"He seems very nice and professional. He came highly recommended by my OB/GYN/Fertility Dr.
I do wish they had a better support system. I am private pay, so I am not sure if that means I missed out on a lot of the counseling since it wasn't required, or not. They have listed a once/month meeting on their website, but that is it.
I'll let you know more as things progress.
UPDATE 12/2/2010
I'm now a year and 3mo post-op and I have not seen my Dr. since the week of my surgery. I'm very unhappy with Dr. Kuhn and have recommeneded several people find other surgeons.
The surgery went very well, but after a few days I began to develop a fever and excrusiating pain in the surgical site. Per all my paperwork I called the office immediately. He was in surgery and couldn't see me until the end of the day. I asked if this was considered an emergency and should I go to the ER or wait until the end of the day. The office staff told me I could go to ER if I wanted to. I told them I didn't want to, but if that's where I should be then I didn't want to wait around the house. They told me it was my decision. When i asked if there was another Dr. or a nurse I could talk to I was told no.
I waited and Dr. Kuhn told me I had developed an infection and sent me home with antibiotics. On the last day of antibiotics I was still developing a fever in the evenings and had tenderness at the incision site. I called his office to see if they could call in more antibiotics. I got no call back and at then end of the day when my pharmacy still hadn't gotten a prescription, I had to call back. I was told Dr. Kuhn refused to give me more anitbiotics. When I asked why, I was told, "He only saw you to be nice, he doesn't really do that. You need to go see your primary care Dr."
That ended up being the last time I ever saw Dr. Kuhn. I had my next follow-up appointment scheduled and his office called to say he'd be in surgery could we reschedule. We'd reschedule, and they called again the day before to reschedule due to surgery. This happened SIX TIMES!!! It became obvious that Kuhn had gotten my money, and was now putting his attention on the new paying customers. He's gotten my money and no longer had time to see me.
I became pregnant 3.5 months post-op and was very scared about mine and the baby's health so soon after surgery. I called to speak to his nutritionist who told me to be sure to take my vitamins and eat plently of protein. Thanks, I'd never thought of that! She also said to get in to see the Dr. right away. Well the soonest they could get me was 1.5 months away, despite my insisting this was urgent. Again though when my appointment came up, amazingly I was called and asked to reschedule. I did try 2 more times, and finally gave up - I know how this game works! I have fianlly had my primary care Dr. handle my labs, as I know I would drop dead before I could ever get Kuhn to see me. (FYI both the baby and I are fine)
These are just my experiences, but I am very unhappy with this man and his follow-up. In all fairness though, I think he is a very skilled surgeon and my surgery went extremely well, but I have not had the aftercare that is so needed after this surgery. I personally would not recommend him to anyone."
