"<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size=2><p align="left">My consult with Dr. Patterson is scheduled for November 13, 2001. I was intially going to go with Dr. Eric Friedman at Providence, however Dr. Patterson seems to truly take interest in the whole process. I have received amazing amounts of helpful material from her office, and her support groups are amazing! Of course this is just my impression having never met Dr. Friedman.
MY CONSULT HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO OCTOBER 30TH!! WHOOOHOOO
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I met with Dr. Patterson as planned but there were a few changes. She has decided she is no longer going to perform the DS/DGB.
I was impressed by her ability to speak plainly about the process and by her desire to perform the best procedure for me as an individual. She also clearly expressed her understanding of my dissapointment and my trepidation at changing to a procedure I had not given a moment of serious thought to before that day. Busy as she is I have no doubt she'll be in my corner until I've achieved the best results possible. I also met her associate Dr. Davis, who was very personable.
<br><p>2/27/02 Despite my dissapointment with my denial and the time it has taken to get my appeal going, I remain convinced that Dr. Patterson is the best to have in my corner. If my appeal is denied, We will discuss another procedure. My preferrence is the BPD, but we'll see where that goes.
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5/19/02 My appeal was denied. I saw Dr. Patteron in June to formulate a new plan of attack. I was pleasantly surprised when she expressed no problem with performing the BPD for me. We submitted the paperwork on May 2, on May 14 I was approved. Now we move on to the next step!
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"Two rooms on the sixth floor are dedicated only to bariatric patients. The furniture and other accomodatios are designed for the morbidly obese. The bariatric beds are amazing, and as a rule the staff are very understanding and willing to do anything they can to assist. The food is EXCELLENT."
"My only reservation about Dr. Poole is that he seems to be focused on the RNY, I felt he was pushing me away from my surgery of choice toward the RNY, of course I could be wrong, but that was my impression. "
