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James Weber
"I attended a general meeting which gave me a packet of presurgical information and required work-ups. His staff was very organized and very friendly. He has a good rapport with people who of currently seeing him. He was very approachable and open to questions and was very willing to work with patients. He is very conservative and explained why...and his results are evident in very low percentage of complications. I plan to see him personally in July..he won't see patients until he has all of the information...I'm impressed..he doesn't waste your time. My second imperssion of him wasn't so good. His office could not find where I had attended his general meeting and told me that I could not make an appointment to see him until they found my name on the sign in list. I was ok to attend again - my husband wanted to attend. When I asked his nurse how long I would could expect to wait before surgery, since I had everything else done - she asked me what I was eating and was I exercising. She was rude. You know I want the surgery and from Dr. Weber bad enough I decided that it would be ok to swallow. Normally I would have said something sarcastic. I find that I am very serious about this. After working on the getting all my ducks in a row for several months, I finally had an appointment with Dr. Weber. He wanted me to choose the VBG and was not as warm and fuzzy as I expected. I think I was just scared that he'd tell me that I couldn't have the surgery and I agreed to the VBG because it was what he wanted and what my husband wanted.Dr. Weber was helpful, telling me that I was probably going to be self-pay and that Steven's Hospital was less expensive than Swedish Hospital. He assured me that the facility was used to him and familiar with the needs of the morbidly obese. It turns out that I connections with his receptionist, which certainly helped put me at ease and she was very helpful in getting all required papers together. Dr. Weber insists on exercise with his patients. I didn't know how I was going to do it but he assured me that I could do 30 minutes a day, walking on my treadmill. I started at 7 minutes and now I can walk 30! I'm sure that the reason he is so sucessful is that he demands compliance with the program - exercise - which will help me with my total well being and a very strict blended diet to promote solid healing of my stomach. I have total faith in him as a surgeon and he has a excellent reputation for being a caring man and skilled surgeon. I'd rather him be an excellent surgeon...but the caring side sure is comforting when you are so scared. "
About Me
LAKE FOREST PARK, wa
Location
51.9
BMI
RNY
Surgery
11/01/2001
Surgery Date
Jul 16, 2000
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