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Surgeon Testimonial Alex Gandsas, M.D., F.A.C.S. These are my opinions and my opinions only. My first impression of Dr. Gandsas was his youthful appearance. I thought how much experience could this man have?? I had quite a bit to learn. My cardiologist recommended him because his secretary underwent the gastric bypass operation and lost over 100 lbs. He sung Dr. Gandsas' praises and pushed and pushed me to do it too. He pushed me for about two years! Over about 4 months and only twice meeting with Dr. Gandsas my impression only slightly changed. I still thought he looked too young but he was confident; very confident in his ability and likable in his personality to me. His visits in the hospital were pretty quick and factual so his bedside manner didn't leave me with any warm fuzzy but again he appeared confident. I am glad he was because I wasn't. The office staff was pretty nice. There were a few that could have been a little nicer and not so quick to speak. In other words their listening abilities might need a little work. Again this is my experience only. The ones that were nice though were not just nice but wonderful! They listened, they offerd help, they made me feel comfortable. I clung to them. Most of the team had undergone some type of weightloss surgery. I guess I least liked the way he made me feel like part of a production line product. That might sound harsh but that is how I felt. I didn't feel like an individual with feelings but a product amongst a million other products that needed to be shoved through the process. Yep that is how I felt. It could have been so much worse I am sure. I guess future patients should know as much as possible about him. They should research him completely and be ok with a non feeling type approach. He is quick, confident, knowledgable, and I believe thorough. Aftercare is a given. They want you back at one month, three months, six months, nice months and one year to talk about your blood work at each interval. They check every vitamin your body uses. This is good stuff here. His team addressed the risks of surgery and they did it by addressing questions in the seminars and in the nutrition classes that were required components of the surgery. He went over it with me very briefly right at the pre op appt two days prior to my surgery. He wrote down his statistics on a piece of paper and said there ya go. It was factual but again I got a kinda of cold feeling from it. I rate him pretty high based on his confidence level. His surgical competence, in my humble opinion, is probably better than his bedside manner. I am very happy with the surgery overall and I took responsibility for the risks associated with it based on the research I had done prior to the surgery itself. I knew I couldn't hold him responsible if something went wrong. Following all of the rules was priceless to me. My life, afterall, was on the line. Latest Surgery Support Comments No comments posted yet. Please post yours. Click here for the surgery support page |
My VSG Journey
My Story Normal baby Fat child Fat girl Fat teen a few moments of normalcy lasting a few months to a year brought on by desperation to be thin Fat twenties Bigger than fat thirties 40s WILL BE DIFFERENT VSG 5/15/2008 I was 39 and miserable with my life, my job, my boyfriend, my kids...I was miserable. January of 07 I had left work for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery. While out on disability one day mid January of 07 I suddenly couldn't walk. I couldn't even stand straight up. For three weeks I walked in an "L" shape. It took several weeks to find an MRI big enough to squeeze me in. Three herniated disks later, bursitis and something else I can't pronounce, along with a diagnosis of diabetes, and I had finally had enough pain. Jan 07 weighing in around 345 (I stopped getting on the scale) or buying them so they would actually accurately weigh me Jan 07-July 07 Atkins approach and loss of 50 lbs July 07-Oct 07 Medifast approach and loss of another 49 lbs Oct 07-Jan 08 My approach and GAIN OF 52 LBs Jan 08- Present VSG approach (went in for the lap band came out with VSG decision) May 15, 2008 VSG at Sinai in Baltimore, MD May 15- June 3 loss of 24 lbs to be continued.....
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