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enjoylife · 05-31-2009, 11:50 PM

I was banded by Dr. Singh March 24, 2008. Dr. Singh was the third WLS surgeon that I investigated. I chose his practice for a few reasons: 1) I felt comfortable with Dr. Singh; his “bedside manner” put me at ease. He likes to make jokes – corny but funny ones, 2) I was confident in his ability to get me through the surgery alive – trust me I read everything I could about his practice. I wanted to know the statistics on patients lost, infection, and anything else I could find out. One thing I really liked was that Dr. Singh actually trained other doctors to perform this surgery AND (and this is important people) he likes working through the smallest incision possible. I have enough scars and I really didn’t like the idea of getting five more, 3) this practice made you jump through all the hoops you’ve ever heard of – which although it can get to be annoying, I knew that if I could pass all of the specialists evaluations that I had a better chance of surviving the surgery, and my last reason 4) there were no extra cost for crap that I did not need or lived too far away to properly use. The other two practices that I checked out wanted at least $2,500 for extra stuff – like gym usage, nutritionist visits (up to two whole visits!!!) and support group meetings. One of the doctors I checked out even charged for fills! I was like, ”Well what the hell am I paying for insurance for?”
Anyway, I really am thankful that I chose Dr. Singh. I have a friend that went through Dr. Averbach, whom Dr. Singh used to share a practice with and she recommended him, but I chose Dr. Singh. I could go on and on about this, but if you really want to know about my journey, you can check out my blog or any of my posts here on LBT.