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Laurie Mamonis
"Laurie is good and works hard to make things work for the individual. She also lets you know what you are doing right as well as things you could improve on. "

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

"It was a very good experience, most of the nurses were very helpful and friendly as were all memebers of the staff. I had one night nurse that I had a slight problem with but it was worked out and everything went very smoothly."

Kenric Murayama
"1/08/01 I see I haven't updated this in awhile. First let me say I did not return to Dr. Cahill. He seemed disinterested in me from the beginning because my BMI was borderline. Then I recieved a bill from his office almost immadiately for that one visit and it was for $350.00. It seemed to me he had already decided it wasn't going to happen for me. Then I met with my PCP and we won't even go there today. In December, I met with Dr. Kushner for an initial consult for WLS through Northwestern Hospital. Dr. Kusher set up appointments for me to see the dietician and have the psych eval done. He and his team said I was an excellent candidate and referred me to the surgery department of Northwestern. Because of the holidays it was awhile before I got the appointment for the surgery consult. Today, I met with Dr. Kenric Murayama. I was very impressed with him. He was very informative, he addressed the risks of surgery in general as well as the risks associated with WLS. He answered all my questions and said to call he or his nurse if I have any more. He was friendly as was the rest of his staff. He is with Northwestern Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Murayama said they rarely have problems with my insurance company and as soon as they get the approval, I am a GO!!!! I have a tentative date in Feb. As for the after care, they do have a structured after care program and a support group. I will update that as I learn more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first surgeon I spoke to was Dr. Cahill, he was at the Bariatric Center in Belvedere, Il. and is now at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, IL. He was nice and answered all my questions, but didn't have much faith that my insurance will cover WLS for me, my bmi is 37.8 and my only co-morbids are asthma, aches and pains. I have bursitis and he said in ten years it will be worse but right now it may not be enough to qualify me. Isn't that nuts? He didn't discuss after care, I think because he doesn't think I'll be able to have the sugery. He did tell me he wants me to have an electrocardiagram(phen-fen user) and a pulmonary function test(asthma). "
About Me
West Allis, WI
Location
24.4
BMI
RNY
Surgery
04/24/2002
Surgery Date
Aug 27, 2001
Member Since
Before & After
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Not my top weight but well on the way!
275lbs
Smallest I have ever been in my WHOLE adult life!!!!!!
148lbs
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