back! Dr. Guske was reassuring, kind, and caring as well as an experienced and able surgeon. I am now 7 months post-op and have lost 70 pounds.
I would choose this surgery and practice again in a minute! I have been fighting the weight battle since I was 8 years old and it is wonderful to finally be successful. I have been given an awesome tool and plan on finally winning this life-threatening battle.
When I first met Dr. Guske, I thought he was great at making me feel at ease. I felt good about the fact that he ended up being my doctor. I was very scared about the surgery, as I have other health factors that play into my reason to have it. He told me I was doing the right thing, and that I should feel good about my choice.
The only thing that has bothered me about having Dr. Guske as my surgeon, is that I have not seen him since right before the surgery. During my hospital stay other doctors from his office checked in on me, but it felt strange as I didn't know them and had never spoken to them before. Also, on my first visit after being released from the hospital, I was not able to see him either. Currently I am 3 weeks out from surgery and have not spoken to my doctor since. I guess I would have preferred to move the date of my surgery if I had known I wouldn't be seeing my doctor again. It is hard for me to rate Dr. Guske right now, as the surgery went fine, I think.. but I don't quite know what the future holds. I think his surgical competence is great.. but I had no bedside manner.
I just wanted to add an update to this. I had found out that Dr. Guske had a vacation scheduled and left the day after my surgery. I guess I wish I knew that upfront. He is a great doctor though, and I would definately recommend him to anyone who asked. I think I just fell into the cracks. I definately like the fact that he is down to earth, and patient, as after surgery you are going through a lot of changes, and he takes the time to listen to you.
I have to say that my Surgeon Dr. Kane Jr. is the best. He was awesome and I wouldn't have had it any other way. I would tell everyone to go to him if I could. He has just the best bedside manners and that is cool. I feel bad when I had trouble but he never worried and never said boo and see you next time. He is awesome and I can't rave about him anymore. Words doesn't describ him. So if he reads this. THANK YOU FOR CHANGING MY LIFE!!!!
I have only met Dr. Kane at his seminar so far. He did make a great impression on me though. He seems very nice. I have heard very good things about him.
***update***4/4/01 I just wanted to add this info. My paperwork was recieved by Weight for Life on 2/21 and as of yet 4/4 the only thing that has been done is my insurance was verified. My paperwork has been on Ginny's desk since 3/21. I have called almost evey week but I do not seem to get anywhere. At the seminar they said the letter should go to the insurance company in about 2 weeks. Don't believe it. I am very frustrate.
***Update***4/24/01 Well finally my letters were sent out 4/12/01 (8 weeks of waiting). I just checked and nothing has come back yet. I would like to say though that of all the people I have spoken with at Ginny's office Ailin is the nicest. My suggestion is to keep checking on a weekly basis and to be patient.
****Update****4/26/01 Finally, my insurance company called today. They are approving my surgery they said the doctors office should have the paperwork by Tuesday. I also talked to a lady at Weight for Life she was very nice. I asked what the next step was and she just rattled stuff off I kind of got the feeling that they will not talk to me until they get the approval in hand. But she did say that I should keep checking back. You better believe I will.
****Update**** 4/30/01 I checked today Weight for Life has the approval for my surgery. Now I am back to waiting again. Hopefully they will call soon.
****Update**** 5/1/01 I spoke with Aileen at Weight for Life she said I could schedule the pre-surgical appointment. She is wonderful. I go on Thursday 5/3 I do not know how I will be able to sleep the next 2 nights.
****Update*** 5/3/01 Well I will have my 1st visit with Dr. Rantus tonight. I am so excited I can't wait. I understand I will get my surgery date then. I will update again tomorrow.
****Update*** 5/4/01 I met with Dr. Rantus last night. He seemed very nice. He was not able to tell me anything I didn't know already. He did seem to keep going over the dangers of this surgery. But I think that is to protect them. It makes since. Now all I have to do is wait for Aileen to get in maybe today I can get my date. I hope so. I have waited all day and she has not called back. This is one bad thing about dealing with Weight For Life. They do not seem to call back when you leave a message.
****Update*** 5/5/01 OK so as you can see I am not a patient person. Ailin called back last night and she said she will have a surgery date for me on Tuesday. This was all I needed to here. So now I can relax.
****Update*** 5/8/01 Well it's Tuesday and Ailin said she still does not have a surgery date. I know this is suppose to be about the doctor but I have no problem with them it's just the people at WFL. Everything seems to take them forever to do.
***Update** 5/22/01 I am sorry I have not updated this. I have my surgery date it will be 6/18. I am sorry if I seemed frustrated. But Dealing with insurance companies and now I have a deadline. If I do not have surgery by 7/1 I will not be able to have it. But I know eveything will work out.
***Update** 6/1/01 Well WFL strikes again. They had me mail my short term paperwork to them in California. But it turns out the Dr. Rantus will not let them sign it. So Ginny sent the paperwork to Dr. Rantus's office in EGV but they do not have it. So now I have to try to get replacements and get it to EGV. It is so frustrating. Why couldn't they have told me from the start I could have saved a lot of trouble.
***Update** 6/12/01 Only 6 days to go. I came into work this morning and found a message on my voice mail from Ailin at WFL. She is saying something about a cardiac clearence. Where did this come from? What is wrong with these people at WFL? I have spoken with these people dozens of times and no one ever mentioned a cardiac clearence. Now because for some unknown reason they can never seem to call my house. I will have to wait 4 hours to find out what this is about. I thought I was over all this.
***Update** 6/26/01 I think I am a little in love with doctor Rantis (just kidding). Really he is great though. He is very patient and is willing to understand you even when you are crying your heart out.
***Update** 7/2/03 I just wanted to write a short note to tell you what a wonderful person Dr. Rantus is. I had not seen him in almost 1 1/2/ years and he was very supportive when he seen me a week ago. Thanks for being a wonderful person Dr. R.
I thought Dr. Guske was very good. He sat down and took all the time you wanted to answer your questions. He went over the risks, but also encouraged me that I was doing the right thing. He showed me where all of the incisions would be. He was very compassionate as I am very squeemish about pain and medical procedures.