"9/18/00 - I have a consult appointment with Dr. Cason on October 19th. I heard of him from his listing on this site and from some other AMOS members who so far have only had very positive things to say about him. I spoke with Shelley when I was first making the appointment and she was very friendly and helpful. Only one weird thing -- she was surprised that Dr. Cason had a listing on this site. She said that he was not looking to become a purely WLS surgeon, so didn't really advertise that he does this surgery.
10/19/00 - Overall, I really liked him. I assume he must be a good surgeon since he is with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center and is the head of their surgery department in Huntsville. He doesn't really emphasize the risks, considering it to be similar to any major surgery (it may be because I have a lower BMI than a lot of his patients and no serious health problems). I am looking forward to meeting some of his patients and the support group meetings, although I've already emailed a few who had only good to say about him.
10/11/03 - I ended up dropping Dr. Cason because I found him to be unreliable in terms of keeping his word in regards to when he said my insurance would be filed. I felt that if I couldn't rely on him with that, how could I rely on him to operate on me? I then saw Dr. Gleysteen in Birmingham. He turned me down for surgery (back in 2000) because he said that at my weight (BMI 45) and my relatively good health --- the risks of surgery would not outweigh the benefits. "
