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Eric T. Vaughn
"My consult on AUGUST 14th @ 1:00pm. I live 3 hours from the Bariatric Treatment Center facility that I chose to have my surgery done at so I wanted to make sure I wasn't late since we were not sure "where" we would end up. We made it a little early and decided to go eat lunch. We arrive at BTC at 12:45pm and the first thing I had to do was fill out some paper work while I was waiting. The receptionist was full of smiles and eager to help if I had any questions about filling out the forms. There were 5 very short general information pages to fill out which took all of 15 minutes, I was telling my husband and friend (who is also considering surgery) what were on the forms. I found that we had to wait a little longer then I had wanted to, but finally at 1:20-1:25p.m. my name was called and we were taken to the back consult / exam room area, the patient counselor asked that my husband and friend wait in the consult room while we got my weight.(that was an extra point for her!!) At this point I am starting to get a little stressed though... my patient counselor was a very self-confident woman who seemed rather nice but I was thinking she was going to be "rude" or judgemental because she was a "normal" size person and might not understand how I felt or anyone else in the room with questions and concerns. The very first thing that she told us when we got into the consult room was that come Friday she will be out ONE YEAR and has lost a total of 110#, I ABOUT FREAKED! The one thing that I liked most of all was that at the Belvidere Facility they use computers to enter information on so they don't have to waste time (or money for that matter) with a lot of "paper". They still had a chart made up for me and my general inforamtion of course. My patient counselor told me that the doctor would be in after she got done explaining some things to me and asking me some health related questions, this took about 15-20 minutes, and I was given a chance to ask her questions, which we all did! When she was done she said that doctor would be in, in a few minutes. I at this point was thinking, is a few minutes gonna roll into days or weeks here? ( like most DR offices ) In less then 15 minutes a man walked through the door to my consult room. I took 2 people who are near and dear to me, my husband who I adore and best friend of 16+ yrs. My first impression of Dr. Eric Vaughn was wonderful, he came in and saw 3 people in this room, so he did not assume that he knew me, he asked for me... shook my hand and I introduced him to my husband and best friend. He said that he wanted to ask me some questions and that after that he would explain and "draw" the surgery us. Any questions we had he would be eager to answer and it took off from there. Dr Vaughn was caught off guard when I asked him about his residency at Howard in Washington DC, he looked up at me with this huge smile saying, "what" how'd you know about that, I told him he would be suprosed about the information that is available to internet users. I also knew about his being in the AIR FORCE reserves I told him that I did a lot of research about this prior to coming in. I wanted to know what he was talkin about, I did NOT want to feel like an idiot. He smiled and laughed with me. He said that would make his job easier. He said he would have to visit this web site I was talking so much about. (this one by the way obesityhelp.com) I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW I WALKED INTO THIS FACILITY - I WALKED IN WITH A FOLDER FULL OF QUESTIONS, INFORMATION THAT I FOUND ON LINE NOT ONLY ABOUT "BTC" BUT ABOUT DR. VAUGHN AS WELL. I WAS PREPARED, VERY PREPARED! THIS IS MY LIFE - AND NO EVERYDAY "JOE" IS GONNA CUT ME OPEN AND REROUTE MY "INSIDES" I WANTED THE BEST. I was also prepared to walk out of this place and never look back if for one instance I was uncomfotable and became leary of anyone for any reason there and chalk the consult fee up to another diet down the tubes and go on with researching other places to have this surgery done. Dr. Vaughn explained surgery and really hit hard with the after care things that were available through BTC. Follow up appointments as well as that the nutritonist would be "hounding" me to maintain healthy eating habits, that I would have to submit blood to ensure the vitamins and nutrients were being stablized after surgery. The after care program for BTC is huge benefit and one of many reasons why I chose this facility for my surgery. Risks and complications were discussed in great detail for a long time. My husband had several issue with complications and risks. Dr. Vaughn discussed how things would be handled directly after surgery and right into the room where I would be called on every 4 hours to walk, walk, walk. Dr. Vaughn never once hesitated to answer a single question we asked. He offered even after the almost 2 hour discussion more time to us if we had any other concerns or questions. If we would have had some he was very eager to stay and talk more. The last thing that Dr. Vaughn asked me was if this was something that I was still wanting to go through with. I HAVE FOUND THE BEST Dr. IN ILLINOIS(for me) - in my opinion!! ~~~~ Dr. Eric T. Vaughn ~~~~ I would have to rate Dr. Vaughn on a scale of 1 to 10 and for me to give him a 10 would be presuming that he has no faults, I am sure of one thing, he is HUMAN and has one or two faults. I however could NOT find a sinlge reason to dis-credit Dr. Vaughn in any of the follwing; his compassion, his humanity, his loyalty, his competence about surgery and BTC programs before, during or after surgery, his ability to listen as well as to explain. After Dr. left the room 5 minutes passed and the patient counselor came back in to finalize things for me and make sure this is what I wanted to do. She also brought along her personal photo album of her weight loss, it was amazing! I wanted a tour of the facilty because I read about where someone else on this web site had said the staff was unkempt, unfriendly, lazy answering call lights and that the facility was dirty, etc etc etc.... I am very picky and my husband can vouch for that. I walked those halls looking for any signs, lack of care in patients as well as cleanliness. There are NO complaints that can be made from the time we spent in the halls, and we did not "run" down them it was slow and the patient counselor showed us everything I asked to see. The waiting room for family is so user friendly is amazed all of us. I AM very pleased! I am awaiting my approval and will be updating you as time goes by. I sure hope this helps. :0) SCORES on scale of 1-10 (10 being best). OFFICE FACILITY: 8 HOSPITAL FACILITY: 8 OFFICE STAFF: 8 HOSPTAL STAFF: n/a DOCTOR: see above WAIT TIME:5 These are my personal impressions of my personal experience during my consultation and I am making no statements about what other people may experience."
About Me
Delavan, IL
Location
52.5
BMI
RNY
Surgery
09/25/2002
Surgery Date
Jul 31, 2002
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