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Eric T. Vaughn
"I had my consultation April 25, 2003 with Dr. Vaughn at BTC. He was very friendly, down to earth and personable. He explained everything thoroughly, although he sometimes spoke so quickly and in Doctor-ese that I didn't initially understand what he was saying. My husband followed the physiological Dr. talk better than I did. Haha! ------ I had brought QUITE the list of questions with me - some taken from the many profiles and personal websites I've seen here - and after a little while Dr. Vaughn seemed kind of "put off" by all the questions, at one point even asking me if this was that list that is online (he's obviously heard about! ha.) He eventually said that he had to go because he had another patient to talk to and that the patient counselor would finish up with me. She talked even faster than he did! Haha ------ I guess I felt a little rushed; although I can certainly try and understand the multitude of people Dr. Vaughn sees, the number of times a day he repeats the same information and answers the same questions - this isn't an every day decision for me to make. And when it's all said and done, I (along with my husband, family and other loved ones) live with the results of this procedure - good, bad or otherwise - and if it takes me 3 hours to ask 200 questions before I feel that I know all I need to know, than I kinda feel entitled to that? ------ Ok, I'm done venting about that and I really don't want it to appear that I was unhappy with Dr. Vaughn because overall, both my husband and I were very pleased. And trust me, I'll know all I need to before having surgery! I know in the end, it's really MY responsibility to learn all I can, get any questions I have answered, be a prepared pre-op and pro-active post-op. ~~~~~~ POST-OP Just a side note to say I was and am VERY pleased to have had Dr. Vaughn as my surgeon. He was upbeat and positive during my entire hospital stay. My husband and family seemed very comfortable with him also. I've never had major surgery before but my husband said Dr. Vaughn did an excellent job on my incision. ------ He's been so very supportive in my post-op visits and his office has always returned any calls I've made to answer any questions I had -- I even had a nurse call me back just from seeing my name and number on their caller ID!! I hadn't even left a message but she called back to make sure I wasn't having any problems, now THAT really impressed me!!!!"

Barix Clinics (NW Suburban Com. Hospital)
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About Me
Rockford, IL
Location
26.6
BMI
RNY
Surgery
08/25/2003
Surgery Date
May 06, 2003
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