"This will be my "pre-op" review and of course, I'll write a post-op review in a couple weeks.
Dr. Hill is amazing. My first impression? Damn... he's hot! LOL sorry! That's what it was! (he so needs to update his pic here now that he has facial hair.) Professional first impression? He's personable, makes eye contact, as a previous poster said, his smile IS contagious. He lets you ask your questions, answers every single one of them, goes over the procedure in detail and asks you why you selected the procedure you did. I gave him my reasons and we discussed why that was the right choice for me. He understood I had researched my procedure and agreed with my opinions. He also listened to my concerns with post surgery nutrition and discussed the possible solutions that I had come up with.
The office staff is great at Adirondack Medical. Everyone is personable. Linda is awesome; she cracks me up.
The only issue I had with the staff was when one Doctor (not Dr. Hill) Told me they would put my paperwork into the insurance company that day and I should hear something soon, but when I called to follow up 3 weeks later, found out she hadn't actually submitted them to the front desk to get it done... she had noted it in the file, however. It delayed things 3 weeks. Other than that, everything has gone smoothly thus far.
Dr. Hill emphasized aftercare, both nutrition and exercise. He went through a visual diagram of the procedure and explained how HE does the procedure (I had questions about what size french bougie would be used after reading other patients' stories here on OH.) He explained that he oversews and where and why. He also explained the risks of the surgery, the possible complications and how to prevent most of them.
Overall, thus far, I'd say Dr. Hill is the perfect surgeon to conduct any bariatric surgery. I know he's most definitely the right one for me. The only negative thing I could possibly say about Dr. Hill (and it's not necessarily a negative) was that I just met him, a week before my surgery. I had seen two other doctors previously, but not my actual surgeon. It would have been nice to have had the initial consultation or mid-way consultation with him so that I wasn't meeting him for the first time a week before the procedure.
Brandy Redder
Watertown, NY
Vertical Gastric Sleeve (Laproscopic #3)
Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake, NY
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